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zebonaut

(3,688 posts) Wed Dec 9, 2015, 12:46 AM Dec 2015

Bernie Won! .. But he didn't....

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Bernie Won! .. But he didn't.... (Original Post) zebonaut Dec 2015 OP

Sanders Not Person of the Year erpowers Dec 2015 #1

They know that most of those voters came from Reddit and other 'whip up the vote' sites. MADem Dec 2015 #2

Why is everyone making a big deal about this? Last year's poll winner didn't win, either. Drunken Irishman Dec 2015 #3

You show that you've not looked at the video... MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #5

No. But the person they picked probably is compared to Sanders. Drunken Irishman Dec 2015 #6

Once again, you'll have the no-nothings weighing in with "it ain't so".... MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #4

erpowers

(9,350 posts)

1. Sanders Not Person of the Year

Reply to zebonaut (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 01:06 AM

Dec 2015

Even thought Bernie Sanders won the online poll, he is not the person of the year. The person of the year is supposed to be the person, thing, or group that most impacted the world. I think ISIS should be the person of the year in that they had the most impact on the world. Whether people like them or not they completely changed the focus of the world and may have even changed events. Would Paris have happened without ISIS? I think if Bernie Sanders can win the Democratic nomination and win the 2016 election, then he should be the Time Person of the Year for 2016.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. They know that most of those voters came from Reddit and other 'whip up the vote' sites.

Reply to zebonaut (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 01:37 AM

Dec 2015

They probably also know that people voted multiple times for the same candidate.

He didn't even make the top eight. None of the Democrats did.

But hey, Trump made it--so did Vlad Putin and Caitlyn Jenner!

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http://time.com/4136910/person-of-the-year-shortlist-2015/

The TIME "award" is not always an award. If the guy from ISIS gets it, it won't be because he's a nice dude. If Trump gets it, it will be because his assholishness was so profound that it could not go unnoticed.

Hitler got that prize, too. It's just a "Wow, What a NEWSMAKER" award. Nothing more.

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

3. Why is everyone making a big deal about this? Last year's poll winner didn't win, either.

Reply to zebonaut (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:08 AM

Dec 2015

It was Narendra Modi, who received a larger percentage than Bernie this year, and their winner was the Ebola Fighters.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

5. You show that you've not looked at the video...

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 07:45 AM

Dec 2015

Who's ahead in having the biggest impact? Trump?

What an impact!

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

6. No. But the person they picked probably is compared to Sanders.

Reply to MrMickeysMom (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 09:45 AM

Dec 2015

Angela Merkel. Really. Has Sanders sone anything to warrant POY? Clinton, either? They've not won anything. They've not changed any major policy.

Sanders will be POY if he wins the presidency, as every elected president has been since Clinton won in 1992.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

4. Once again, you'll have the no-nothings weighing in with "it ain't so"....

Reply to zebonaut (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 07:44 AM

Dec 2015

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