Nice hat, dude! In Time’s profoundly insightful cover package, Barack Obama’s brother-in-law reports that the President-elect is “extremely left-handed.” This is obviously some sort of code. But for what???? Anyway FAIL, Time, for not going with a more counterintuitive pick like “The Ghost of Your Fraudulent Mortgage Broker,” or “Cheryl Tiegs.” With that in mind, let’s have a look at the losers who were not designated Hawaiian Shark-God Basketballing Prodigy of the Year.
- Hank Paulson, the chicken-faced goon who stole all of America’s money and gave it to … America? Or AIG, whichever.
- Nicolas Sarkozy, because he is banging a supermodel.
- Sarah Palin, a lying sack of snowbilly trash and national embarrassment.
- Zhang Yimou, a Chinese person.
2008 was clearly not a great year for humans.
Person of the Year 2008 [Time]
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From Barbizon’s 1983 Model Of The Year to Time’s 2008 Person Of The Year… what a long, strange trip it’s been.
You took away the “>” button. So now we have to go back to the home page to get to the enxt article. Oh, Wonkette — is there no indignity to which you will not stoop in order to get more click-throughs? I wonder what Campbell Brown, who at age 21 was teaching English in Václav Havel’s Prague, would think about this?
I wish Time’s write up on Palin had been as succinct as Sara’s is.
As a former person of the year (2006) I am outraged by the obviousness of the pick.
The problem is, he’s going to be person of the year for the next 8 years. I’m not complaining too much, but it could get a bit repetitive.
Heh, heh! Sara said “package”.
Damn… I was rooting for Bill Kristol.
More importantly, Ken Salazar is wearing a suh-WEET cowboy hat during his speech about being the next Interior Sec’y.
Oh, and a bolo tie.
That’s change I can believe in. Waaa-hooo!!
Oh, right, I was going to add “House of the Flying Daggers” to my Netflix. Thanks, Wonkette!
Really? Those are the next tier of persons of the year folks? Palin & Paulson who are complete losers & 2 foreigners?? America really is starting to suck.
I thought Lizard People were a lock this year.
Anurag Dikshit for POTY 2009. VOTE NOW, people!
Will Iraq was architect and drive-off bandit Paul Wolfowitz never get the credit he deserves?
doesnt “sinister” mean left-handed?
Lou Bega is Time’s Man of the Year?
Cheryl Tiegs?? What about Susan Anton?
Don’t get too excited they once gave this award to a PC.
People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’, now THAT looks good on a resumé.
Hmmm…it’s been a while and I’m not very good with faces. Is that Tito or Jermaine in the picture?
Nice moonwalkin’ hat.
Ok, I see Kid Creole but where are the delightful Coconuts?
For the umteenth year in a row, the person of the year is: Teevee. Teevee helps us to understand that all money of those NOT on teevee should be funneled to those ON teevee. It’s all America’s money, but it needs to be in the pockets of the people who actually represent American virtual teevee reality, not in the pockets of hobos with no talent.
I heard that Sarkozy just phoned Palin to tell her that SHE’D wop.
Campbell Brown was the clear choice for person of the year. Time is simultaneously racist and sexist, ergo Republican.
or “won”
[re=200908]Terry[/re]: “And (Saran Palin) wasn’t just a running mate; she was a one-woman rescue team for the Republican ticket.”
And what an effective rescue she pulled off. It was sort of like John McCain was a kitten caught in a tree and she showed up and set the tree on fire.
I am shocked and appalled – APPALLED! – that Joe the Plumber was not chosen. This is perhaps the greatest miscarriage of justice since Tiffany lost on Star Search.
[re=200912]Serolf Divad[/re]: Bravo! Every story should in some way involve Bill Kristol.
[re=200907]V572625694[/re]: What I think? I want my ‘next’ button back, please. What’s up with that? At first I thought it was hiding in my hair, but no matter where I scroll, I can’t find it.
So don’t blame me!
(Prague was absolutely fabulous, what a great town. Oh my god, especially the beer…)
Hugs n’ kisses
Don’t you think the claims of Barry’s overexposure are causal to the second tier being so weak?
[re=200938]Cape Clod[/re]:
Then tried to block the firetruck from arriving, saying the firefighters weren’t real Americans.
So Joe Biden = Sonny Crockett?
Twenty-four smokin’ pictures of 1980 Barry. But was it a 36 exposure roll, and where are the missing 12 pics and what do they show??? Fox News interviews Matt Drudge in 5, 4, 3…
He looks like he should be working Tara.
He’s like one of the Jackson Five circa 1978
That shoe-shyin’ Shia in the Green Zone, since relocated.
I for one approve of Barry’s Mr Beaujangles phase.
What about the Iraqi show thrower? I don’t think you could come up with a more succinct commentary on these times than hurling things at the President while calling him “dog”
[re=200913]Lorax[/re]: As a long-time Colorado resident, I’ve never seen the dude without the bolo. You want it off? Put out or get out. Put out and he might at least fuck you without; get out and you won’t have TV in the homeland of Mexico.
[re=200921]MathewBrooks[/re]: yes, as does gauche. Us lefties just get shat upon right and left.
