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Nicole Belle on Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 6:38 AM - PST
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For Bill O’Reilly, Time Magazine’s choice of Vladimir Putin for Person of the Year is good news and bad news. The bad news is that Time didn’t select the person that Bill O’Reilly felt deserved it most: Gen. David Petraeus. The good news is that Pooty knocked runner up Al Gore out of first place. And we all know that choosing a Nobel Laureate/Oscar winner who has almost single-handedly propelled the concept of global climate change into world politics would have certainly resulted in subscription cancellations, unlike a yes man military officer who willingly injects himself into a partisan political debate and sacrifices needlessly hundreds of troops under his command.
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I want to know why the Falafel Man still has a job.
TIME Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year: It’s PU!
I think it is scary as hell who ime considered and who Time chose as Person of the year. the field was limited to fascists, totalitarian wnnabes or sycophantic enablers of the same. Tells me everything I want to know about time Magazine and Time/Warner Corporation.
Yeeechhhh..
I hope old Bill knows that his ratings are so high because his main audience is 2/3rds the overweight, lazy, couch potato American with no knowledge of the Internet, and 1/3rd people tuning in just to laugh at his big, dumb, arrogant face and ridiculous hack job opinions.
David Petreaus huh? Sounds about right from the Faux News guys.
Faux News Opinion Poll-12-20-2007
Please vote:
Could continued violence in Iraq not only be good for Iraq but also rightfully described as “peaceful protest”?
A. Absolutely. Peaceful Iraqi protest can include self-defense and at the same time eliminate US enemies.
B. Yes, in the same way that Bob Dole can be described as a strong right wing politician with a weak right wing.
C. Certainly. What is good for peaceful US weapons manufacturers is by definition good for Iraq.
Darn, they stopped the video before I could see O’Reillys pick for person of the year.
Ann Coulter no doubt.
What, ann colter tweren’t in the running?
They should have chosen Gore. One it would have made me happy, and two it would have made billO’s head explode.
Gore is a fraud and a dumbass. Americans are wising up to his BS, just because the Left Coast, NY Elites and idiots college student like him does not mean he knows what he’s talking about.
The “Man of The Year” Title doesn’t mean a man is necessarily a GOOD man. Hitler was “Man of the Year” once also. It just means the most noteworthy. In which case even stupid ass Bill-O could be Man of the Year, just for gaffs and stupid comments.
John @ 9:
spoken like a true dummy.
I liked it better last year when it was me.
John @ 9:
Very good John, spoken like someone who doesn’t know or doesn’t care about what happens outside the the lower 48 states. You are the sort of american the rest of the world laughs at
John @ 9:
An international panel of scientists agree with him, but you’re probably right- he, and we, should take advice from dipshit trolls.
John @ 9:
Let’s see, flagrant namecalling, complete lack of substance , and murdering the english language. All the earmarks of a Bushie. Back to 4th grade with you, John
I really don’t get this. Both Romney and McCain have both come out and said the same thing about Petraus. Why? What exactly has Petraus done that they think he deserve this? As Nicole pointed out, he’s more of a political yes man to Bush than a a military General…….
Nevermind, I think I just answered my own question. The Bush Asslickers have united again.
Why would Time magazine worry about losing subscriptions from right-wing , Faux “news” watching boneheads anyway?. They use too many big words for them understand what they are reading anyway (even if they could read !).
Billo loves a man that has turned Iraq into an apartheid state like old school South Africa and Rhodesia. David Betray Us is a comfort man to bedwetters with combovers
John @ 9:
I guess that narrows it down to your trailer park in Florida?? Yes, we all know college students and other educated dumbasses don’t know what they’re talking about, right jackalope!?
Crooks & Liars is a member of the media.
Why doesn’t C&L select O’Reilly as
PUTZ OF THE YEAR?
John @ 9
LMMFAO…get your head outta yer ass, SHIT FOR BRAINS! That man has more brains, and MORE genuine concern for the future of humanity than this entire criminal administration COMBINED! You 25%’ers are getting nervous because your IDIOT champion, Bush, and the rest of his cronies are finally starting to see that their position on EVERYTHING is indefensible, and MORALLY CORRUPT! And it’s catching up to them.
So John…you are sadly misinformed, it’s not just the “Left Coast, Ny Elites, and idiots college student” (a statement which doesn’t make much sense really) who like him, it’s most of the REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD!
Please take your regressive, troglodyte, Phillistine mentality, elsewhere. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!
Thank you and have a nice day.
I challenge you dumb fuck righty’s to defend this ugly predictable fool. He says the same boring tired sorry shit every day, the left is evil and the right is forever virtuous. Only the criminally stupid could believe this repetitive bullshit. Dividing the country is all this lying stack of vomit has.
StirFry @ 19
Dude?! Ease up on Fla. We’re not ALL, trailer dwelling, neandertals down here. Geeeez!
eh…. I think Bill want to kiss betray-us… He’s humping against the name enough..
John - does your mother know you’re using her computer?
Hmm,
granted, Russia under Jeltsin was hardly a shiny place, with the Oligarchs buying up all businesses cheaply, and earning serious money on the expense of the average tax payer, and all the problems that went with it, and Putin would be correct trying to rectify quite a few wrongs, but he is still a bloody mass murderer in Chechenya and covering it up by getting journalists and opponents silenced and killed. Hardly a person to look up to.
Wait, this is your right wing speaking.
Never mind
O’Reilly’s just pissed because he’ll never make ‘Man of the Year’.
Unless TIME changes it’s definition of ‘Man’ to include a Castrati.
