Ron Paul named a "Person of the Year" by Time

[Pete Kay]

Well, the title goes to Vladimir Putin, but Ron Paul got a mention as a "Person who Mattered".

They call him an isolationist though, but at least they recognized his significance.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690758_1693558,00.html

[Corydoras]

"strangely compelling"
I like that.

Also, one of the best pics of RP that I've seen. He does better with a telephoto lens.

[transistor]

how can journalists be so careless? he's made it clear that he's not an isolationist

[Ron Paul Fan]

Why is Vladmir Putin the Time Man of the Year? What a joke!

[Ginobili]

Putin + Man of the Year? to be blunt...

What. The. Flak!

[rwl4]

I just wrote a very polite letter to the editor with a correction: that he's a non-intervenionist, not an isolationist.

You can click on the editor's name under the title to send an email.

[PimpBlimp]

Why is Vladmir Putin the Time Man of the Year? What a joke!

Hitler was time of the year in 1939

[OferNave]

Hitler was time of the year in 1939

Stalin at one point as well, I believe.

As the introduction on time's site explains, "Person of the Year" is not about who's a great guy, it's about who had the largest effect on the world - including negative.

Having said that, I still don't think it should be Putin.

[Suzu]

There's more years to come.

[LibertyForAll]

"Choosing order before freedom" Time's Person of the Year....Vladimir Putin....tell you anything about mainstream media??

[RP 247]

Rudy Giuliani was named in 2001.

George W. Bush was named in 2000 & 2004.


so it doesn't always go to a good person.

[noztnac]

Putin is a tyrant and a dictator. Time is insane.