Dogs and cats could’ve told you that Barry was gonna be Time’s POTY. This had all the suspense of the answer to the question: is water wet?
And what is giant Campbell Brownzilla doing to this site? When does she start to attack mass transit?
You can keep your Barry. I voted for the Lizard People and I’m damn proud of it.
Time magazine is in the tank!if we dont expose the MSM, this muslin terrist might win this elekshun.
[re=200925]Kev-O-Tron[/re]: shit, I thought it was Rockwell
[re=200981]Doglessliberal[/re]: But mostly right.
[re=200922]shanemcgowan[/re]:
A little bit of Campbell in my life
A little bit of Campbell by my side
A little bit of Campbell’s all I need
A little bit of Campbell’s what I see
A little bit of Campbell in the sun
A little bit of Campbell all night long
A little bit of Campbell here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man
Weeknights 8pm EST on CNN
>>This is obviously some sort of code. But for what????
It’s dog-whistle for “Antichrist.”
I wish I was kidding.
I think dude who threw the shoe at shrub should have been on this list!
Obviously Time is in the tank.
[re=200957]Campbell-on-CNN[/re]: Can you please Palin-wink to me tonight 8pm CNN? hugs n kisses, Borat
First, Barry tries to buy a senate seat for his replacement, now he’s clearly bribing Time to be selected as “Person of the Year.” His depravity knows no bounds!
day three of my vigil waiting for a nude of Campbell to surface.
In a gesture of pride for journalists everywhere, CNN’s site had this as “BREAKING NEWS” last night.
Wonkette, you have BURIED THE LEDE in this Person of the Year report. Clearly the story here is that after he first played basketball with Barry, Craig Robinson reported back to his sister, Michelle, that “your boy is straight, and he can ball.”
well, after reading about the ‘extreme left-handedness,’ also know as ‘the sinister hand,’ I was also relieved to find out “Your boy is straight, and he can ball.” My POTUS can ball!!!!
Campbell Brown is giving me an inferiority complex.
[re=201063]Pat Pending[/re]: He’s a PILF!
[re=200981]Doglessliberal[/re]: not to mention ambidextrous means “both right-handed”. WIN FOR THE RIGHTIES.
Us pinko-commie lefties are un-american. IMPEACH COMRAD BARRY.
If the Lizard People want my vote, all they’d have to do is eat Bill Kristol.
[re=200951]bfstevie[/re]:
Oh, but every story does involve Bill Kristol… even if you don’t realize it.
From now on, every comment on this site that’s not about Campbell Brown has to begin with “OT”.
barry is so slick
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/
Shouldn’t the headline read “Palin loses to Obama again”?
As a person who tried to concentrate on the issues during the election, I regret to say that I find the pictures of our first African-American president to be smoking hot.
Now we know what a grownup Michael Jackson would have looked like without plastic surgery.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0,31682,1861543_1861856_1867016,00.html
Hey, watch this video, with snivelling Rat Emperor Giuliani, where the Time staff reveals that RON PAUL ACTUALLY WON THE INTERNET VOTE FOR MAN OF THE YEAR, RELOVUTION!! but that it was the communist Time editor who refused the will of the people. Also Giuliani laughs at the very idea of Ron Paul.
Photographer Lady: Thank you for not releasing these before the election. Also, for not destroying the evidence. Barry seems all saintly, but we best keep on our toes.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1866765_1815174,00.html
What about Bristol? Having an illegitimate kid in the snow…
I can’t believe you guys didn’t choose the picture of Barry smoking that gigantor spliff! I and I need more O’Bomber spliffage, mon.
[re=201163]Atheist Nun[/re]: I like how the photographer locked the negatives away so they might not be used for political motives. If I saw the spliff photo, I would have gone out of my way to vote twice
…Dr. Rick Warren, an author and leader of the Saddleback Church, are among the select group of people who will participate in Barack Obama’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20.
My wife is the one who created the mosaic image in the “Obama on Flickr” section of the Time article. I’m so proud! *beams*
Linky link: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1866936,00.html
Better mosaic page with Zoomifier widget-thingy: http://www.revolutionaryviews.com/obama_poster.html
[re=201084]snideinplainsight[/re]: Even Lizard People have some standards. I would be fine with them just hissing a lot and spitting poison on Kristol.
[re=201224]Borat[/re]: Word!
As it was, Obama upping the ante on Bill Clinton by just admitting: “Yeah, that’s right, I fucking smoked it all, I inhaled everything, get fucked fuckers.” = MY VOTE
lol
Without a doubt it should be Steve Schmidt and Rick Davis. Thank you for running such a brilliant campaign and a special shout out to William Kristol for giving so much excellent advice! We couldn’t one without you guys.
I’m astonished that Joe the Plumber didn’t at least rate mention. or do they have a seperate section for “fake plumber of the year”.
campbell brown got robbed. she owns the internets, that’s pretty impressive.
though i did enjoy learning that the secret to barry’s parenting and managing style is obscene levels of guilt tripping; and when that fails there’s good old fear, i guess i could see how a secret terrorist muslin would rock the whole fear thing pretty hard. oh and the guy that interviewed him is a giant douche-nozzle for asking him about his dead granny at the end there, that came across as pretty uncool.
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