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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 seems like some people just want to trivialize any thing this great leader "President Obama" does. I wonder why?

:lol:

Thanks... "great leader"!

I needed that... it was a rough day.

6 hours on a yacht in the South Pacific... swimming with my daughters in the ocean... great take out pizza and wine...

The day was rough and I needed that laugh... as you can see, my life is full of stress. :lol:

:lol: Great Leader!
 
:lol:

Thanks... "great leader"!

I needed that... it was a rough day.

6 hours on a yacht in the South Pacific... swimming with my daughters in the ocean... great take out pizza and wine...

The day was rough and I needed that laugh... as you can see, my life is full of stress. :lol:

:lol: Great Leader!

Let me see if I understand you? You don't think the POTUS should go on vacation? Eat Pizza?Drink wine? or Swim with his family? Are there any other restrictions you would like to place on this and any future POTUS
 
Let me see if I understand you? You don't think the POTUS should go on vacation? Eat Pizza?Drink wine? or Swim with his family? Are there any other restrictions you would like to place on this and any future POTUS

What in the HELL are you talking about? It was me, Bodi, that spent 6 hours on a yacht in the South Pacific... was swimming with my daughters in the ocean... had some great take out pizza and wine... and you gave ME a laugh. Thank you. My life is probably immensly better than the one being lived by POTUS. :lol:
 
What in the HELL are you talking about? It was me, Bodi, that spent 6 hours on a yacht in the South Pacific... was swimming with my daughters in the ocean... had some great take out pizza and wine... and you gave ME a laugh. Thank you. My life is probably immensly better than the one being lived by POTUS. :lol:

OK I am sorry you had such a bad day on a yacht swimming with your family eating pizza and drinking wine, why was it bad was the water cold or the wine bad? Do they deliver pizza to a yacht?
 
Even knowing the criteria, I just don't think that Obama is a good pick. His presidency just isn't that influential compared to other ones. The industries that he "saved" are largely beneficiaries of bailouts started under the Bush Administration. The Iraq War ended as the result of an agreement signed by Bush, and Obama tried and failed to extend it. The three main bills signed under him: the stimulus, Obamacare, and Dodd-Frank were largely watered down or didn't completely overhaul the system. It's also worth noting that that all of this happened before 2012. Certain people weighed much more heavily on the world consciousness. Personally, I think that Netanyahu or Merkel would have made a better choice.
 
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Earlier this month, the magazine's online readers voted for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as their choice for Person of the Year in what Time called a "completely unscientific" poll.


Well, at least Time is consistent with its readers as to what manner of leaders they admire and what form of government they want.
 
Of course they would. It's not as if merit really matters to these people.
 
OK I am sorry you had such a bad day on a yacht swimming with your family eating pizza and drinking wine, why was it bad was the water cold or the wine bad? Do they deliver pizza to a yacht?

How can one have a bad day living the life I am? Oh, you are jealous... got it. ;)
 
I thought it was funny for Time Mag to say the Poll over Kim Jong Un was "completely unscientific".....course if they would have to put it thru Twitter than we could have seen if Obama could have actually beaten The Korean Leader.

Well did anyone think ABC and Time Mag. wouldn't take the chance to try and pump up Obama as having a successful Presidency. Anything to change historical facts, now.

Well... it is not like we didn't see something like this coming. Now all we need is the Nobel institution to give him a second Nobel Peace Prize and history will repeat itself.

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.

Agreed he isn't the worst. Not by a long shot. He's not that great either. President Obama strikes me as slightly better than average. Certainly not worth POTY.

I think people lack an understanding of what Time's Person of the Year Award is.... It is not like NL MVP or the Academy Award's Best Actor, but it is the "...a person, group, idea or object that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year...."

Time Person of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That question is who best personifies 2012? Maybe Grover Norquist?
 
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I think people lack an understanding of what Time's Person of the Year Award is.... It is not like NL MVP or the Academy Award's Best Actor, but it is the "...a person, group, idea or object that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year...."

Time Person of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That question is who best personifies 2012? Maybe Grover Norquist?


Well early I stated I thought it should have went to that Pakistani Girl.....Malala Yousafzai. As she Influenced Millions as well.
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Well early I stated I thought it should have went to that Pakistani Girl.....Malala Yousafzai. As she Influenced Millions as well.:shrug:

...which would have been an excellent choice in a non-election year, but unfortunately, its hard to argue that she best defined the year. Although, an argument could be made that here is a highly principled, courageous young women in contrast to the US elected officials that lack the courage to even tell you what they think...
 
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