Guess Who's Time - Person of the Year?

[ultimatebob]

Where is this "clear cut" election victory that CNN was yammering about? W only beat Kerry by a few electorial votes, and there are entire regions of the country that voted against Bush by a wide margin. "Revisionist History", anyone?

 

[everman]

*marshmallows*
*lawn chair*

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: tangent1138

well, "Person of the Year" doesn't mean Time Magazine supports his decisions, it just means they think he's the person who has had the most affect on the world. for example, Hitler could've been voted person of the year because he changed the world so much (for bad).

The Ayatollah was man of the year once.....

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: everman
*marshmallows*
*lawn chair*

Passes everman a :beer: and grabs a lawn-chair next to him

 

[Megatomic]

Seeing all the unhappy campers here makes me wonder if any of the folks that swore to move out of the USA if GW won have actually done so yet?

 

[GoodToGo]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Seeing all the unhappy campers here makes me wonder if any of the folks that swore to move out of the USA if GW won have actually done so yet?

I hope you do realize that the internet can be accessed outisde the USA as well :roll:

 

[BigJelly]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Where is this "clear cut" election victory that CNN was yammering about? W only beat Kerry by a few electorial votes, and there are entire regions of the country that voted against Bush by a wide margin. "Revisionist History", anyone?

All data comes from CNN's website

Bush State/% more than Kerry
Utah 44%
Wyoming 40%
Alabama 38%
Idaho 38%
Nebraska 33%
Oklahoma 32%
Alaska 27%
North Dakota 27%
Kansas 25%
Texas 23%
Indiana 21%
South Dakota 21%
Kentucky 20%
Mississippi 20%
Montana 20%
Georgia 17%
South Carolina 17%
Louisiana 15%
Tennessee 14%
West Virginia 13%
North Carolina 12%
Arizona 11%
Arkansas 9%
Virgina 9%
Missouri 8%
Colorado 5%
Flordia 5%
Nevada 3%
Ohio 2%
New Mexico 1%
Iowa 1%

Kerry State/% more than Bush
DC 81%
Massachusetts 25%
Rhode Island 21%
Vermont 20%
New York 18%
Maryland 13%
Connecticut 10%
Illinois 10%
California 9%
Hawaii 9%
Maine 9%
Washington 7%
Delaware 7%
New Jersey 7%
Oregon 4%
Michigan 3%
Minnesota 3%
Pennsylvania 2%
New Hampshire 1%
Wisconsin 1%

Bush 31 States
Kerry 19 States/20 counting DC as a "state"

States won by 1% or less
Bush 2 (6.5% of his states)
Kerry 2 (10.5% of his states/counting DC 10.0%)

States won by 5% or less
4 Bush (12.9% of his states)
6 Kerry (31.6% of his states/counting DC 30.0%)

States won by 10% or less
9 Bush (29.0% of his states)
14 Kerry (73.7% of his states/counting DC 70.0%)

States won by more than 10%
22 Bush (71.0% of his states)
5/6 Kerry (26.3% of his states/counting DC 30.0%)

Who's the revisionist?

 

[jjones]

Sounds about right.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: tangent1138

well, "Person of the Year" doesn't mean Time Magazine supports his decisions, it just means they think he's the person who has had the most affect on the world. for example, Hitler could've been voted person of the year because he changed the world so much (for bad).

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's bold, uncompromising leadership and his clear-cut election victory made him Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2004, its managing editor said Sunday.

So WTF is your point? His leadership HAS been uncompromising and bold, and he DID win the election convincingly.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: GoodToGo

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Seeing all the unhappy campers here makes me wonder if any of the folks that swore to move out of the USA if GW won have actually done so yet?

I hope you do realize that the internet can be accessed outisde the USA as well :roll:

Why are you still here then?

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: tangent1138

well, "Person of the Year" doesn't mean Time Magazine supports his decisions, it just means they think he's the person who has had the most affect on the world. for example, Hitler could've been voted person of the year because he changed the world so much (for bad).

Uh, Hitler was Person of the Year...

Twice, IIRC

 

[blakeatwork]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Seeing all the unhappy campers here makes me wonder if any of the folks that swore to move out of the USA if GW won have actually done so yet?

Hoping not...

it would bring down the rest of the world's political intellect..

 

[Kishan]

so who would you pick then? I can't think of a good one off the top of my head.

 

[xospec1alk]

smack me if im wrong, but wasn't osama bin laden time person of the year a few years back? or was it just under consideration?

ok i was wrong, he was in consideration, but ddin't win.

 

[Nimloth]

should've been Howard Stern

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
smack me if im wrong, but wasn't osama bin laden time person of the year a few years back? or was it just under consideration?

ok i was wrong, he was in consideration, but ddin't win.

he was close for 2001, but Guiliani got it. I thought Bin Laden should have gotten it, being the worlds most "influential" person that year. I think a lot of people were really hesitant though that it would send the wrong message.