Let's make Dean the Time Person of the Year

[eileen from OH]

While it's the editors & writers who ultimately pick 'em, they also respond to lots of letters. I suggest Dean - not just cuz I'm a supporter - but because, like him or not, he's revolutionized politics and brought a whole new Dem rebirth. I mean, let's face it, the so-called mainstream Dems (i.e., Kerry, Gep, Lieberman, & Edwards) would STILL be trying to fix on a strategy to take on Bush without REALLY doing it if it hadn't been for Dean's success at going after him with both barrels.

Look, if you want to tout your candidate, more power to ya, but as far as STORIES go, nobody can match Dean's year.

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eileen from OH

[SahaleArm]

1. Why not suggest him for a nobel as well? *nm*

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Excellent idea!

I like the way you think! ;)

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

11. OMG

Your sig is awesome!!!

[UrbScotty]

5. Well, that's for Kucinich, IMO. (nt)

;-)

[eileen from OH]

8. Well, if you can come up with another candidate

or ANY Dem who has an equally compelling STORY you outta post it. That's what the Time Person of the Year is all about - who has made the news and has the best STORY. I just thought it would be great for a DEM to get that coverage and I just can't seem to come up with anyone with a better story that interweaves populism, with the internet, with success. (I like John Edwards but somehow don't think "son of millworker" is gonna do it.) If you can come up with someone else, I'm open to suggestions.

It ain't about canonization - it's about free publicity and coverage, dammit. And it sure as shit beats having a 'pub, don't it?

eileen from OH

[arcos]

12. well, a few months ago...

someone said Gore should win the Nobel Peace Prize because he made an anti-war speech.

:eyes:

[UrbScotty]

2. Once again, ABB.

The Pope, Paris Hilton, Ah-nuld... Just not Bush.

[slinkerwink]

4. let's just call him the Time Person of the Year

in 2004 ;-)

[blm]

6. The media already chose him many months ago.

http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=6976

USA: FCC Rule Fight Continues in Congress
Opponents of Ownership Consolidation Also Plan Legal Strategy
By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
June 4, 2003

Several lawmakers and advocacy groups vowed yesterday to fight in the courts and on Capitol Hill to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's new media ownership rules, saying they give big newspapers and broadcasters too much influence over public opinion and hurt smaller media companies.

On Monday, the FCC voted 3 to 2 along party lines to relax or eliminate some ownership restrictions, such as a rule barring media companies from owning television stations in markets where they publish daily newspapers. The commission's three Republicans, led by Chairman Michael K. Powell, voted for the changes, while the two Democrats dissented.

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said he would file a "resolution of disapproval" to block what he called the "wrongheaded vote." Such a resolution can overturn rules set by regulatory agencies and requires a simple majority of each house of Congress to pass. In March 2001, a resolution of disapproval was used to strike down an ergonomics standard set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Even if the resolution were to pass both Republican-majority houses, it would require President Bush's signature.
Kerry, a presidential candidate and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said Monday's rule changes favor big media companies at the expense of small ones.
>>>>>>>>
Kerry filed the Resolution in September.

The corporate press gave Dean a press plane in June.

[Kolesar]

7. The guys at MoveOn.org are pretty darn impressive, too

The political world has never seen anything like what they have created. Hail the world of 21st century internet activism!

[eileen from OH]

9. You are absolutely correct and I'd vote for that too

in a heartbeat.

eileen from OH

[mot78]

14. I think Time should name Internet Grassroots for Person of the Year

they don't necessarily have to do an actual person, and have named inanimate objects before.

[AlFrankenFan]

10. Sounds like a plan

Will do :)

[Bombtrack]

13. it sure seems like you're a supporter

because alot of people don't beleive he's "brought a whole new Dem rebirth", and believe that he is the greatest thing to happen to the GOP since Richard Mellon Scaife

[eileen from OH]

18. well, I'm just thinking about how I felt after the 2002

election. Not the 2000 election, mind you, which, God knows, was horrible enough. But the midterm one was the one that put me in a complete depressive funk because there was no one. .. NO ONE. .. in my party in any kind of leadership position that dared to raise their head and say that the emperor had no clothes (or brains, but that's another post) If Dean is the GOP and Richard Mellon Scaife's wet dream, pray tell me where was the Dem THEN who could inspire and galvanize large groups of people? Not just talk the talk, but get OTHERS to walk the walk with them. The only one was Paul Wellstone, God bless him.

Like a lot of Dems, it was Dean's call that was different. Yes, yes, others spoke out - but their speaking out hasn't sparked. Didn't then, isn't now.

We TRIED "supporting Bush" in an effort to play their side of the fence in 2002 and all we got was a kick in the teeth (ask Max Cleland, ask Mary Landrieu, ask any of the Dems who voted for the Iraq resolution). We tried rolling over and our fear of Rove and RMS showed and didn't work. As long as spend all our time worrying about Rove and the Scaife money machine and try to second-guess how they will attack, ad nauseum, we WILL lose. The only way to defeat 'em is to show them for what they are. And, like it or not, the only one who has done that AND, more importantly, GOTTEN OTHERS TO SEE IT TOO, is Dean.

eileen from OH

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[retyred]

15. Outside of the Regan dime

This is the dumbest thing I've heard today this week!



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“good night paul, wherever you are”
So I read this book

[KharmaTrain]

16. Let's Win An Election First

then party...

[Renew Deal]

17. Let's make him pope.

His holiness is not going to make it. Dean is qualified for anything.

