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Bush named 'Person of the Year'
Press Trust of India
Washington, December 19
President George W Bush has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year "for sticking to his guns" and for quashing lingering doubts about his legitimacy with his clear election victory, the magazine announced on Sunday.
Bush got the nod "for sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters this time around that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years,' Managing Editor Jim Kelly wrote.
Time's annual year-end ritual comes as Washington prepares for Bush's inauguration ceremony next month, and as Baghdad prepares for elections the US president insists will go on despite unrelenting violence.
His clear victory over Democrat John Kerry in November contrasted with election results in 2000, when the Supreme Court ultimately halted legal battles over recounts of disputed ballots in the razor-tight race against Al Gore.
That left legions of Americans convinced that his presidency was illegitimate -- doubts that receded after the September 11, 2001 attacks but surfaced again amid anger over the war on Iraq.
Bush's approval rating now is just about where it was in the lead-up to this year's election, 49 percent, according to results of a Time poll also unveiled.
And half of Americans still think the United States is headed in the wrong direction, the survey found -- the kind of numbers that many thought indicated a defeat for Bush in balloting.
Press Trust of India
Washington, December 19
President George W Bush has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year "for sticking to his guns" and for quashing lingering doubts about his legitimacy with his clear election victory, the magazine announced on Sunday.
Bush got the nod "for sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters this time around that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years,' Managing Editor Jim Kelly wrote.
Time's annual year-end ritual comes as Washington prepares for Bush's inauguration ceremony next month, and as Baghdad prepares for elections the US president insists will go on despite unrelenting violence.
His clear victory over Democrat John Kerry in November contrasted with election results in 2000, when the Supreme Court ultimately halted legal battles over recounts of disputed ballots in the razor-tight race against Al Gore.
That left legions of Americans convinced that his presidency was illegitimate -- doubts that receded after the September 11, 2001 attacks but surfaced again amid anger over the war on Iraq.
Bush's approval rating now is just about where it was in the lead-up to this year's election, 49 percent, according to results of a Time poll also unveiled.
And half of Americans still think the United States is headed in the wrong direction, the survey found -- the kind of numbers that many thought indicated a defeat for Bush in balloting.
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