I honestly could not tell you who Time's Person of the Year was last year.

[trumad]

A very insignificant award in MHO.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Damn, I thought I read where Sanders was Time's Person of the Year. What happened?

[Thinkingabout]

14. Now was that nice?

[ljm2002]

16. No, nor was it intended to be...

...your snarky headline was factually incorrect, which I thought worth pointing out.

[leftofcool]

19. What's worth pointing out is that Bernie didn't make the cut this year.

Nice to see that Black Lives Matter made it though.

[misterhighwasted]

28. Noticed that too! Kudos to Black Lives Matter

BLM knows how a successful revolution works.
Its action, not just words & stump speech promises.

Good for them to be so recognized for their forever fight.

[leftofcool]

18. Not enough internet warriors?

[jmowreader]

20. He won the Readers Poll

The "Person of the Year" that makes the cover of the print edition is, and has always been, chosen by Time's editors. The only presidential candidate on their shortlist is Trump.

I suspect the POTY will be the leader of ISIS.

[Journeyman]

2. It means a lot to Time magazine and its bottom line, somewhat akin to SI's swimsuit issue . . .

[MohRokTah]

3. Ebola Fighters. eom

[randome]

4. It was the computerized clone of Donald Trump's illegitimate, lesbian son.

His name was Jud.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

[corkhead]

5. And I'm sure you'd be saying the same thing if your candidate won that poll

uh huh.

[trumad]

7. Why does this have to be a Hillary Bernie thing every minute.

I'd be delighted if Bernie won...but guess what...he ain't a finalist.

You BS'ers never give it a rest.

[corkhead]

23. We could be talking past each other because I interpreted your OP as a dig on "BS" as you like to

refer to him as.

Glad to see you taking the high road.

[misterhighwasted]

29. mmm There is nothing in the OP that refers to any candidate.

How you interpret the OP as a dig at a candidate is really off base.
How is it against bernie sanders??
There's nothing there to infer that opinion.
Not one word.

[corkhead]

32. Given that there has been a lot of coverage on DU lately of the Time readers poll picking Sanders

and given the current climate on DU at the moment, it stands to reason that a Hillary supporter might be inclined to write an op that minimalizes the relevance of Time's Man of the Year.

If that sincerely was not the intent, I am sure both you and Trumad are bright enough to know that it might easily be interpreted that way - this is a political website by the way.

I will stop short of saying that I think he may have deliberately set out to bait the "Hillary Bernie thing" responses he is getting.

[misterhighwasted]

33. Ok. I didn't read it that way. But I get your point.

Depends how one interprets it.

[Snotcicles]

27. LOL, yes, why oh why? nt

[NYC Liberal]

8. Sarah Palin was near the top of TIME's "100" List a few years ago.

That should show you how meaningful these online polls are.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. you understand that the polling is an entertainment and not part of the selection process, right?

It is also very unlikely that the choice will be any candidate for office, no candidate has ever been Person of the Year and I doubt they will do so this time.

[Solly Mack]

9. It was me. Don't let anyone tell you different!

[randome]

11. Hey, I voted for you.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

[Solly Mack]

13. You got the "Thank you" card, right?

It was the only one.

[KamaAina]

10. Kim Kardashian?

[jmowreader]

21. Caitlyn Jenner is on the short list, but I doubt she'll be the final pick

They don't need all the "Jesus Will Smite You For This Sin!" letters that will inevitably follow.

[HassleCat]

15. I have a feeling, though...

If Hillary Clinton had been selected it would be a BIG DEAL!!!

[trumad]

17. I swear to you...No..

I think it's just a dumb award.

[misterhighwasted]

30. HRC has been on the cover already.

I expect her to be chosen again at some point. As the first woman US President ever elected.

[Brickbat]

22. It's not an award.

It's a publicity stunt ginned up by a periodical that needs something to fill the slow time at the end of the year.

[Johonny]

24. Is Time still a thing,? Like Life magazine it used to be, but who cares these days.

Haven't cracked open a Time in years.

[LanternWaste]

25. It does allow the commercially-branded

It does allow the commercially-branded sub-literate something to focus on, debate over, and thus pretend to be engaged.

[MADem]

26. The Pope got it a couple of years back--and he's hated by factions here.

Hitler got it, too (not to Godwin the point).

It's not who's "The BEST" -- it's who made the news in an interesting and noteworthy way.

If you get yammered about--for good or ill--you have a shot at the prize.

[Agnosticsherbet]

31. The Ebola fighters were Times Person of the year.

I would say that they deserved the award, and it is telling that we have forgotten those who risked their lives for others.