The slobbering love affair continues.
Via The Hill:
President Obama, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Warren Buffett all appear on Time Magazine’s list of “100 Most Influential People” this year. The list was released Wednesday.
Obama — who last year wrote the entry for former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) — this year penned the entry for billionaire businessman Buffett.
“Today Warren is not just one of the world’s richest men but also one of the most admired and respected,” Obama wrote. “He has devoted the vast majority of his wealth to those around the world who are suffering, or sick, or in need of help. And he uses his stature as a leader to press others of great means to do the same.”
Buffett inspired the name of the “Buffett Rule,” a proposal to raise tax rates on the wealthy that Obama has thrown his weight behind. A piece of legislation modeled after the rule was defeated in the Senate this week, the same week that 81-year-old Buffett announced he has been diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer.
Time’s Joe Klein wrote Obama’s entry, where he sums him up as “trustworthy.” Klein writes, “Monuments are not often built to politicians who are merely trustworthy, but they do tend to win re-election.”