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Nov. 13, 2006
Tell us who you think TIME should name as Person of the Year 2006, for good or for ill, using our form below. We'll post some of your responses here.

The person of the year should be the American Soldier and the Wounded Warriors. Somehow America has got caught up in fighting over who's fault it is, where we went wrong spending way too much time on what we did and forgetting that we still have hundreds of brave soldiers fighting and dying for our nation. I'm glad Veteran's Day was covered in the media, because it seems like their selfless sacrifices are hardly recognized these days! Being from the military community, I continue to see brave soldiers leave, families staying strong during their deployment, many coming back severly wounded and some not coming back. It's a hard, long rough war...not on policy makers, but on the American Armed Forces and their family and I'm wondering how Americans lost sight of this. We are still losing our neighbors. Soldiers are still coming back with only one leg and no eyesight. Where has our support gone?

Love your country and live with pride, And don't forget those who died..AMERICA CAN"T YOU SEE, all gave some and SOME GAVE ALL!

I proudly nominate the American Soldier and the Wounded Warrior for their unseflish service to our SELFISH nation.
Melissa
Fayetteville, NC

President Bush shouldn't be named TIME's Person of the Year. He's been on that cover before. Yes, YouTube affected our lives, but the YouTube guys didn't. (After all, this is about a "person," right?) And while Nancy Pelosi will be the next Speaker, it wasn't her who won the Midterms and thus a Democratic majority in Congress, but a number of centrist Democrats across the nation, among them Jon Tester, Jim Webb, Bob Casey, Heath Shuler and others. There really can be only one choice: the man who took his passion to the big screen and who called on all of us — in a surprisingly effective way — to wake up to the growing threat of climate change, an issue British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called "the most important issue that we face as a global community." Al Gore has put this honorable cause before politics and there is no one more deserving of being named TIME's Person of the Year 2006.
Jack Sullivan
Chicago

Chinese President Hu Jintao should be TIME's Person of the Year 2006 because of his excellent leadership and making China become the next superpower as the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing!
Song Xiaowen
Zhongli City, Taiwan

Ed Bradley. To remember the life of a great American.
Jason Donnelly
Enfield, CT

Mr. Buffet, the Oracle of Omaha, has been a tremendously successful investor through Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. He has not live the flamboyant lifestyle of many, even though he could afford it.

He is now gifting a substantial portion of his wealth. He is not creating a foundation of his own, but instead is turning assets over to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation because of its establish track record and proven performance in bring innovations in health and learning to the global community.

He has set the benchmark for all of us both in business and altruism that is to be admired.
Stephen L. Baker
Houston TX

Oprah...she is able to raise money and awareness for more causes (reading, starvation, housing for Katrina victims, dignity for rape victims in Africa and here in the US, just to name a few) than anyone I know of, AND she puts her money where her mouth is. Because she is so visible she reaches a very wide spectrum of people.
Dianna L. Moore
Ocean Shores, WA

Pope Benedict, of course. He has done much to reform the Church already but his courage in confronting violence in radical Islam is more honest and challenging than anyone else is willing or bright enough to be at this time.
Margaret McConnell
Covington, LA

Barack Obama should be person of the year. His poise is assuming the responsibilities of his new found fame, along with his realistic outlook and ability to relate to people (marginalized, wealthy or disenfranchised) has not been seen in a political figure since JFK and King.
Kimberly S. Cooper
Atlanta, GA

Donald Rumsfeld. Despite the fact that most people literally hate him, it never fails to amaze me how he stood by all these years. His press conferrences were legendary. No politican in history has been able to stand up to the media in such a harsh yet diplomatic style. Most admirably, he was one of the first to help people out of the Pentagon's fire in 9/11/01. Truly an extradoinary man who led the country through such a trying and difficult war and kept through multiple scandals for 6 years. Truly Man of the Year.
Raheem
Manila, Philippines

