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**numinertyuesk** · 12-20-2007, 08:19 AM

You have to remember that the Time Person of the Year is not an honour or a positive thing, it's an award to the person who influenced the news most that year. They even had to explain why in 2001 Rudy Guiliani won it, rather than Osama bin Laden, since clearly the latter created the news more, just because they didn't want the backlash. The same way reason they had to explain why Einstein won over Hitler in Person of the Century. This is why political leaders win it most of the time however good or bad they were. The only US presidents never to win it were just because they were boring and/or short-lived.

Putin has probably created more news than Gore in the last year, though it's relatively close.

Good call

12-20-2007, 08:19 AM	#9
numinertyuesk Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 371 Senior Member	You have to remember that the Time Person of the Year is not an honour or a positive thing, it's an award to the person who influenced the news most that year. They even had to explain why in 2001 Rudy Guiliani won it, rather than Osama bin Laden, since clearly the latter created the news more, just because they didn't want the backlash. The same way reason they had to explain why Einstein won over Hitler in Person of the Century. This is why political leaders win it most of the time however good or bad they were. The only US presidents never to win it were just because they were boring and/or short-lived. Putin has probably created more news than Gore in the last year, though it's relatively close. Good call
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