His final year as Russia's President has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsize—if not always benign—influence on global affairs

Runner-Ups:

 

Al Gore, J.K Rowling, Hu Jintao, David Petraeus

 

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/

Um, okay? By what standard is he the person of the year? He undermined democracy and was probably involved in international intrigue (poisoning all those people). Yes, that's the person of the year. Way to go Time!

Um, okay? By what standard is he the person of the year? He undermined democracy and was probably involved in international intrigue (poisoning all those people). Yes, that's the person of the year. Way to go Time!

That isn't the criteria.

The man, woman, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year."

Hitler and Stalin are former Person's of the Year.

Sounds like the title should be "Influential Person of the Year" or "Newsmaker of the Year." "Person of the Year" sounds like someone who changed things for the better.

Yeah, they've only called it this for 80 years now.

 

:confused

Sounds like the title should be "Influential Person of the Year" or "Newsmaker of the Year." "Person of the Year" sounds like someone who changed things for the better.

 

You are putting your own adjective before 'person' where there is none. It may "sound" like that to you, but most people who know the criteria know the difference.

Either way, I'm not sure that's a good pick.

Either way, I'm not sure that's a good pick.

 

 

meh. It's a hell of a lot better than last year's cop out.

Either way, I'm not sure that's a good pick.

 

 

meh. It's a hell of a lot better than last year's cop out.

Yeah, that was bad.

I don't have much of a problem with last years, to be honest. It was sort of cheesy, but it made sense.

Damn, I was hoping to win again this year too.

that picture is creepy. Putin's got one of those faces you could imagine playing a KGB agent in movies.

that picture is creepy. Putin's got one of those faces you could imagine playing a KGB agent in movies.

thats because he IS a former KGB

http://www.glennbeck.com/news/12192007c.shtml

 

Romeny and Beck don't understand the criteria either.

 

Retarded.

that picture is creepy. Putin's got one of those faces you could imagine playing a KGB agent in movies.

thats because he IS a former KGB

 

no! :o

that picture is creepy. Putin's got one of those faces you could imagine playing a KGB agent in movies.

thats because he IS a former KGB

 

no! :o

Riiight i was shocked too lol

 

I think if Gore would have run for president he would have gotten it

I can't think of a better choice at the moment.

Actually, I think a Time Person of the Year would have fit perfectly with Gore's Academy Award and Nobel Peace Prize.

 

:blink: :blink:

 

This is too funny. :lol

Could've have gone to be a better guy.

I can't think of a better choice at the moment.

Actually, I think a Time Person of the Year would have fit perfectly with Gore's Academy Award and Nobel Peace Prize.

 

:blink: :blink:

 

This is too funny. :lol

 

 

Why? Granted, he didn't deserve either of those awards, but when you win an Academy Award and the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year...that's pretty damn impressive. Much more newsworthy than anything Putin did this year, IMO.

I can't think of a better choice at the moment.

Actually, I think a Time Person of the Year would have fit perfectly with Gore's Academy Award and Nobel Peace Prize.

 

:blink: :blink:

 

This is too funny. :lol

 

 

Why? Granted, he didn't deserve either of those awards, but when you win an Academy Award and the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year...that's pretty damn impressive. Much more newsworthy than anything Putin did this year, IMO.

He's been denied the triple crown.

http://www.glennbeck.com/news/12192007c.shtml

 

Romeny and Beck don't understand the criteria either.

 

Retarded.

That's OK, Beck's a moron. I don't expect him to.

As Fox brought up Stalin and Hitler were men of the year at one time...

 

 

Putin as a selection certainly beats past cheeseball winners like the personal computer, the amazon.com guy, "american women," the planet earth, and the "everybody wins time's people of the year."

As Fox brought up Stalin and Hitler were men of the year at one time...

 

Putin as a selection certainly beats past cheeseball winners like the personal computer, the amazon.com guy, "american women," the planet earth, and the "everybody wins time's people of the year."

I agree completely.

 

They also copped out in 2001, when they chose Rudy Giuliani over Osama. I remember hearing that there was a pretty heated debate within Time about that whole deal.

The Guardian claims that Putin has stashed away $40B.

Putin is a massive douchebag and Russia in all its various incarnations has been a subpar lame-ass country that has sucked at its proverbial life for the last millennium.