Bush is Time’s Person of Year

AMERICAN president George W Bush has for the second time been chosen as Time magazine’s Person of the Year, after winning re-election and “reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style” - a reference to his cowboy image.

The news magazine’s editors tapped Mr Bush “for sharpening the debate until the choices bled, for reframing reality to match his design, for gambling his fortunes - and ours - on his faith in the power of leadership.”

Time’s 2004 Person of the Year package includes an Oval Office interview with Bush, an interview with his father, former President George HW Bush, and a profile of Bush’s chief political adviser, Karl Rove.