Time's Person Of The Year 2012.....President Barack Obama!

El_Tino

booyaka!

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#16

Dec 20, 2012 @ 22:30:13

@offbeat Said

well...if it's not brown nosing then it's pretty lazy selection .

So who do you think they should have picked?

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offbeat

london, United Kingdom

#17

Dec 20, 2012 @ 22:50:26

@El_Tino Said

So who do you think they should have picked?

not a president ... because it's an opportunity to pick ut someone who has really made a difference as an individual ...a good chance to highlight someone who wouldn't normally be known to the wider community ...a president has a whole raft of people helping him to make things happen ... i really think it's too easy ... i'm assuming it's an award for americans ... 300million of them ...there must be a few others who are worthy other than almost every president ... i bet you could name 5 people straight off .

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Spinkiegirl

Chicago, Illinois

#18

Dec 21, 2012 @ 02:31:35

@someone_else_again Said

Bush was Person of the Year both times he was elected. Clinton was for his first election.

IMO, it's a cop-out on Time's part.

And why do you say that?

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Spinkiegirl

Chicago, Illinois

#19

Dec 21, 2012 @ 02:35:54

@townie_guy Said

ok i got this off wikipedia

However what is interesting
1938

Now if none of us have been person of the year then the above person is better than all of us.

also

1939, 1942, 2007 says a lot about Obama.

And apparently Osama Bin Laden was a stronger candidate than Einstein. Says it all.

Now that's some really interesting info....thanks for sharing!

I had no idea about all those other presidents. Well to be fair, I knew about a couple of them. However, I was taught by my loving parents, that I am no better than anyone else on this earth, & there's not one single human being who is better than I! And it just so happens to be what I strongly believe!

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El_Tino

booyaka!

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#20

Dec 21, 2012 @ 08:11:04

@offbeat Said

not a president ... because it's an opportunity to pick ut someone who has really made a difference as an individual ...a good chance to highlight someone who wouldn't normally be known to the wider community ...a president has a whole raft of people helping him to make things happen ... i really think it's too easy ... i'm assuming it's an award for americans ... 300million of them ...there must be a few others who are worthy other than almost every president ... i bet you could name 5 people straight off .

Nobody really comes to mind.

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someone_else_again

Really. Not a dude.

, Washington

#21

Dec 21, 2012 @ 17:32:48

@Spinkiegirl Said

And why do you say that?

Because choosing the elected president in an election year as Person of the Year seems to be the easy way out. Being elected POTUS automatically means that you've had a lot of impact. I'm not sure how I could make it any clearer.

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townie_guy

Deleted

, United Kingdom

#22

Dec 21, 2012 @ 17:56:41

@someone_else_again Said

Because choosing the elected president in an election year as Person of the Year seems to be the easy way out. Being elected POTUS automatically means that you've had a lot of impact. I'm not sure how I could make it any clearer.

Has America changed overnight since Obabma has been re-elected? Have all the problems suddenly stopped. Is America a better place than it was before.

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someone_else_again

Really. Not a dude.

, Washington

#23

Dec 21, 2012 @ 18:14:55

@townie_guy Said

Has America changed overnight since Obabma has been re-elected? Have all the problems suddenly stopped. Is America a better place than it was before.

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

"Person of the Year (formerly Man of the Year) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine Time that features and profiles a person, group, idea or object that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year."[1]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

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offbeat

london, United Kingdom

#24

Dec 21, 2012 @ 21:47:23

@El_Tino Said

Nobody really comes to mind.

i think you just demonstrated how the presidents got picked

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Spinkiegirl

Chicago, Illinois

#25

Dec 21, 2012 @ 22:46:08

@someone_else_again Said

Because choosing the elected president in an election year as Person of the Year seems to be the easy way out. Being elected POTUS automatically means that you've had a lot of impact. I'm not sure how I could make it any clearer.

That was perfectly clear...

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