HUCK FINN COMMENTS: Poor Al Gore. The guy works 24/7 to save planet Earth and comes in 2nd place for the TIME person of the year.
I don't believe Putin should have won alone. Putin should have won, but they could have at least shared the number 1 spot. C'mon? Hard would that have been for the TIME editors?
This shows how important saving the planet is on American media minds. The planet is burning and...
all Al Gore can get is second place?
At least Putin didn't cheat. In fact, Putin blew off the TIME entourage that visited him for the interview. They didn't even finish dinner. You gotta love that attitude. Putin doesn't kiss ass anybody... unlike some, well most of our politicians.
What if Putin gave Al Gore half of the Person of the Year title?
That's what Bush should have done. When he won in Florida (because his brother was governor), he should have shared the presidency with Al Gore. Imagine if he'd said, "Folks, it's too close to call. Why don't I shared the presidency with Al Gore?"
George W. would have been the greatest president in U.S. history if he'd have shared his role with his nemesis. Democrats and Republicans are so similar, it wouldn't have mattered. I bet we wouldn't have gone to Iraq. I bet we'd have tried to save the planet earlier. That would have been some Bush legacy.
Because Bush didn't share the presidency with Al Gore, he has no legacy. He has less than twelve months to find one. Good luck, Mr. Bush.
Does Putin have the vision and guts to share his TIME Person of the Year with Al Gore? If Putin called TIME back and asked them to reprint the cover of the magazine to show Al Gore as the co-winner, Putin would create a legacy of unimaginable proportions. He'd instantly acknowledge the importance of saving the planet and would become the first super power president to do so.
Putin and Gore. TIME Persons of the Year. 2008.
Now, that feels right. Doesn't it? What will Putin do? Da, will he go green with Al Gore?
In closing, I've written a little message to Putin. Thank you, our readers, for allowing me to do so.
"Dear Mr. Putin,
Congratulations. You're TIME Person of
the Year. I'm sure it's a title you will cherish for the rest of your
life. Most likely you will take it to the grave with you. I'm guessing
that you have it framed on the wall in your bathroom, above the
commode.
Mr. Putin, things are not right in America. Al Gore,
our confident and visionary 'Saviour of the Planet' who has fought the
Bush Administration so valiantly, has come in second place again. This
time to you, Sir. But at least we know that you earned your Person of
the Year title and we know for sure you didn't cheat.
Mr. Putin, I beg you to reconsider this highly-touted title, and share it with Al Gore.
If
you will consider this, sir, your legacy as the first super power
president to acknowledge the seriousness of global warming, will create
an incredible legacy for you. You will be 'Co-Saviour' of our planet.
I'm sure Al gore won't mind cause it's better sharing the first
position than being number 2.
I plead and beg you to reconsider.
Please make that call to Time magazine. Ask them to reshoot the cover
with you and Al Gore. If you decide to do this, I will personally
deliver an iPod and Airbook to you.
Sincerely,
Huck Finn, Chairman, The Amerikan Party
"Smart-Ass Politics for Smart People.” TM
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