Yeah, I’m sure Time was really concerned about “canceled subscriptions” if they selected Mr. Gore….O’Racist’s bitterness and vitriol know no bounds and is founded in ignorance.
Paul @ 3:
Oops….forgot to mention that Gore was included, but only as a token whose name was inserted in order to make their deliberations appear as if they were “fair and blanced”. You know, as if Time was actually a legitimate instrument of journalism.
Seems like no matter what the subject is john leaves the same EXACT comment word for word.
Billo and the rest of his followers wanted Patreaus because they think the surge is working. I actuality the violence in Iraq has been reduced only to the point where the MSM does not feel it is newsworthy anymore. They are tired of covering the occupation. War is cool, but occupations are boring. So Gen. Patreaus has helped them to move back into their usual mode of infotainment.
I guess like his commie buddies, John believes if you repeat a lie often enough…
John @ 9:
And just because dumb rednecks don’t like him doesn’t mean he doesn’t.
John @ 9:
TROLL!!!
It’s “Person of the year”, notice while Wile E. O’Reilly talks about his “person” of the year, the banner on Fear Factor says “Man of the year”. Oh I’m sure that was a simple mistake made by a woman. FLMAO!
It ALMOST was
John@9 Hey abortion that lived, don’t waste YOUR time with baseless bullshit here. We fact check . Keep your used toilet paper thoughts to yourself and your mouth breathing friends.
Off topic…But I haven’t seen this one on C&L or TV….
A TEXAN woman who claims to have been (gang) raped by American contractors in Iraq testified in Congress yesterday…
http://www.theaustralian.news......03,00.html
Legal experts say Jones’ alleged rapists will probably never face a criminal trial due to a loophole that’s left contractors in Iraq beyond the reach of US …
http://southernstudies.org/fac.....r-gang.asp
Bush was Time’s Man of the Year twice. I canceled my subscription. Then my mother gave it to me for Christmas. Then Ann Coulter was on the cover. Then I canceled again.
It should have been Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore. He’s come back from having his presidency stolen away from him by the Supreme Court in 2000, bigger and better than ever. He has helped to raise awareness all over the world of the dangers of global warming. Al Gore is MY man of the year, no matter what BillO or the editors of Time think.
And no, BillO, probably only you would cancel your subscription to Time if Gore had been the selection. You can stick your fingers in your ears and sing all day long, but you can’t hide from the truth. Fear is a harder sell this time around; you don’t get the same reaction from your base as you used to, no?
Does it matter what Poops Through Mouth O’Lielly thinks?
John @ 9:
Um, what? So a majority of the world’s scientists agree that global warming IS happening and that humans DO contribute to it, and Gore is wrong?
Maybe if you weren’t so scared of everything - especially intelligent people - you’d have a different viewpoint. Gore knows EXACTLY what he’s talking about. You don’t.
There probably are more conservatives than liberals who subscribe to Time Magazine.
If O’Reilly thinks making Al Gore “Man of the Year” would have caused more subscription cancellations than making General David Petraeus “Man of the Year,” then he’s probably right.
I hope Time is using it’s selection of Putin as MotY in the same ironic sense that the ABA made Gonzo it’s Lawyer of the Year. I know it’s not scientific and is bordering on chimpanese but when *I* look into (photos) of Vlad’s eyes I see one of the most evil set of orbs since krazy Pol Pot. Sure don’t know what the hell Duhbya saw when he looked - a reflection maybe?
Still, I think it’s hysterical that Putin bypasses Duhbya and heads straight to Poppy Bush’s lair in Maine when he wants to clear his operations. Even Vlad thinks our glorious leader is a lightweight! :D
John@9 is in his mother’s basement taking a porn break giggling because he got a little attention from people who otherwise would never notice his very ordinary (I’m being generous) ass.
Putin and Gore are very good picks for Time’s person of the year. Gore, for his focus and accomplishments regarding Global Warming, and Putin (for better or for worse) for bringing a broken down Russia back onto the world stage as a major player. General Petraeus? I doubt it. He is a “yes” man that simply followed the orders given to him. Besides, Iraq is still the same volatile place that it has been since Bush’s invasion in 2003.
I bet the average Time reader just reads movie, tv and album reviews, and celebrity puff pieces and ignore the rest.
Not me though, but I cancelled after they made william kristol(nacht) a regular contributer.
On another note, I would have hated to be the one that had to pick Time’s person of the year. I mean, it would be a toss up for me if I had to decide between Putin and Gore. If it were between Putin and Bush, hands down Putin would have won in my opinion. Putin brought his nation back as a great power in such a short period of time where Bush basically trashed and keeps on trashing the nation he “leads”. Personally, I think I would have picked Gore though over Putin. Gore brought the attention of the world to a global issue that threatens everyone.
Time magazine is just a shadow of its former self. It once had the balls to name Hitler “Man of the Year.” But what did it do last year, it names “YOU.” A sorry-ass cop out if there ever was one. This year to continue its wussie editorial policy it selects a person no one gives a rat-ass about and will generate zero dialogue. Gore was the obvious choice and regardless of what the neocons would have thought, it certainly would have sold more magazines.
http://13martyrs.blogspot.com/
You da man!
A response to Atrios’ attack on “the defeatists”
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WTF is ‘Time Magazine’?
Speaking as a former Man Of The Year, I say BillO can go fuck himself
How could Patreus even be considered for Time’s Person of the Year? I mean, his sphere of influence is pretty darn limited to the tactical decisions surrounding the current fuck-up in Iraq, as well as his ass kissing of the Bush Cabal.
Someone tell me how Patreus has made a global impact? I’m not sure I agree with the choice of Putin, but selecting Patreus is ridiculous. O’reilly is just rock stupid.