(2006-12-17) — Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, today announced he is “humbled and grateful” to be named Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year‘ for 2006.
“When I picked up my copy of Time at the newsstand,” said Sen. Kerry, “and saw my own image looking back at me, I thought ‘Of all the great people in the world this year — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Kofi Annan, Kim Jong-Il — how can it be you, John?’”
The presumptive runner-up for the Democrat presidential nomination in 2008 said he had not yet read the Time cover story because “modesty restrains me.”
“And yet,” Sen. Kerry added, “in a way, my whole life has been moving toward this moment when the people of this nation and their leaders would say, ‘You’re the one, John’. There’s a sense of destiny, and you can’t fight that.”
In related news, spokesmen for Sen. Hillary Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards said both would appear at separate news conferences later today to reflect on their feelings after being named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2006.
49 responses so far ↓
1 MargeinMI // Dec 17, 2006 at 6:56 am
God Bless America!
2 Scott Ott // Dec 17, 2006 at 7:04 am
Kerry Humbled to Be Named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’…
by Scott Ott(2006-12-17) — Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, today announced he is “humbled and grateful” to be named Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year‘ for 2006.“When I picked up my copy of Time at the newsstand,” said Sen. Kerry, “and saw my…
3 Fred Sinclair // Dec 17, 2006 at 8:07 am
President George W. Bush; Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; Karl Rove; Condi Rice and of course Judge Janice Rogers Brown, would be my list. With Condi being the winner for ‘Person of the Year’.
Heirborn Ranger
4 JamesonLewis3rd // Dec 17, 2006 at 8:48 am
It would have been nice, particularly since they were going with a group rather than an individual, to have seen the US military on that cover.
5 Maggie // Dec 17, 2006 at 9:03 am
Good Morning everyone!
John Kerry could be called “a person of interest”.(wink…..wink)
6 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 9:09 am
After counting some late absentee pablums, The supreme court overturned Time’s choice and the person of the year is now Jeb Bush.
The Doomsday clock, (made by Diebold), has now been moved to one second before midnight, and is the time-piece of the year, 2006. (do we spring forward or fall back when armeggedon rolls around?)
John Kerry opened his mouth last week and lost the 2004 election again. A re-recount in Ohio is expected.
7 Anonymous // Dec 17, 2006 at 9:35 am
What! I thought Nancy Pelosi was a lock.
I guess ,in a way she won too, but
I can hear her now…
“I lifted my face for this !!
Presumable “you” that is, we were named “P-O-T-Y”
for throwing off the shackles of opressive GOP congressional control.
8 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 9:45 am
I guess the way to get a conservative’s attention is to feature a Page of the Year on any publication’s cover. The Iraqi Study Group missed their chance, eh? (the ranger’s not going to like this yogi)
9 Digital Brainwaves » Blog Archive » I’m Person of the Year! // Dec 17, 2006 at 10:22 am
[…] UPDATE: John Kerry is humbled to have won as well. […]
10 camojack // Dec 17, 2006 at 10:41 am
♪ It had to be you… ♪
11 conserve-a-tips // Dec 17, 2006 at 10:58 am
I have a question. I realize that the reason that Time chose ,b>us as People of the Year because we supposedly put the Dems in power, despite the fact that the Dems weren’t put into overwhelming power, but just that the Republicans were taken out of power (see Johnson stroke coverage). Sooo, if I didn’t vote to take the Republicans out of power or to put the Dems into power, does that mean that I am not a Person of the Year? I thought not. No celebrations for me tonight. And I had my acceptance speech all ready. Sighhhhhh.
12 conserve-a-tips // Dec 17, 2006 at 11:00 am
I love this statement from Time. This is true journalistic excellence at its best:
“If you choose an individual, you have to justify how that person affected millions of people,” said Richard Stengel, who took over as Time’s managing editor earlier this year. “But if you choose millions of people, you don’t have to justify it to anyone.”
13 GnuCarSmell // Dec 17, 2006 at 11:26 am
In unrelated news, People magazine has named autumn “Time of the Year.”
14 Stop The ACLU // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:23 pm
Sunday Funnies…
Hot Air has a hillarious video of Danny Bonaduce slamming a 911 truther.
Doug Ross has an inside look at Kofi Annan’s new job interview.
Wizbbang tells a story on how the government frowned upon someone’s American dream.
The Anchoress ha…
15 Loki, E.NC.Z.B-K // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Wow, I’m honored. I don’t know what to say, other then thanks! Who what have thunk it, me, person of the year…
(I think they may be trying to suck up to us… :P)
16 Loki, E.NC.Z.B-K // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:27 pm
If only this happened yesterday, it would have been the ultimate December 16th present…
17 kajun // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:52 pm
Scott Ott should definately have been named ‘Person of The Year’!
18 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:52 pm
It’s a one way mirror and big brother is spying on us people!!!
19 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:56 pm
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20 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:57 pm
It’s like a picture-in-picture mirror and my alter ego is in the little box. I’m frightened.
