Person of the Year: Sorry, Internet. It's NOT Eddie. It's Francis.

[cbelt3]

"
At a time when the limits of leadership are being tested in so many places, along comes a man with no army or weapons, no kingdom beyond a tight fist of land in the middle of Rome but with the immense wealth and weight of history behind him, to throw down a challenge. The world is getting smaller; individual voices are getting louder; technology is turning virtue viral, so his pulpit is visible to the ends of the earth. When he kisses the face of a disfigured man or washes the feet of a Muslim woman, the image resonates far beyond the boundaries of the Catholic Church."

Yup. Governments will lie and cheat, dictators will murder, politicians will bombast and deal. But a man of faith who preaches the basic tenents of his faith and then practices them ?

Good choice, Time.

[Speedy]

Time had to do it quickly before his porridge is poisoned.

[SteveG]

What I find really surprising is that Time still sells 3.3 million copies a week.

[Lemon Drop]

I just heard that Newsweek is going back to print. Maybe people miss holding something larger than an index card when they read.



And good for Francis. I hope he lives up to the hype. I don't think people who left the church are coming back but he could renew some confidence in those who remain.

[$tevie]

Eddie who? I thought the internet was voting for Miley Cyrus.

[RonT]

"Yup. Governments will lie and cheat, dictators will murder, politicians will bombast and deal. But a man of faith who preaches the basic tenents of his faith and then practices them ?

. . . . . Is bound to be ridiculed by the Republicant's.

[Black]

Eddie was pretty clear about not wanting it.

[Lemon Drop]

should've been Snowden.

[Spock]

Lemon Drop wrote:
should've been Snowden.

Yep, he should be the one.

[$tevie]

Lemon Drop wrote:
should've been Snowden.

It's too soon to know, but the Pope has potential to bring more seismic change than Snowden has. Man of the year isn't supposed to be a popularity contest.

I couldn't make the mental leap from Snowden to "Eddie". I in fact wondered for a moment if it was a mispelling of "Edie", my personal favorite.