After a hint of doubt, Huffington Post still shows the love for Colbert

I found an interesting blog post in MarketWatch a few days back that suggested that Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart should be named as Time’s Persons of the Year. When I saw that Arianna Huffington was on the nominating committee, I thought that they were at least going to be nominated, if not actually have a smidgen of a chance of winning. But when I read a post on the Post from Huffington herself discussing her nomination of Jack Murtha for the POY, I was disappointed – not even a smidgen of love for Colbert.

However, oh me of little faith, Huffington came through with the Colbert Love today in her follow-up article about the nomination:

TIME’s Person of the Year: My Fallback Suggestions

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m taking part in a panel on Tuesday, hosted by TIME, that will be debating who should be the magazine’s 2006 “Person of the Year.”

The panel is being moderated by TIME Editor Rick Stengel. My fellow panelists include Brian Williams, Emilio Estevez, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, and Tom DeLay (can’t wait to see who the Hammer’s pick will be.)

My first, second, and third picks for the honor are Jack Murtha, Jack Murtha, and Jack Murtha (and here’s why). But since it would be a very short discussion if we all just offered up our top choice and let it go at that, I’ve decided to float some other options.

According to TIME, the Person of the Year is the person who “most affected the news and our lives this year, for good or for ill.” With that in mind, here are my other-than-Murtha picks:

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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: For providing punchlines with a purpose. For holding our leaders’ feet to the fire — and turning up the gas. For “truthiness,” “godless sodomites,” “Dead to Me” and “Mess o’ Potamia.” For proving that great satire can be a weapon of mass illumination.

But don’t think she was being all serious. Look at who else she mentions:

The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie: For torturing us with moronic, double-entendre-laden songs that we just couldn’t get out of our heads. “My Humps” and “London Bridge” should be against the Geneva Conventions.

Speaking of which, did anyone else who watch “The Office” this Thursday catch that Michael’s ring tone was “My Humps”? I had to pause my Tivo I was laughing so hard.

EDIT: Just so everyone knows, I’ve had that damn song stuck in my head ever since I did this post.