The guy who takes over private companies for his own wealth? The guy who has started bullying the “satellite” countries again with his fly overs? The guy that randomly throws people in jail? Uhhh what were they thinking??
The runner-ups:
Al Gore- OK at least he won a Noble Prize
J.K. Rowling- I was unaware Harry Potter was a world issue
Hu Jintao- China’s leader? Oh you mean the guy who executed the business men responsible for toy recalls. Not too mention a communist but oh well.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
Hitler was Time Magazine MOTY for 1938.
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So was Stalin if I recall correctly. And in 2001 they wanted it to be Osama, but backed out. You have to realize that the Man of the Year award is given necessarily for positive achievements; it’s for influence, good or bad.
Putin plays politics better than just about everyone else on the world scene right now. His little back door PM manuever is hilariously fiendish. As was already said, world influence plays both sides of the moral compass.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
Putin plays politics better than just about everyone else on the world scene right now. His little back door PM manuever is hilariously fiendish. As was already said, world influence plays both sides of the moral compass.[/quote]
And he is a wicked Sambo practitioner. Given the other options the OP mentioned, I’d have to give the nod to Vlad.
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
Putin plays politics better than just about everyone else on the world scene right now. His little back door PM manuever is hilariously fiendish. As was already said, world influence plays both sides of the moral compass.
And he is a wicked Sambo practitioner. Given the other options the OP mentioned, I’d have to give the nod to Vlad.[/quote]
He wrote a book on judo techniques which is actually pretty decent from what I hear, though I don’t know that it has ever been translated. I know he has some mean ass hip throws.
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
Putin plays politics better than just about everyone else on the world scene right now. His little back door PM manuever is hilariously fiendish. As was already said, world influence plays both sides of the moral compass.
And he is a wicked Sambo practitioner. Given the other options the OP mentioned, I’d have to give the nod to Vlad.
He wrote a book on judo techniques which is actually pretty decent from what I hear, though I don’t know that it has ever been translated. I know he has some mean ass hip throws.
Wait just a minute…are you telling me that he could take Bush in a fight?
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
Putin plays politics better than just about everyone else on the world scene right now. His little back door PM manuever is hilariously fiendish. As was already said, world influence plays both sides of the moral compass.
And he is a wicked Sambo practitioner. Given the other options the OP mentioned, I’d have to give the nod to Vlad.
He wrote a book on judo techniques which is actually pretty decent from what I hear, though I don’t know that it has ever been translated. I know he has some mean ass hip throws.
Wait just a minute…are you telling me that he could take Bush in a fight?
[quote]malonetd wrote:
So was Stalin if I recall correctly. And in 2001 they wanted it to be Osama, but backed out. You have to realize that the Man of the Year award is given necessarily for positive achievements; it’s for influence, good or bad.[/quote]
Yes, this is right. It’s not that they are saying that the person selected is the BEST person of the year; they just think he is the most influential. Osama SHOULD have gotten the award in 2001, can you think of anyone as influential as he that year?