Putin Rigs Election, Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine.
December 20th, 2007 by Kavan WolfeTime magazine recently named Vladamir Putin Person of the Year.
Say What?
Is this the same Russian president that had the leader of an opposing party, chess Grandmaster Gary Kasparov, thrown in jail for protesting without permission and chanting antigovernment slogans?
Is this the same Putin who threw democratic standards out the proverbial window and, quite transparently rigged his re-election?
Is this the same Putin who has steadily increased control of the media to manipulate public opinion?
No. Fuck That.
So as of now, I’m taking nominations for the People’s Choice, Person of the Year.
Just write your nomination in the comments section. I will aggregate the results and then we’ll have a vote. Only one nomination is needed to get on the list.
Note: Do not nominate Ron Paul or any other american presidential candidate. If one of them wins the election, s/he might qualify, but right now they’re just campaigning, and their effect is mostly limited to the US.
Edit: see here for more evidence of Russian election rigging
December 20th, 2007 at 7:52 am
G. Kasparov
December 20th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Your mom.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Michael Vick
December 21st, 2007 at 12:26 am
I nominate the Spears family. Who else, besides the president, has gotten more media attention than that family?
December 21st, 2007 at 12:27 am
we had a fieldday with that on digg, I saved the best comments on my site.
December 21st, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Michael Moore
January 17th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I completely agree that Putin is a terrifying dictator, but i recently learned that most people mis-interpret what it means to be “Man of the Year” and that it probably has more to do with your impact on the world, than being a good person.
Case in point, Hitler was man of the year in 1939 (http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19390102,00.html)
August 18th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hobo Bill.