Time Person of the Year: Who Ya Got?

[DanOregon]

Wouldn't be surprised if this year is another one of those "out of the box" years.

When I try and think about what person most influenced the news events of the past year, all I can think of is people "being" influenced - by unemployment, lack of health care, and political unease.

Or maybe they can just give it to Taylor Swift.

 

[Small Town Guy]

You.

Or Me.

Maybe Us.

Or Them, to reflect the partisan split in the public.

 

[Moderator1]

Sully.

 

[DanOregon]

The Aviator would be a good one. Sully, drunk pilots, pilots overshooting airports, Balloon Boy.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Reality Show Contestants

 

[Idaho]

Reality Show Contestants

pet peeve: They're not reality show contestants. They're game show contestants.

 

[Idaho]

Stephanie Meyer

/barf

 

[Armchair_QB]

Stephanie Meyer

/barf

Who?

 

[heyabbott]

 

[Armchair_QB]

Actually, that's a pretty good pick.

 

[BadgerBeer]

The same person I have as SI Sportsman of the Year...Tim Tebow. Then they should retire both awards as no one could ever live up to his standards.

 

[RickStain]

Jay Cutler

 

[Small Town Guy]

Maybe with all the celebrity deaths, it will be the Grim Reaper.

 

[DanOregon]

Now that I think about it - Rupert Murdoch wouldn't be a bad choice, Fox News, WSJ, Fox Network (American Idol), 20th C. Fox Studios.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Unlikely Time would select a media competitor. But they might pick somebody like that guy who founded Facebook.
My guess: Either a group name "The Unemployed" or Ben Bernanke.

 

[mustangj17]

Jay Cutler

Beat me to it!!!

 

[shockey]

as i said on the "sportsman" thread:

JETER!! ;D ;D ;D

FIFTH WORLD SERIES RING PLUS MINKA KELLY. rest my case.

 

[friend of the friendless]

Sirs, Madames,

Palin. Can anyone determine if she's related to Michael?

But seriously ...

I think it's likely to have a business theme. Geitner? I don't think so. Madoff? Scale isn't quite there. The American worker? The unemployed? Something amorphous ... maybe. Murdoch is an interesting choice (business with WSJ and media with that and everything else) but I don't see Time giving a shout-out to a rival.

Internationally, the guy with the match beside the kindling in North Korea might get some consideration with hostages released, border opening and then shots fired between N and S Korean military. An easy choice would have been Tony Blair if he had managed himself into a lead position in the EU but that's up in smoke and the short list now is decidely less than inspirational.

Lou Dobbs?

o-<

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Whoever wins the Unemployment Office Pageant

 

[dooley_womack1]

The Angry Conservative. Has kept Obama from getting a health care plan through a Congress in which he has gaping majorities, has shaped the political dialogue of the year, has generated the most powerful media figures of the year.