The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

George W. Bush

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AGE: 62
OCCUPATION: Former U.S. President
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 4

PRO: Despite predictions, the last months of his Administration were admirably apocalypse-free.

CON: Iraq, Katrina, Gitmo, the deficit, the wiretaps, Gonzales, Scooter, the creepy German back rub ... Billy Joel could write a follow-up to "We Didn't Start the Fire" consisting of nothing but Bush's flubs.

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