I sincerely dislike even the thought of the continued existence of Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but only someone extremely naive or uninformed would not acknowledge the fact that person of the year is only appropriate for this man. He will have a profound impact on not only the US but eventually the entire world. What scares me is I am sometimes afraid I am the only one to see this. He is a very dangerous man: a man of fanatical faith combined with weapons of mass destruction and sworn to their use.
David Stewart
Houston, TX

The Legal Immigrant. Legal immigrants are the ones who are impacted the most by immigration reforms and illegal immigration. They are the ones who have to wait longer for status changes and visa attribution. They are under more scrutiny when they travel having to go through a more intense process when entering and leaving the US. They are the ones who need to provide more information and submit more forms in order to visit, live, study, or work in the US. They are being rewarded for following all the immigration laws, rules, and policies by having more hurdles put on their path.
Anoymous
Minneapolis, MN

Lt. Ehren Watada should be TIME's person of the year for 2006 for having the courage and conviction to refuse to participate in George Bush's illegal war in Iraq. George Bush lied to the American people about WMDs in Iraq, George Bush mislead the American people by falsely connecting Iraq with the tragic events of 9/11, but it is Lt. Ehren Watada who has the courage to stand trial for refusing to participate in an illegal war which has to date killed 2,853 US troops and over 655,000 Iraqis.
Diana Arens
Olympia, WA

The Amish. Their display of dignity, generosity and forgiveness set an example the world can use toward solving it's many problems.
Karen West
Los Osos, CA

As a proud member of his 12th district I'm honored to nominate John Murtha as TIME Magazine's Person of the Year 2006. The courage he displayed standing up for what the majority of Americans know is right propelled the nation to a resounding vote of no-confidence in the current administration last election day. His actions exemplify the character upon which our nation was founded. A person outraged against injustice can, without violence, rise to let his voice be heard and make a change. The world will now look to Speaker Pelosi but please remember, if it were'nt for the bravery of Mr. Murtha, Mrs. Pelosi would still be representing the minority. Please give Mr. Murtha sincere thought for this honor, and perhaps include him on the list of nominies on your web ballot. Thank you for the opportunity to nominte a true American Hero instead of glorifying many other wannabe's!
Robert Firment
Latrobe, PA

Carl Rove is certainly the most notorious person of the year for his Rasputin-like hold over the President. His warped vision of the world and the direction America should take resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and fanned the fires of terrorism around the globe. Even in the end he was wrong when was unable to correctly judge the mood of this country and the crushing electoral defeat of his own party.
Matt Sleeper
Deerfield Beach, FL

I nominate Nancy Pelosi because before the Democrats ascended to power on November 7, she was the most vilified, suffered the most verbal attacks by the Republicans and their minions,such as radio and television talk show hosts. She has worked tirelessly to bring the Democrats back to power.
Bob McLaughlin
San Simeon, CA

The Person of the Year should be Howard Dean for the success of the 50 state strategy. Even with all of the Republican screw ups the Dems could not have won as big without careful planning and attention to the Red States. It is amazing that with all the gerrymandering, the Dems were still able to pull it all off. He should be commended. He attracted good candidates and that made all the difference.
Barbara Stam
Long Beach, CA

It's quite evident that the Triple Threat: namely Hugo, Mahmoud and Kim; have shaped our — in fact the world's — perspectives on the nations they represent. They are certainly coming out and signalling their points, however unpleasant, to America more significantly than ever before. A shared honour among the three of them for the title of POY, I believe, is the most befitting for the year of 2006.
Julian Po
Singapore

The American Voter — The People Have Spoken and The System Works.
Jill Dargeon
Brick, NJ

The New Anti-War Movement is represented by military veterans (Rep. Jack Murtha), military families (Cindy Sheehan), and military personnel and officers (Lt. Ehren Watada).
The peace movement could not prevent the war in 2003, but it is now strong enough to influence an election in 2006. And it has reached into nooks and crannies of mainstream America in ways that the anti-Vietnam War movement never could.
Zoltan Grossman
Olympia, WA