Pick one

"The contemplated monument shall be like him in whose honor it is to be constructed, unparalleled in the world... (It) should blend stupendousness with elegance, and be of such magnitude and beauty as to be an object of pride to the America people and of all who see it. " Is this the objective for the Washington Monument,1832 or for the Obama monument, 2017?

"His genome is global, his mind is innovative, his world is networked, and his spirit is democratic." Are these words applicative to George Washington or Barrack Obama, as literally and metaphorically, time’s "person of the year?

The choice of President-elect Obama for both questions would be a metaphorical slam dunk for liberals because he is their only ‘One.’ For conservatives, the double choice must be our number one President,Washington, who represents the original mold from which a true American is cast.

As a marble stiletto, the Washington monument symbolizes an upward thrust towards heaven, that has and should represent the best efforts of American history. But whatever the final creation commemorating Obama, some artistic rendition of a zero is appropriate.