[JohnKleeb]

21. but hes a congrationist lol

[FrenchieCat]

19. The Newsweek media whores

would love that! More to get Dean the nomination.....they will be rubbing their hands with glee! You might only need one letter....Don't think you'll have to push that hard!

But what has Dean accomplished to be Man of the Year exactly?

Ran a campaign based on lies and push polls?

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[FrenchieCat]

25. Yea...that's the important thing....

to know who your media whores are!

[slinkerwink]

29. ahhhhh......it's going to be a nice christmas this year, alright

;-)

[alcuno]

22. Try as we might, I think it will be *.

Unless of course, it's some shadowy "terrorist."

[sandnsea]

24. Joe Trippi revolutionized campaigning

Howard Dean just lucked out being the one he got hooked up with.

[SahaleArm]

27. Not sure this would have worked without a certain type of personality...

[Silverhair]

26. Remember, Time's MYTY cover only means "tbiggest news maker".

It isn't an award for outstanding citizen or anything like that. Hitler has been the MYTY also. Definately once, maybe twice. Kruschev (I mispelled that one - I think.) was MYTY once too.

[depakid]

31. That would be such a beautiful irony-

The media whores pick Dean as the Person of the Year, and once Dean is elected, he sets a new FCC to work on putting together the facts to sustain anti-conglomerization regulations and reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine and Equal Time provisions.

[FrenchieCat]

32. What about the irony......

Times man of the year...that loses in November....

[depakid]

33. Then it wouldn't be irony

it would just be another instance of the corporate mass media manipulating the public into voting against their interest.

But that isn't going to happen (despite your persistent negativity) because of the very reasons that Dean is being considered as Person of the Year- and because the situation in Iraq (from any credible analysis I've read) will continue to deteriorate and the economy is going to continue to shed jobs. You need to realize that while this massive deficit spending may have raised GDP (Gross Distorted Product) that money isn't circulating back into most communities, where it would have a multiplier effect on main street. Most state's fiscal crises are only going to be worse next year- because (and this is unprecedented since WWII) the Republicans won't provide much needed federal revenue sharing. In turn, local governments aren't going to get transfer payments from their states, meaning either tax hikes, increased user fees or drastic cuts in fundamental services.

That's just how the table's going to be set.

Dean is poised to win the nomination, based on his fundraising, his loyal organization and his straightforward rational talk. Clark might have had a beter chance (and I've said this many times before) had he enetered the race earlier in the year. You really couldn't expect him to put everything together in such a short time- he's done the best he could under the circumstances, and that's admirable. I think he's going to be on the ticket and that he'll be as powerful a VP as Dick Cheney is (whose power is unprecedented).

Better still- though this is the subject of another post- Dean & Clark are going to nationalize the race next year, and we'll get the House back, too. Just wait and see.

[whirlygigspin]

34. and let's hope the FCC can enforce free air time for candidates

so they don't have to spend all their time sucking up for $

[depakid]

36. That would probably require an Act of Congress

because I suspect that the federal courts (especially the D.C. Circuit en banc) would find some angle to overturn mandatory free air time. Not that the FCC couldn't promulgate such a regulation pursuant to its broad rulemaking authority. Interesting idea~ we'd have to do a little research to see just how far they could go.

I've always thought that an extension the various Fairness Doctrine rules could have been the perfect vehicle for campaign finance reform- it would have done an end run aound Buckey v. Valeo's ill considered opinion that campaign money is equivalent to free speech- I mean, let the one side spend as much money as they want broadcasting mendacious commercials, so long as the other side has an equal opportunity to respond. That would go A LONG WAY toward reforming not only partisan elctions, but also the corrupted initiative, referrendum and recall process around this country- and the major case upholding the Fairness Doctrine, the Red Lion Case was a uninimous decision and is STILL good law.

[Rowdyboy]

35. Time's MAN OF THE YEAR will be General

George W Bush, fighter pilot and hero extraordinaire who boldly led a liberation force that led to freedom for a nation.

I bow in awe of his staggering manliness. I can smell the testosterone through my screen!

[ibegurpard]

37. God, I hope you're wrong!

n/t

[mandyky]

39. Or even Joe Trippi, or

both. This campaign will change presidential campaigns for years to come.

[JNelson6563]

40. Good idea

Kicking off a revolution is worth some recognition for sure.

Julie

[kiahzero]

41. Not yet

We don't know if his model works yet. We'll have to see, come election time, if the turnout matches the hype.

I'm a Clarkie, so you may think I'm biased. But I don't think you can say he "revolutionized politics" until we know what the outcome is.

[mandyky]

42. Whether Dean wins or not

there is now a model for an internet populist movement.

[kiahzero]

43. Right

But there are lots of models for how to run a campaign, and not all of them work. I'm not saying that it won't work, I just think it's premature to lavish honors on someone for creating a new model, without first seeing the outcome.

I see it as analogous to an algorithm - it may look good on paper, but you need to run it through a few beta tests before you can say that it works as well as you hoped. Unintended consequences and all that.

[Cheswick2.0]

44. you have got to be kidding

I don't mean to be rude (or maybe I do) but Dean has done nothing yet that would make him man of the year. WTF is with "MAN" of the year anyway? Are the actually still calling it "MAN" of the year?

Get back to us when he has at least won the democratic nomination. Right now he is just one of 9 candidates.

[GreenArrow]

45. let's don't

and say we did. Not to pick on Dean, but I don't think any of them are "person of the year."