Rick Stengel, the managing editor of Time Magazine, was on the Today show this morning trying might hard to pretend that Barack Obama wouldn’t necessarily be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2008. But he was convincing as…oh, let’s say Jennifer Aniston insisting she’s moved on from the Brangelina mess.
Even Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera couldn’t hide their skepticism. They actually kind of mocked Stengel as he rattled off a list of names–Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, Michael Phelps, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson–that he insisted were contenders for the honor.
C’mon, can there be any doubt about which person had the biggest impact on the world these past 365 days? Is winning some gold medals or doing great sketch comedy more important than being the first African-American president in the United States history?
The Predicto Mobile community agrees: 88% predicted that Barack Obama be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2008.
And if Obama isn’t chosen, I call FAIL on Time Mag. Just because Obama’s the expected choice doesn’t mean you should try to be “unconventional” and pick the guy who designed the Olympics’ opening ceremonies. (Yup, he’s an actual candidate.)
UPDATE: Yup, it’s him.
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