So Putin is "Man of the Year". .

[annabanana]

The Time guy is a bit gushy. Say's he's not a "nice guy", but is a "Pure force of will"

Sounds like a bunch of neo-vulcans are wetting themselves...

[CherokeeDem]

1. They Will Go to Any Lengths

to keep Al Gore from getting anymore publicity. I realize that the most important person in the world may not be the best person in the world but really, I agree with Meredith and the public. JK Rowling would have been a better choice.

[tom_paine]

4. If there is one thing that was a certainty, it was that they would do ANYTHING

to prevent Gore from being acknowledged as such.

The usual fear & complicity of and with the Bushie Sub-Media and Lie Laundry.

I called this months ago. Totalitarianism is so boringly predictable. :boring:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. I am astonished that Al came in 2nd. About Putin, the man from Time said (paraphrasing) that we

don't know if Putin will be another Stalin or Peter the Great, whom Putin admires.

Just shaking my head here. :shrug:

[meegbear]

3. Got a link?

[geek_sabre]

5. Gore should've won last year

its not surprising that he didn't get it this year.

[Annces]

6. They should not put evil men as men of the year n/t

[RL3AO]

9. I like that it goes to the person that makes the most impact, not the "best person".

That is why Hitler won it. Gorbachev and Stalin also won it. If they had their reasons to pick Putin, then I will trust their judgment. Not like it is that big of a deal anyway.

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. correct choice

what's going on in Russia has been the most under-reported news story of the past 20 years.

[Strelnikov_]

8. Agreed. Most have no idea of the moves Putin is now making

to position Russia as an economic superpower in the coming era of energy shortages.

[UTUSN]

10. Shouldn't the revelation of POY----*NOT*---be a surprise?!1 Shouldn't who had the most

impact be obvious to everybody? This, and almost all of the POYs for years HAVEN'T been.