Comments on: An Inspired Choice

By: Ryan Bonneville

Ryan Bonneville — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:47:31 +0000

Pat Leahy reads Heaney (most likely the superb Beowulf translation)? A whole new level of respect.

By: Sphagnum

Sphagnum — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:16:58 +0000

Crap, jacked that comment code... I was going to suggest the famous purple figner woman...

By: Sphagnum

Sphagnum — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:16:09 +0000

You want a single single person for person of the year? How about the

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:46:41 +0000

Hey, at least there’s 4 of us that like the choice!…

By: Martha

Martha — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:17:23 +0000

Mark, I know you are pleased about this!

By: Jojo

Jojo — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:01:18 +0000

I’m glad the people were defined individuals; I’m sick of abstracts like “The American Soldier”, “Mother Nature” or “People of the Middle East”. Those are cheap, pointless choices that they could make any year when they want the easy way out. I’m glad Time picked a person (or people, in this case), stuck their neck out and made their case for them.

By: Clint

Clint — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:01:47 +0000

Inspired choice, given that there’s no chance they were going to pick the people of Iraq, or in any way comment positively on the War or the Bush administration.

Note, however, that it conveys one of Bush’s themes: privately funded charity work.

When the Left cedes the marketplace of ideas to the Right, they’re forced to hit our themes even when they’re trying to change the subject.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:22:52 +0000

dmac, no doubt Michelle and all the others are right that the people of the Middle East are more deserving…but hey, what can I say, I’m a huge Bono fan…

By: dmac

dmac — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:41:22 +0000

Hey Mark – not to rain a little on your parade, but some may not quite agree with those choices…

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004101.htm

She brings up a compelling argument – how can they nominate anyone other than the voters in Iraq?

By: AcademicElephant

AcademicElephant — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:06:50 +0000

I thought you would be pleased.