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Time Selects Obama as 2012 Person of the Year

Should Obama Be Time's Person of the Year For 2012?

  • Yes

    Votes: 17 35.4%
  • No

    Votes: 26 54.2%
  • Not Sure

    Votes: 5 10.4%

  • Total voters
    48
It is not the response... it is the most influence. Bin Laden's influence on THE WORLD far exceeded that of Guliani. FAR EXCEEDED.

Then tell it to the people who voted for Guliani.

Jesus man. Obama won it. Oh ****ing well.
 
The award has no significance and the criteria used to award it is proof of that...

You are talking about it and worked up about it as is much of the right wing in this nation. That seems to show it has significance if only to pull your chain.
 
Then tell it to the people who voted for Guliani.

Jesus man. Obama won it. Oh ****ing well.

I could care less that he won the award. I am debating people that thinks that the award has merit or that he "deserved" it. Calm down.
 
You are talking about it and worked up about it as is much of the right wing in this nation. That seems to show it has significance if only to pull your chain.

No... you have it ALL wrong. I am not worked up about him winning, as I just said, I could care less... I think it is pathetic that people care that he won or that think that the award means something special. If I worked up, which I don't think I am, it is about that.
 
I could care less that he won the award. I am debating people that thinks that the award has merit or that he "deserved" it. Calm down.

First off, it's "I couldnt care less". "I could care less" refers in an infinite amount of care you could potentially have for this topic. Lern2speek.

Also, I found this:

"As a result of the public backlash it received from the United States for naming the Ayatollah Khomeini Man of the Year in 1979, Time has shied away from using figures that are controversial in the United States.[6] Time's Person of the Year 2001—immediately following the September 11, 2001 attacks—was New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, although the stated rules of selection, the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year's news, made Osama bin Laden a more likely choice. The issue that declared Giuliani the Person of the Year included an article that mentioned Time's earlier decision to elect the Ayatollah Khomeini and the 1999 rejection of Hitler as Person of the Century. The article seemed to imply that Osama bin Laden was a stronger candidate than Giuliani, as Adolf Hitler was a stronger candidate than Albert Einstein. The selections were ultimately based on what the magazine describes as who they believed had a stronger influence on history and who represented either the year or the century the most. According to Time, Rudolph Giuliani was picked for symbolizing the American response to the September 11th attacks, and Albert Einstein picked for representing a century of scientific exploration and wonder."
 
T'was the joke buddy boy.

Obviously... and I thought it was just as obvious that I was making a joke of your joking, thus turning the tables, as it were. ;)
 
What did Obama influence in 2012 other than his campaign spending a chitload of money?
 
I'm aware of everything that President Obama accomplished, but I'm not sure if its too soon to congratulate him. Will he solve the fiscal cliff? If and when that goes well, I would congratulate him.
 
What did Obama influence in 2012 other than his campaign spending a chitload of money?

Well, I don't know... he's only the president of the USA... the most powerful and influential country on the planet
 
Well, I don't know... he's only the president of the USA... the most powerful and influential country on the planet

Thanks for not answering the question.
 
An American President winning his second term by a relative landslide? Yeah, I can see why he'd be the POTY.

Of course, just because you're POTY doesn't mean that you're not a POS.
 
LOL republicans are mad again. Most presidents receive this "honor" after winning an election (except for GWB after his second one which maybe is why they are so angry).

Quit being so bitter you sore losers. Suck it up for four more years, quit being dumbasses and alienating the country, and then maybe you can win the next one.
 
So seeing that he has done nothing, why should he win!?
 
The man defied historical precedents and won despite having a 24/7/365 media and political machine out to destroy him before he ever took the oath of office.

Damn right he should be man of the year.

What a crock, he all the networks and most of the papers in his pocket.
 
Bah. Obama hasn't done anything noteworthy. He supports gay marriage? Alright, do something about it. He wants to rethink marijuana policy? Alright, show me an idea. He wants to improve renewable energy? Build some freakin' solar panels. He wants to cut back on the deficit? Show me some substance, not some crap about "$500 billion in revenue...over 10 years." He wants to improve education and reform higher education? Do it.

Ideas don't make you man of the year, in my book. Malala Yousafzai is more deserving of the award.
 
Yeah, so did Eisenhower, Reagan and GW. Totally discredited.

Are you going to actaully compare those three with Stalin? If so I will gladly dismiss you are completely irrelevant from now on.
 
Are you going to actaully compare those three with Stalin? If so I will gladly dismiss you are completely irrelevant from now on.

No, it's you who seems to be following false logic. You say the fact that Time made Stalin and Hitler their POTY means the award is totally discredited, failing to mention all the other people who have received it. Until 1979 it was a title assigned to the person "based on what the magazine describes as who they believed had a stronger influence on history and who represented either the year or the century the most". Having a strong influence does not presuppose that influence is always benign. People seem to be getting bent out of shape because they mistake POTY as some kind of Oscar for public personae. It's not an award or an accolade. In fact I'd say it is more like our own AHOTY, some people want to win it because asshattery is an ambiguous term, as is 'influential'.

Is it discredited by being assigned to unpopular people? Only if you think it's an accolade and only if you believe it has some intrinsic credit or kudos to begin with.

BTW, please feel free to dismiss me as completely irrelevant all you want. I was never under any illusion that anything I say here is relevant to anything except DP. Nor should you be.
 
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The man defied historical precedents and won despite having a 24/7/365 media and political machine out to destroy him before he ever took the oath of office.

Damn right he should be man of the year.

Were you watching the same TV the rest of us were? With the exception of fox news, the entire mainstream media has been sucking his d*** for the past 5 years.
 
No, it's you who seems to be following false logic. You say the fact that Time made Stalin and Hitler their POTY means the award is totally discredited, failing to mention all the other people who have received it. Until 1979 it was a title assigned to the person "based on what the magazine describes as who they believed had a stronger influence on history and who represented either the year or the century the most". Having a strong influence does not presuppose that influence is always benign. People seem to be getting bent out of shape because they mistake POTY as some kind of Oscar for public personae. It's not an award or an accolade. In fact I'd say it is more like our own AHOTY, some people want to win it because asshattery is an ambiguous term, as is 'influential'.

Is it discredited by being assigned to unpopular people? Only if you think it's an accolade and only if you believe it has some intrinsic credit or kudos to begin with.

BTW, please feel free to dismiss me as completely irrelevant all you want. I was never under any illusion that anything I say here is relevant to anything except DP. Nor should you be.

It is not about what it was until 1979... it is about what people percieve the award as being NOW.
 
Were you watching the same TV the rest of us were? With the exception of fox news, the entire mainstream media has been sucking his d*** for the past 5 years.

I have had to censor the news from my children as a result...
 
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