[Rictor]

http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2006/walkup/

So far Ahmadinejad is leading by a pretty wide margin, followed by "The YouTube Guys".

[Ford Prefect]

I think one of the options should be the stingray that killed Steve Irwin.

[Gank]

Bono was person of the year? F*cking hell the worlds doomed.

[Turey]

I think one of the options should be the stingray that killed Steve Irwin.

Wonder Stingray FTW!

seriously though, who is Ahmadinejad?

[Turnsky]

Bono was person of the year? F*cking hell the worlds doomed.

Time's "Person of the year" deal is rather contrived, remember, Hitler once emblazoned the cover of time as "person of the year"..

and yes, i know times have changed. 

[Scuddie]

Why is Stephen Colbert not on this list?

[Mefustae]

Indeed, he should be on there for the Correspondants Dinner alone.

[Gank]

You could understand Hitler getting it, he did have a major effect for the wrong reasons, but wtfs bono done? f*ckin tax dodger has the check to tell us the government needs to spend more on aid. Tosser should give some of his own millions to the poor if hes so worried about them, instead of telling everyone else to do it.

Ahmadinejad's the Iranian president.

[Rictor]

Although Bill and Melinda Gates did actually deserve it, seeing as how they donated something upwards of $30 billion to charity, maybe more. But Bono's just a sel-righteous prick, I think we can all agree on that.

[an0n]

To be fair, in 1938, Hitler damn well deserved to be Time's Man Of The Year.

He'd dragged Germany kicking and screaming out of an economic black hole and managed to not only restore stability but amass the single most advanced and powerful army the world had ever seen.

If he'd only worked the Jews half to death, he'd probably still be considered one of the greatest men of the modern era. But mass genocide tends to make people shy away from pointing out your good points.

[an0n]

Bwuahaha. Love the closing sentence of the 1938 Man Of The Year article:

To those who watched the closing events of the year it seemed more than probable that the Man of 1938 may make 1939 a year to be remembered.

[Dave2040]

I voted for RoboCop! 

[IPAndrews]

Kim Jong Il will be disappointed with his showing. Expect another N.Korean publicity stunt soon. Probably a declaration of war.

[Dave2040]

War against who? The South? They are already at war... since years...

[Turambar]

i voted for chavez, just to make sure that chavez is beating bush when they count the votes for this.

maybe, just maybe, bush'll read it and get annoyed.

[aldo_14]

War against who? The South? They are already at war... since years...

At war with time itself.

[Flipside]

When it comes to 'impact on the World' this year, I'm surprised that Kim Jong isn't higher in the rating to be honest.

[Taristin]

Condy Rice! >..>;;

[wtf_cl0vvn]

hopefully, he doesnt decide to do something with those nukes he has that will REALLY have an impact on the world, specifically on radioactive fallout.

[IPAndrews]

Because it would be Time magazine's fault if he did.