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Scrappleface: NY Times Selects âIndividual of the Yearâ
(2003-12-22) -- After word that Time magazine had selected âThe American Soldierâ as its Person of the Year, The New York Times today announced its pick for "2003 Individual of the Year" -- The African-American Unemployed, Uninsured, Lesbian Woman with an Unwanted Pregnancy."We noticed that Time feigned patriotism by putting American troops on the cover, even though the story savaged President Bushâs foreign policy," said Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., publisher of The New York Times. "So, we just wanted to praise the heroism of the woman whoâs fighting conservative laws which prevent her from marrying her lesbian partner. She worries that her children wonât be able to get into a good college due to the Bush war on affirmative action. She struggles to make ends meet due to Bushâs economic policy failures. And she desperately needs a partial-birth abortion to protect her mental health, but itâs illegal now and even if it werenât she has no insurance." Mr. Sulzberger said the Timesâ editorial boardâs second choice for Individual of the Year was Valerie Plame, wife of former ambassador Joe Wilson, who might have been one of the great undercover CIA agents of all time if an unnamed Bush administration official hadnât revealed her identity to columnist Robert Novak Scrappleface: News Fairly Unbalanced, We Report, You Decipher - best in Satire! Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-23 |
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