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Ben E Lou
12-19-2004, 01:42 PM
http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1009842,00.html

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TIME NAMES PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH 2004 PERSON OF THE YEAR

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New York – President George W. Bush has been named TIME magazine’s 2004 Person of the Year.

“For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters this time around that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years, we name George W. Bush as TIME’s Person of the Year for 2004,” writes managing editor Jim Kelly in a letter to readers.

Bush has “had his highs and lows, with approval ratings at one point hitting 90% and then sinking to 46% as the war in Iraq kept claiming American lives. Even some of his strongest supporters never considered him the odds-on favorite to win a second term. But in the end, George W. Bush prevailed,” Kelly writes.

TIME’s double issue on newsstands for two weeks beginning Monday, Dec. 20th.

LionsFan10
12-19-2004, 02:03 PM
I unsuccessfully Googled for a list of past recipients of this recognition. Didn't Osama win it for 2001?

I believe he did, yes.

BucDawg40
12-19-2004, 02:05 PM
I unsuccessfully Googled for a list of past recipients of this recognition. Didn't Osama win it for 2001?

Ben E Lou
12-19-2004, 02:08 PM
Doesn't this award to go to the person who most defined the year's news? If that's accurate, then this was a no-brainer. Bush and his policies generated more discourse and debate than anything else by a long shot.

ISiddiqui
12-19-2004, 02:10 PM
No, Osama never won it. But Hitler did.

MJ4H
12-19-2004, 02:10 PM
I believe it was Giuliani in 2001 if I remember correctly.

mckerney
12-19-2004, 02:15 PM
I unsuccessfully Googled for a list of past recipients of this recognition. Didn't Osama win it for 2001?

http://www.time.com/time/poy2001/

BucDawg40
12-19-2004, 02:18 PM
Doesn't this award to go to the person who most defined the year's news? If that's accurate, then this was a no-brainer. Bush and his policies generated more discourse and debate than anything else by a long shot.

I agree. This 'award' is not necessarily a positive one, which is why I referred to it as a 'recognition.' To me, 'award' implies something positive.

StorminZ
12-19-2004, 02:26 PM
Here's a site with a listing past recipients of Time "Person of the Year" (formerly "Man of the Year").

Time "Person of the Year" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_the_Year)

Joe
12-19-2004, 02:50 PM
I WIN!

duckman
12-19-2004, 03:13 PM
I agree. This 'award' is not necessarily a positive one, which is why I referred to it as a 'recognition.' To me, 'award' implies something positive.
To some, this will be a positive award while others who were against the President will take as "not necessarily a positive one". Really depends on perception.

Vinatieri for Prez
12-19-2004, 04:06 PM
I think a better name for the "recognition" would be "newsmaker of the year."

I mean for pete's sake, the Ayatollah Khomeini and Hitler won it.

Greyroofoo
12-19-2004, 04:58 PM
If this award was given for most news coverage than I thinik Scott Peterson should've won it.

Was what so special about that trial again?
My personal opinion is that the news stations wanted their very own Law&Order/CSI