21 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 12:59 pm
I accidently ripped the Time’s front cover and now I’ve got seven years bad luck. That’s so unfair.
22 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:02 pm
My barber used Time to show me the back of my head. The Man of the Year is a bald spot?
23 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:07 pm
I tried to sun-fry some ants with the time mirror and blinded my cat, man.
24 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:09 pm
I used the Time Cover to
signal some renegade Apaches to attack a wagon train, man.
25 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:10 pm
If only 7 out of 10 americans look at the time cover then only surrender monkeys are the person of the year. man.
26 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Wait a minute. What if OJ looks at the cover? What if Osama bin Laden gets a copy??? That aint right.
27 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:16 pm
This Time Cover can only increase cocaine snorting in the USA. Does that make the person of the year, Timothy Leary, man?
28 Fred Sinclair // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Speaking of pictures - here’s one for all my Scrappler friends - MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! - Click here: Scenes Living Painting 1
Heirborn Ranger
29 Godfrey // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Wow, Time has really jumped the shark here.
Great one, Scott.
30 Fred Sinclair // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Sorry - that one got lost un the transfer. e-mail me for a better shot,
heirborn_ranger@sbcglobal.net
Heirborn Ranger
31 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:36 pm
What’s next? A mirror in the Playboy Centerfold? Have you seen ugly betty? This could warp the playboy philosophy and ruin the sexual revolution. That’s not right.
32 JamesonLewis3rd // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:36 pm
O/T (Old Topic):
Newt the Gingrich nails it!
33 JamesonLewis3rd // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:53 pm
If I were to snip off 1/6,000,000,000th of the cover of Time as mine-all-mine, how big a bit would that be?
34 JamesonLewis3rd // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:53 pm
35 Loki, E.NC.Z.B-K // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:53 pm
I can’t stop laughing…
I wonder why.
36 Loki, E.NC.Z.B-K // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:54 pm
I can’t stop laughing… Does that make me a bad person?
37 Loki, E.NC.Z.B-K // Dec 17, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Ooops, looks like I had twins…
38 Godfrey // Dec 17, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Doing much better this morning.
High score 1482.
http://www.hurtwood.demon.co.uk/Fun/copter.swf
39 Godfrey // Dec 17, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Make that 2126.
Thanks for the new addiction, Fred.
That game should come with its own 12-step program.
40 Analchord // Dec 17, 2006 at 4:20 pm
The mirror on the cover of Time is ridiculous. What’s next, Toilet Cams?
41 RedPepper // Dec 17, 2006 at 4:33 pm
c-a-t #12: “Love (of self) means never having to justify anything to anyoneis the perfect choice …
42 RedPepper // Dec 17, 2006 at 4:39 pm
For the first time, I find myself missing “The Forum” ! Wish I could edit that last comment !
What I wanted to say (after … “anything to anyone” ) was ; so I guess John Kerry really is the perfect choice, after all !
43 Brutally Honest // Dec 17, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Time’s Person of the Year…
The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals - citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners this year were anyone…
44 gafisher // Dec 17, 2006 at 9:51 pm
“♪ You’re so vain, you prob’ly think this Time is about you … ♪”
45 myword // Dec 17, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Do you think it’s a bribe to get subscriptions? I hear the
MSM Rat PAC isn’t doing so well.
46 Blue Star Chronicles // Dec 18, 2006 at 1:08 am
John Kerry Meets Soldiers in Iraq…
Obviously, he didn’t study hard enough.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sen. John Kerry said meeting with American and British troops in
Iraq on Saturday helped clear his thoughts about what needs to be done to stabilize the country and he looked forward to hear…
47 EckerNet.Com » Blog Archive » 2006 Time Person Of The Year : Me!! // Dec 19, 2006 at 12:55 am
[…] Now understandably, lots and lots of people have ridiculed this choice. And perhaps rightly so. […]
48 Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » Sunday Funnies // Jan 7, 2007 at 6:25 pm
[…] Donegal Express has a Ninja kitty Dr. Sanity has the Carnival of Insanities! Gateway Pundit reports on Kerry meeting the dopes in Irak. Congrats to Don Surber for his nomination as Time’s Person of The Year. Oh, and Congrats to all of you. We are all humbled, especially John Kerry. Guntoting Liberal picks Joe Lieberman for Person of the Year. Good choice. Dan Riehl: If the concept is good enough for Iraq, maybe it’s good enough for America, too. (smirk) Wuzzadem: Bloggers Vs. AP Dread Pundit Bluto has a Sunday funny too. […]
49 Scared Monkeys // Jul 8, 2007 at 9:15 pm
[…] “When I picked up my copy of Time at the newsstand,” said Sen. Kerry, “and saw my own image looking back at me, I thought ‘Of all the great people in the world this year — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Kofi Annan, Kim Jong-Il — how can it be you, John?’” via ScrappleFace […]
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