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Time magazine has given its Person of the Year award to United States
President George W Bush.
Time credited him with "sticking to his
guns" and persuading voters "this time around that he deserved to be in the White House for another four
years".
Mr Bush's clear re-election
in November contrasted with a disputed win in 2000.
Time's annual award comes as Mr Bush prepares for his second
inauguration, and US forces in Iraq struggle to quell violence ahead of
the January election.
The magazine's year-end ritual goes back to 1927, when aviator Charles
Lindbergh was given the title.
Last year's Person of the Year was the "American soldier" who bore the
duty of "living and dying for a country's most fateful decisions".
Time managing editor Jim Kelly said: "Obviously many supporters of the
president will be pleased, many people who do not support the president
will probably sigh.
"But even those who may not have voted for him will acknowledge that
this is one of the more influential presidents of the last 50 years."
Mr Kelly added that the president had reshaped "the rules of politics
to fit his 10-gallon-hat
leadership style".
In an interview with the magazine, Mr Bush said he owed his victory
over Democratic candidate John Kerry to his foreign policy and the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq.
"The election was about the use of American influence," he said.
The president's approval rating stands at 49% - the level where it
stood in the lead-up to the election - according to a Time poll unveiled
on Sunday.
Mr Bush had already received Time magazine's yearly accolade after his
first, controversial election in 2000.
He joins six other US presidents who twice won the award - Harry
Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan
and Bill Clinton.
Three-time recipient Franklin D Roosevelt - who was elected four times
- holds the record.
(Agencies) |
美國總統喬治·W·布什當選為《時代》周刊2004年“年度風云人物”。
《時代》周刊稱布什“立場堅定，堅持己見”，成功說服選民“這次他應該在白宮再待四年。”
布什在11月份的總統大選中大獲全勝，和他在2000年有爭議地當選美國總統有很大的差別。
《時代》周刊年度大獎出爐之時，布什總統正在為第二個任期的就職演說做準備，駐伊美軍也在努力平息叛亂，力爭在一月份伊拉克大選之前使伊拉克恢復平靜。
《時代》周刊在每年年終推出的“年度風云人物”評選活動可以追溯到1927年，那一年飛行員查爾斯·林德伯格成為第一位獲此殊榮的人。
去年的“年度風云人物”授予了為國家的生死抉擇克己盡職的“美國大兵”。
《時代》周刊執行主編吉姆·凱利說：“顯然，布什總統的不少支持者會很高興；而很多不支持布什的人可能要嘆氣了。”
“但是，即使是那些沒有給布什投票的人也不得不承認，他確實是過去50年來最具影響力的總統之一。”
凱利補充說，布什總統重塑了“政治規則，以適應他西部牛仔式的領導風格”。
一次在接受《時代》周刊的采訪時，布什說他之所以能戰勝民主黨候選人約翰·克里，應該歸功于他的對外政策和在阿富汗和伊拉克發動的戰爭。
他說：“此次大選的根本在于如何使用美國的影響力。”
周日公布的《時代》周刊的民意調查結果顯示，布什的支持率保持在49%，和選舉前大致持平。
2000年布什在爭議聲中首次當選美國總統，當年他就成為《時代》周刊“年度風云人物”。
他和其他六位美國總統一起成為兩度獲得該獎的“年度風云人物”，其他六人是哈里·杜魯門，德懷特·艾森豪威爾，林登·約翰遜，理查德·尼克松，羅納·德里根和比爾·克林頓。
四度當選美國總統的富蘭克林·D·羅斯福保持著獲獎次數最多的記錄，他曾三次當選“年度風云人物”。
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2004-12-21 10:19