Reply #14: Let's take a look:

[katsy]

R --- known repubics
D --- Democrats
L ---

I didn't look up political contributions of people. The issue with Clinton/ken starr is a wash for me.

2000s
2005: Bono, Melinda and Bill Gates
For being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice, for making mercy smarter and hope strategic and then daring the rest of us to follow

R --- 2004: George W. Bush
For reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon style

2003: The American Soldier
The face of America, its might and good will, in a region unused to democracy

2002: The Whistleblowers
Women who blew the whistle on Worldcom, Enron and the FBI

R --- 2001: Rudolph Giuliani
New York mayor leads with his heart after 9/11 attacks

R --- 2000: George W. Bush
41's son elected President in the most controversial fashion

1990s
1999: Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com founder changed face of business

1998: Bill Clinton/Kenneth Starr
President, independent counselor waged public battle

1997: Andy Grove
Intel CEO helps led digital revolution

1996: David Ho
AIDS researcher pioneered treatment for deadly disease

R --- 1995: Newt Gingrich
Speaker of the House spearheaded G.O.P.'s sweeping congressional victory

1994: John Paul II
Pope traveled the globe to express his conservative views

1993: The Peacemakers
Mandela, De Klerk, Rabin and Arafat found ways to break out from prisons of war

D --- 1992: Bill Clinton
Wonder boy from Hope, Ark., broke 12 years of G.O.P. control of White House

D --- 1991: Ted Turner
His Cable News Network revolutionized news coverage

R --- 1990: George Bush
President acted decisively abroad; waffles at home

1980s
1989: Mikhail Gorbachev
"Man of the Decade" became patron of change

1988: The Endangered Earth
Jumpstarted a new era of environmental activism

1987: Mikhail Gorbachev
Shattered Soviet lethargy

1986: Corazon Aquino
Led peaceful revolution that ended Marcos years in Philippines

1985: Deng Xiaoping
Reshaped China by embracing free-market reforms

1984: Peter Ueberroth
Married Big Business to the Olympics with profitable L.A. Games

R --- 1983: Ronald Reagan/Yuri Andropov
Deadlock failed to de-escalate cold war missile race

1982: The Computer
TIME anticipated a revolution

1981: Lech Walesa
Solidarity leader struck first blows against Kremlin's empire

R --- 1980: Ronald Reagan
Americas leaned right, and The Great Communicator was born

http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/archive/stories/index.html