# TIME's Man Of The Year - Predictions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759 "2001-11-16T16:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/21 "2001-11-17T05:22:29Z")
I’m throwing my vote in with Rudy. Talk about a comeback. He goes from embarrassment who’s alienated everybody to American superhero in just a few months. Overall, I think that year-end retrospective issues for all the news magazines will be quite different. With all of the country’s mini-tragedies put back into their proper perspective (death of Dale Earnhardt, for example), they barely seems worth mentioning any more. ---
**Author:** ![OrganicMatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/898d66/32.png) [@OrganicMatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrganicMatter)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/22 "2001-11-17T08:10:05Z")
It comes down to the ESP v. Osama. I would predict the ESP will be selected with this [photo](http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/rescue2/6.html) on the cover. If they go with Osama, it will be a more generic thing like “The Terrorist,” with a picture of a weapon or something similar on the cover. TIME will never put bin Laden’s picture on the cover of the issue, IMHO. Britney could be a long shot.😃 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/23 "2001-11-17T08:25:36Z")
Mohammed? Dead, maybe, but still **the** most influential person of the year. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/24 "2001-11-17T08:36:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OrganicMatter \* > \*\*It comes down to the ESP v. Osama. I would predict the ESP will be selected with this [photo](http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/rescue2/6.html) on the cover. > > If they go with Osama, it will be a more generic thing like “The Terrorist,” with a picture of a weapon or something similar on the cover. TIME will never put bin Laden’s picture on the cover of the issue, IMHO. > > Britney could be a long shot.😃 \*\* How about Osama with Bert? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/25 "2001-11-17T21:48:02Z")
I’d say the three front runners are Guliani, Bush, and Bin Laden, in no particular order. Outside shots to go Vladimir Putin and Tony Blair. I can’t think of anyone else even on the radar map. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/26 "2001-11-17T21:56:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*Mohammed? Dead, maybe, but still **the** most influential person of the year. \*\* I think that’s unfair, **elmwood**. I think most Muslims would be offended by that statement, assuming you mean that Mohammed’s Islam (in the form of the terrorist attackers, or their actions, or their beliefs) had the most impact on us. Almost all Muslims maintain that what Bin Laden etc follow has hardly anything to do with real normal Islam because it is so extreme. ---
**Author:** ![tsunamisurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/27 "2001-11-17T22:56:38Z")
Ultimately, Time magazine is a business run by bean counters and surrounded by a city still grieving over the deaths of 6,000 innocent victims. Key facts: a recession grips the nation, especially in the newspaper and magazine industry, where advertising revenues are collapsing and layoffs are becoming commonplace. Time’s editorial staff may believe OBL most deserving, but senior management realizes that naming him M.O.Y. might spark a backlash among their key clients. My guess is they will play it safe and choose someone else–someone heroic, not satanic. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/28 "2001-11-17T22:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pesch \* > \*\*Nope nope nope nope nope > > Osama has absolutely no chance. Forget it. Ain’t gonna happen. There is absolutely no way Time wants to see thousands of copies of its magazines burning in front of every Pic ‘n’ Pay and Seven-11 in the nation. > > \*\* Considering that Bin Laden has been on the cover of TIME at least twice, I find that hard to believe. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759/29 "2001-11-17T23:00:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palve \* > \*\*Man of the Year? Why not Person of the Year? It’s awfully sexist if they choose only men. > > \*\* _sigh_ Read the OP-they do NOT choose only men, or even people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-man-of-the-year-predictions/93759.md?page=1)