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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:45 AM Dec 2016

Time's Person of the Year:

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Time's Person of the Year: (Original Post) shenmue Dec 2016 OP

Already joining the ranks of hitler and Stalin unblock Dec 2016 #1

Are they Effing CRAZY!!! The man that will destroy our nation and possibly the world! KewlKat Dec 2016 #2

person who had most impact on history, for better OR worse eShirl Dec 2016 #5

No, really??? RKP5637 Dec 2016 #3

Should've been his master, Putin. eShirl Dec 2016 #4

That would have made for an interesting cover BainsBane Dec 2016 #17

So were Hitler and Stalin. octoberlib Dec 2016 #6

Nauseating but he did dominate the news with the help of all the MSM. mfcorey1 Dec 2016 #7

Thought so, or it was going to be the angry voter question everything Dec 2016 #8

Did they get his multiple chins? deminks Dec 2016 #9

People collect the covers and ManBaby will look great next to the real Fuhrer. Vinca Dec 2016 #10

I find TIME's annual contest... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #11

When Time choose Giuliani as "person of the year", I felt it was pure politics because the person still_one Dec 2016 #12

That was... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #13

It's hard to argue against it. He destroyed American politics and is about to ruin the country Johonny Dec 2016 #14

This guy was person of the year too BainsBane Dec 2016 #15

As I noted in another thread... TwilightZone Dec 2016 #16

unblock

(52,462 posts)

1. Already joining the ranks of hitler and Stalin

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:48 AM

Dec 2016

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)

2. Are they Effing CRAZY!!! The man that will destroy our nation and possibly the world!

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:49 AM

Dec 2016

I swear I will never read that rag again, no matter what, so help me.

This must be FAKE news, right?

eShirl

(18,507 posts)

5. person who had most impact on history, for better OR worse

Reply to KewlKat (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:52 AM

Dec 2016

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

3. No, really???

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:51 AM

Dec 2016

eShirl

(18,507 posts)

4. Should've been his master, Putin.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:51 AM

Dec 2016

BainsBane

(53,112 posts)

17. That would have made for an interesting cover

Reply to eShirl (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:26 PM

Dec 2016

With Putin as the puppet master pulling little Donny Pinocchio's strings.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

6. So were Hitler and Stalin.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:57 AM

Dec 2016

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)

7. Nauseating but he did dominate the news with the help of all the MSM.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:57 AM

Dec 2016

question everything

(47,569 posts)

8. Thought so, or it was going to be the angry voter

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:00 AM

Dec 2016

Get one flipping his finger at the rest of the world. The way we had Uncle Sam Wants You.

In 1980, or 1982 when former NY mayor Ed Koch was thinking of running for governor, he described a rural voter as someone who drives pickup truck and wearing gingham shirt.

Today I would add a gun slinging on his shoulder..

deminks

(11,022 posts)

9. Did they get his multiple chins?

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:01 AM

Dec 2016

I refuse to look at it.

Vinca

(50,323 posts)

10. People collect the covers and ManBaby will look great next to the real Fuhrer.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:03 AM

Dec 2016

Mike Nelson

(9,980 posts)

11. I find TIME's annual contest...

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:05 AM

Dec 2016

...dumb. However, he is the clear "winner" of this stupid title. Trump is a negative pick. They pick both good and bad people.

still_one

(92,493 posts)

12. When Time choose Giuliani as "person of the year", I felt it was pure politics because the person

Reply to Mike Nelson (Reply #11)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:49 AM

Dec 2016

who had the most impact on the world was bin laden, but because of public pressure, they choose it to Giuliani.

Mike Nelson

(9,980 posts)

13. That was...

Reply to still_one (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:20 PM

Dec 2016

...an astonishingly awful pick. TIME is a historically Conservative Republican publication, also. That showed with Rudy.

Johonny

(20,942 posts)

14. It's hard to argue against it. He destroyed American politics and is about to ruin the country

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:24 PM

Dec 2016

in ways the morons that voted for him have no understanding. They won't get their country back. What we all get is...the greatest unknown presidency since the 1800s. It s likely to suck but how bad will it suck?

BainsBane

(53,112 posts)

15. This guy was person of the year too

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:24 PM

Dec 2016

It's not an endorsement. Just an acknowledgment of his influence.

TwilightZone

(25,512 posts)

16. As I noted in another thread...

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:25 PM

Dec 2016

It helps to remember that Time's Person of the Year often has more to do with impact and results than it does positive achievements. Their explanation for why they're making him POTY is loaded with some pretty overt criticism.

He's Person of the Year largely because he somehow won the presidency in spite of running as an unstable demagogue. I think that's the point they're making.

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