[Recovering_Democrat]

My first three suggestions:


General David Petraeus, leader of the magnificent U.S. military effort in Iraq. So much has been said about his intelligence and prowess, it need not be repeated here. I admire his professionalism and poise when he testified before Congress. I would've wanted to jump over the table and put some color on the faces of some of those Neville Chamberlain wannabes. So he's smart AND restrained.

James Inhofe, Senator from Oklahoma. He has been the leading voice in Washington to take on Al Gore's idiotic global warming scaremongering. I want to shake his hand someday.

Nicolas Sarkozy, French President. Walking off the set of 60 Minutes would get him a nomination immediately, but he also won in France with a conservative message and an embrace of America. A great quote from this European leader sounds Reaganesque: "I reject the kind of naive, wishful thinking that makes every delinquent a victim of society and every riot a social problem."

[Varmint Al]

Sorry. I didn't read the restrictions. I just went with my opinion from the title.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[Sybeck1]

Jeff Sessions

[Lexinom]

General David Petraeus, hands down.

[enduserindy]

There are so many but I think deserve that honor so I nominate the US soldiers and sailors, Duncan Hunter and all those Putin has silenced.

[Old Sarge]

FR Person Of The Year:

Military - GEN Petraeus

Allied Head of State - Nicolas Sarkozy

FReeper (multiple Nominees) - icwhatudo, jveritas, doug from upland, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (posthumous)

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Definetely General Petraeus. With an honorable mention to Laura Ingraham.

[mdittmar]

Who is your FR "Person of the Year"?

Well,that would be Jim Robinson.

[dufekin]

I’ll make a (rare) defense of Time here. Vladimir Putin is an interesting choice, although not for the reasons specified therein. Time should have chosen such terrorists as Usama bin Laden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in earlier years (2001, 2004, and 2006, respectively). The magazine purports to feature the person with the most influence over the events of the year with implications for the future. Time therefore should defend its nomination with a detailed description of how Putin’s Russia is pulling the strings in international affairs. Perhaps he is; I really don’t know. But Putin does have a decent case—far better than their usual slate of nominees, particularly last year’s “you.”

But General Petraeus actually belongs on this feature because his ascent has driven the pacification of al-Qaeda in Iraq and a limitation of Iranian influence therein. In so doing, he outwitted the Democrats in Congress who just conceded another tiny dose of essential funding without strings attached.

[BIGLOOK]

All of the above.

[Corporate Law]

General Petraeus

[A message]

I agree with Shadow those were three good choices.

I go with General Petraeus.

[hinckley buzzard]

Sarkozy hasn't made much impact as yet though he has all the potential. Imhofe is on the right side of the issue but his impact is minimal. Sometime before too many more years go by Limbaugh should get man of the year but this year ain't it. Petraeus is the man of the year.

[skimbell]

"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going".

Professor Irwin Corey

[cowtowney]

General Patraeus
Nicolas Sarkozy
John Bolton
Rush Limbaugh - who we take for granted

[OCC]

Why cant it be ME again!?

[Graybeard58]

I nominate me, because I'm sooooooooo pretty.

[MaxMax]

God Bless General Petraeus. Person of the Year 2007

Iraq Will Be Petraeus's Knot to Untie

Twice, accidents almost ended his career, or even his life. In 1991, as a battalion commander
at Fort Campbell, Ky., he was shot in the chest with an M-16 rifle when a soldier tripped during a training exercise.
Rushed into surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he underwent five hours of surgery by Bill Frist,
who a decade later became Senate majority leader.

While skydiving in 2000, Petraeus survived the abrupt collapse of his parachute 60 feet up.
His shattered pelvis was reassembled with a plate and long screws.

As commander of the 101st Airborne, Petraeus saw combat for the first time during the division's
drive up the Euphrates Valley, with sharp firefights in Najaf, Karbala and Hilla. But it was during the division's
subsequent occupation of Mosul and northern Iraq that he won widespread acclaim by resurrecting the local economy,
restoring services and preserving order with strategic force, which included killing Saddam Hussein's two sons.

Posters in the division bivouacs read:
"What have you done to win Iraqi hearts and minds today?"

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Nominating additional candidates:

John Bolton
Tom McClintock
Duncan Hunter
Ann Coulter
Melanie Morgan
Phyllis Schlafly

[keat]

Jeanne Assam

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Petraeus, hands down.