# Time Magazine's Person of the year is.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699 "2008-12-18T03:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699/21 "2008-12-18T15:52:04Z")
> [@CrazyChop](#): > > Times was considering Sarah Palin as well. That will definitely lead to a more dramatic commentary. The other main candidates were Palin, Nicolas Sarkozy, Henry Paulson and Zhang Yimou, who directed the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics. Picking Palin over Obama wouldn’t have made any sense at all, since she was a much less significant part of the election than he was even if you believe she helped screw McCain’s chances. Paulson would have been the only sensible pick other than Obama, although maybe you could have given it to Paul and Ben Bernanke in tandem. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699/22 "2008-12-18T17:48:59Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Uh, you have an alternative suggestion? I gots nothing! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699/23 "2008-12-18T18:09:47Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Not to belittle Obama, but outside of becoming the first black American president, Obama hasn’t done anything yet. It seems better to wait until he’s actually done something. They’ll feel rather stupid if he ends up being a dud president. (And yes, I’m aware that Man of the Year doesn’t necessarily mean the person was influential in a good way, but like I said, Obama hasn’t been influential in _any_ way, yet.) Thats like saying “other than walking on the moon Neil Amstrong hasn’t done anything, lets wait to see what he does on the moon”. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699/24 "2008-12-18T19:50:23Z")
I was hoping it was one of those cases of “‘embarrassing’ photos of politician when she/he was young and stupid shows up”. Alas, not this time. Maybe next time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699/25 "2008-12-18T19:53:41Z")
The cover is by Shep Fairey who, I believe, sat at my desk a time or two as a work study student. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699/26 "2008-12-18T19:53:48Z")
I like the hat. I keep having dreams that Barack is a great president. Intellectually I know that doesn’t mean shit, but emotionally it makes me feel like he’s going to be a great president. The ONLY reasonable choice for man of the year 2008. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699/27 "2008-12-18T20:34:16Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > The cover is by **Shep Fairey** who, I believe, sat at my desk a time or two as a work study student. Hey, that’s who I pray to when I’m trying to get to sleep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazines-person-of-the-year-is/477699.md?page=1)