Angela Merkel - WTF?

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Did not see this coming.

(CNN)In a year in which terrorism, refugees and protests of many stripes dominated headlines, Time magazine tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its Person of the Year.

In announcing the winner on NBC's "Today Show" Wednesday, Time Managing Editor Nancy Gibbs pointed to Merkel's handling of a vast array of issues -- including the European economic crisis tied to countries such as Greece, the flood of refugees into the continent from the Middle East and Africa and several deadly terrorist attacks in the region.

"No one was tested the way she was," Gibbs said. "...She has stepped up in a way that was uncharacteristic, even for her."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/09/europe/time-person-of-the-year-merkel/

[Android3.14]

1. I know, right.

I can understand that they have to censor Sanders because of the threat he represents to the corporate interests, but why pick Merkel? Maybe it was the choice that would offend the least number of wealthy people.

[valerief]

3. +1

[KittyWampus]

29. holy mackerel, Sanders has had next to no impact worldwide, to say they "censor" Sanders

is really kind of silly. He wasn't even a finalist.

[G_j]

35. How were the finalists chosen? nt

[840high]

2. Safe choice.

[Renew Deal]

4. I don't think it's a good choice

[Yorktown]

27. Me neither

1M refugees in one year? I'd be curious to see the consequences in 2025-2030.

[mainer]

5. I think it's a good choice. She sets a great example for the world.

Tolerance and charity toward refugees. How can we discount that?

[trotsky]

6. I agree.

A good choice.

[Tipperary]

8. I agree.

[pampango]

18. Well said, mainer. n/t

[Johonny]

20. It's a good choice, but an odd picture of her on the cover.

She comes off looking like Boris Yeltsin. What's with that?

[PeaceNikki]

23. Oh, yes. That's a vastly important point. Her looks.

[Johonny]

24. On the cover?

Yeah I understand your point in general, but the appearance of the cover of your magazine looks matter. That is one of the worse pictures of her I've ever seen. I have no idea why they did that to her.

[betterdemsonly]

25. She represennts austrity

and giving selling on public assets to bankers. She also promoted the war the created the refugees.

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. I'm just glad neither Hillary nor Bernie got it.

Christ, I hate primary seasons.

[bigwillq]

9. I kind of wish the choice wasn't a politician.

It's kind of their job to be "tested" and "step up".

[Tipperary]

15. Very good point. nt

[lpbk2713]

10. It might be something was owed to her.

For being humiliated and groped by the dumbest president ever.

[saturnsring]

11. worst president ever

[hifiguy]

12. Chimpy never failed to embarrass the entire country

and humanity itself. You posted Exhibit A. Here are a few more.

[lpbk2713]

14. ... and one video Dave used to like to play often.

Damn I miss Dave.

[flamingdem]

16. He had a thing for her

what a freak!

[Retrograde]

13. Maybe if MSNBS and other media were less "All Trump, All the Time"

we'd hear more about Merkel and other world leaders. Or about other things happening in the world: how many people have heard about the recent disastrous flooding in Britain?

[hifiguy]

17. There is no "world out there" according to the M$M

unless something happens, like Paris, that can be used to help catapult the corporate propaganda of fear. USA! USA!

[Person 2713]

33. +1

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. In terms of world impact, it was her, Putin or al-Baghdadi

They gave it to Putin in 2007, so they may have thought it was too soon for another. Giving it to the ISIS leader would have been really controversial.

[ananda]

22. Merkel being the lesser of evils ..

.. is rather damning with faint praise.

It's like saying my tyrant is better than yours
because she is sometimes benevolent.

But she is the poster-leader for vicious austerity
and neofascist corporate globalism.

Never forget that.

[JI7]

21. the US is not the center of the world

[betterdemsonly]

26. Of coarse neoliberals at Time love her.

She has destroyed social security in most of Europe and sold their assets to the banks. Women and minorities that act as enforcers for the bank criminals are always loved by the corporate media.

[Thinkingabout]

28. Good choice, she refused to bend to pressure.

[virgogal]

30. What difference does it make? Practically no one reads Time anymore.

The cover will be discussed on-line but the reading of the actual magazine keeps going down.

In other words,virtually no one ever even sees the cover.

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31. And you haven't either, and I may not either, but it's the thought that counts

And people apparently use it as a touchstone, regardless of whether one might agree with it or not.

[Blue_Tires]

32. If not Merkel it was going to be Trump...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

34. Were I to actually give a damn, I would say that Merkel is a fine choice. nt

[Person 2713]

36. She's not even Murican. Time magazine traitors!