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Barack Obama Named Time's 'Person of the Year'
Politics Daily —
... What a year it has been for Barack Obama. First, he squeaks by establishment candidate Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic nomination for president, then he starts turning out record crowds across the country, holds a fabulous convention Denver, and ends up trouncing John McCain in the general election. How do you top that off? Well, in an announcement sure to surprise absolutely nobody, Obama has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year." ...
TIME's Person of the Year 2008: Barack Obama
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The President-elect is TIME's Person of the Year.
Read TIME's interview with Obama here. ...
Person of the Year
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
No real surprise here: Barack Obama is Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2008. The magazine has a good interview with Obama in which he explains why voters elected him: "I do think we received a strong mandate for change ... It means a
government that is not ideologically driven. It means a government that
is competent. It means a government, most importantly, that is focused
day in, day out on the needs and struggles, the hopes and dreams, of
ordinary people. And I think there is a strong mandate for Washington
as a whole to be responsive to ordinary ...
Smooth Pot-Smoking Man of the Year
Gateway Pundit —
Finally we get a glimpse of Obama's early years... Spleef, anyone? Drudge reported on TIME's annual award. Congratulations to the mainstream media for keeping this one under wraps before the election. Don Surber reacts to TIME's bashing of Sarah Palin as second runner up.
Time's Person of the Year
Political Animal —
... , it's actually pretty common: FDR in '32, Truman in '48, LBJ in '64, Carter in '76, Reagan in '80, Clinton in '92, and Bush in 2000. With this in mind, it's not too big a surprise that Barack Obama won (and obviously deserved) the honor this year. It's unlikely that you were surprised to see Obama's face on the cover. He has come to dominate the public sphere so completely that it beggars belief to recall that half the people in America had never heard of him two years ago -- that even his campaign manager, at the outset, wasn't sure Obama had what it would take to win the ...
Shocker: Barack Obama is the Time Magazine Person of the Year
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... No, not a shock. The Time Magazine Person of the Year is President-elect Barack Obama.
The magazine will feature (hits the newsstands tomorrow) long-lost college photos, an interview with Obama, an explanation of why he was chosen and more.
Who did you think Time Magazine was going to choose Sarah Palin?
By the way, the choice was so noteworthy that Time Magazine’s Jay Carney left Time to become Obama’s VP, Joe Biden’s flack. ...
Shocker: Obama Is Time Magazine’s Man Of The Year
Say Anything —
... President Nicolas Sarkozy, Gov. Sarah Palin and Chinese director Zhang Yimou as runners-up.
Paulson? Paulson? The guy who masterminded the financial bailout disaster? The man squandering a trillion or so dollars on failed financial companies?
The man who is keeping the public from knowing who those bailout payments are going to?
Why should he get to be man of the year?
Anyway, here’s the Time article. The headline is “Why History Can’t Wait.” ...
Time's Person of the Year
Shakesville —
President-Elect Barack Obama (Copycats.)
Man Of The Year
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Person of the Year 2008
Why History Can’t Wait
(Time)
You probably sat in a fancier conference room the last time you refinanced or heard a pitch about life insurance. There’s a table, some off-brand mesh office chairs, a bookcase that looks as if it had been put together with an Allen wrench and instructions in Swedish.
To reach this room, you pass through a cubicle farm lightly populated by quiet young people. Either they have just arrived or they are just leaving, because their desks are almost bare. The place has a ...
No shit, Sherlock
This Blog Is Full Of Crap —
TIME has been asking four people a week who they think should be Man Of The Year, and the chuckleheads toss out the symbols for their various chuckleheaded causes.
Only a retard wouldn't see this coming.
Time's Person of the Year - Shocka!
Little Green Footballs —
... Prepare for a shock, as TIME Magazine completes their canonization of the new messiah in a way you’ll never expect: Why History Can’t Wait - Person of the Year 2008. ...
Ultimate Dog-Bites-Man Year End Story
GayPatriot —
TIME names Barack Obama its Person of the Year.
Really? No, really?? Did anyone see that coming? I mean after all, TIME’s Washington Bureau Chief is now VP-elect Joe Biden’s Press Secretary.
I think this puts Obama on the cover more than JFK, all of the Popes and Jesus combined.
In The Tank.
UPDATE: Jonah Goldberg shares my cynicism.
Why didn’t Time consider God for having the wisdom and compassion to deliver Obama to us? Or, for the more secular minded, why ...
Reflections on Time's people of the year
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings As you've probably heard by now, Time's Person of the Year for 2008 is, as was fully expected and as is richly deserved, Barack Obama. Seriously, did anyone even come close this year? The runners-up are an interesting bunch: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, and someone named Sarah Palin. It's far too early to ...
Obama is Time Mag’s “Person of the Year 2008″
Flopping Aces —
... After a presidential campaign where some segments of the media admitted they were in the tank for Obama throughout it’s no surprise that Time Magazine would make the messiah their Person of the Year for 2008. The accompanying article titled “Why History Can’t Wait” is filled with the sort of hero worship that became commonplace throughout the campaign. ...
Thoughts on Time’s people of the year
The Moderate Voice —
As you’ve probably heard by now, Time’s Person of the Year for 2008 is, as was fully expected and as is richly deserved, Barack Obama. Seriously, did anyone even come close this year?
The runners-up are an interesting bunch: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, and someone named Sarah Palin.
It’s far too early to assess Paulson’s impact, though there’s no denying his influence on the political and economic landscape not just ...
The President-elect on his goals and agenda in a time of crisis
Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog —
... This week President-elect Obama gave an interview to Time magazine, answering some of the key philosophical questions facing the next Administration. As David Von Drehle wrote in a story based on the interview, the circumstances the country faces are extraordinary: “Score that as follows: one imploding economy, one deteriorating war in an impossible region and two versions of Armageddon — the bang of loose nukes and the whimper of environmental collapse. That’s just for starters…” ...
Time Magazine Person of the Year is Barack Obama
Blue Star Chronicles —
... Time Magazine has chosen their Person of the Year for 2008 and its Barack Obama, pictured here in his youth as a first year student at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Of course, this comes as a surprise to absolutely no one. ...
Time Magazine Reveals Completely Unsurprising Award Choice
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... Here’s a news byte that could have written itself a few weeks, if not months, ago: Barack Obama is officially Time’s 2008 Person of the Year. Even the magazine’s editorial staff knows that their choice will hardly shock anyone, but they allowed themselves to be swept along by the tides of history—or perhaps inevitability. ...
Time Magazine Reveals Completely Unsurprising Award Choice
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... Here’s a news bite that could have written itself a few weeks, if not months, ago: Barack Obama is Time’s 2008 Person of the Year. Even the magazine’s editorial staff members knew that the choice would hardly shock anyone, but they allowed themselves to be swept along by the tides of history—or perhaps inevitability. ...
Obamaland
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Finally, Stephens mentions the latest Time magazine profile of Obama, which includes, amazingly, the following sentence: ...
