Hillary Clinton honors Angela Merkel being named TIME's Person of the Year

[brooklynite]

[Cha]

1. Nice!

[highprincipleswork]

2. Guess she's glad it wasn't Bernie.

[Betty Karlson]

6. That was my first thought too. n/t

[stevenleser]

13. Doubt she thought of it since Sanders wasn't even a finalist, and for good reason.

Sanders has had zero impact outside the US and minimal impact here.

He's hardly who one would pick as the person having the greatest impact on the world this year for better or worse.

[Sheepshank]

41. Absolutely correct. n/t

[cosmicone]

3. kick n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. How did she honor Angela Merkel?

I don't see any statement here from her.

[riversedge]

8. Here is Hillary's comment on Merkel...

Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 4h4 hours ago

Today, Germany’s first woman chancellor, Angela Merkel, was named @TIME's Person of the Year. #TimePOY

[riversedge]

5. K and R

[Fearless]

7. Becacuse TIme is owned by whom again? The one that supports Hillary... surprise.

And they pick Merkel because she's "a woman" instead of Bernie who won the readers poll... Yet Malala came in second... a woman... who could easily have been chosen.

But no. Gotta go with the political pick. Gotta shore up allies.

[riversedge]

10. Your post sounds very bitter.

[ejbr]

11. I am fine with Merkel

but don't understand why they even have a readers poll if it amounts to nothing.

[brooklynite]

12. Ahh..awareness dawns...

why they even have a readers poll if it amounts to nothing.

[ejbr]

14. Um

Don't conflate two different things: a decision by a magazine with an agenda and individuals from different walks of life coming to a consensus.

Nice try.

[sufrommich]

21. "don't understand why they even have a readers poll if it amounts to nothing."

Because clicks on a web page determines ad revenue. Why do so many people not understand this?

[ejbr]

29. Don't get your panties in a bunch

If everyone knew everything, then the question mark would be obsolete.

[firebrand80]

22. Because some 13 year old hacker would make Deez Nuts the winner nt

[ejbr]

27. What is the purpose of asking?

For sh$ts and giggles?

[tammywammy]

31. To get people to visit their website n/t

[ejbr]

32. Thanks n/t

[NCTraveler]

20. You are being very kind calling this comment bitter.

And they pick Merkel because she's "a woman" - Fearless

It is way beyond bitter.

[Fearless]

25. Actually that was TIME'S stated reason for picking her

Because they "hadn't picked a woman in 30 years"... As I stated if they wanted to pick a woman they should have picked Malala... someone who actually is a shining example of courage and a master class on what it means to be a 21st century woman in a repressive environment.

But again, if you insist on calling me a sexist, maybe you should actually do your research first?

[NCTraveler]

28. No, it was not. Please read more. It will help you. nt.

[Fearless]

34. Actually it was the stated reason for ignoring the public poll.

Play partisan politics somewhere else.

[tammywammy]

44. The public poll is never the arbiter of the person of the year.

Here's a DU thread from 2006 with people complaining Time "ignored" the poll: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2983241

Here's a thread from 2013 taking about Miley Cyrus winning the online poll (note she wasn't person of the year either): http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024100983

Here's a journal entry from 2010 when Assange won the online poll (and wasn't person of the year): http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Land%20Shark/181


Time doesn't hide the fact that the online poll is one thing (it's a great way to get people to visit a website) and the editorial board actually chooses the Person of the Year.

[Skidmore]

16. Perhaps it is because she has worked with Merkel

on the world stage? Hmm? Why should she not congratulate another leader who has had global impact?

[NCTraveler]

19. Truly sexist.

And they pick Merkel because she's "a woman"

That is why you think they picked her? How small and sexist of you. She has huge influence on the world stage yet you think it is about her gender. Beyond shallow.

"And they pick Merkel because she's "a woman" instead of Bernie who won the readers poll" Fearless

This is how accomplished women are viewed by far too many. Beyond sad.

Note to jury, the comment is one hundred percent sexist and can be read in no other way. Hide if you must but we should have every right to call out blatant sexism on a progressive discussion board.

[Fearless]

24. Because that's why they SAID they picked her

Because they hadn't picked "a woman in 30 years".

So keep your baseless claims of sexism and personal attacks.

Thanks.

[MeNMyVolt]

35. Post the quote and link. You've said this twice now.

I didn't see it in the announcement.

[Fearless]

36. And here you go,..

"Today, 29 years later, TIME chose Angela Merkel.

Why no individual woman in between?

In 2002 "The Whistleblowers" were the Person of the Year. They were three women, but there's not been an individual woman for nearly three decades.

"Why the long wait?," TIME's Radhika Jones asks, and answers. "As I wrote a few years ago, the label of Person of the Year tends to favor people with institutional power. The choice reflects TIME’s view of who affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill. Since 1986 there’ve been four U.S. Presidents in the mix—three of them two-termers, all of them men. Plus a handful of leaders of the Soviet Union (and Russia), also all men. The Pope keeps being a man. And it’s a lot easier to make news from an address like the White House, the Kremlin or the Vatican.""


http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/for_the_first_time_in_29_years_time_s_person_of_the_year_is_a_woman

[MeNMyVolt]

38. OK, thank you for the link and reply. Still don't see that Time chose her as POTY...

Last edited Thu Dec 10, 2015, 08:06 PM - Edit history (1)

.."because she's woman".

[Fearless]

42. No they chose her because they wanted it to be a woman

Not besides she is. See my original post. I contended however that is they indeed wanted it to be a woman to make up for years of a lack... It should've been Malala the second place vote getter.

[MeNMyVolt]

43. OK. Really can't argue on the Malala thing.

Though I do like Merkel taking a strong stance on immigrants.

[tammywammy]

33. I searched the whole article and couldn't find where it said

They picked her because she's a woman. Please excerpt the exact part where it says that. Thanks.

[Fearless]

37. See above.

[MeNMyVolt]

39. I suggest you reread your link above.

[tammywammy]

45. That's not what it says.

She said that Time Person of the Year tends to go to someone with institutional power. They didn't pick Merkel because she's a woman, but because she's a powerful person. Merkel is a powerful person that happens to be a woman.

"Or the Chancellery," Jones continues. "In naming Angela Merkel this year’s Person, we’re not actually breaking with tradition. The chancellor of Germany is the de facto leader of a continent and steward of the world’s fourth biggest economy. Merkel has been in office for a decade, emerging as a principled manager and a resolute diplomat."

But why Merkel?

Largely because of her choice to take in one million refugees.

"At a moment when much of the world is once more engaged in a furious debate about the balance between safety and freedom, the Chancellor is asking a great deal of the German people, and by their example, the rest of us as well," TIME's Nancy Gibbs explains.

[riversedge]

9. Hillary's comment in honor of Angela Merkel being named Person of the Year by TIME>>

Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 4h4 hours ago

Today, Germany’s first woman chancellor, Angela Merkel, was named @TIME's Person of the Year. #TimePOY

[JRLeft]

15. The austerity queen, more pain for regular people.

[Alfresco]

17. Bernie didn't stand a chance.

[AgingAmerican]

18. Time Warner is one of Hillary's biggest contributors

[betterdemsonly]

23. Hillary is a rightwinger like Merkel is.

Most of her advisers worked for Cameron in the Uk. That is Thatchers party.

[ismnotwasm]

26. WTF? Here--Have a gif

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[Agnosticsherbet]

30. No where does it say in Time that Merkel was chosen because she was a woman.

Person of the Year: Chancellor of the Free world

Read the story, it covers why she was considered the most influential person in 2015.

Here is Trump's comment:

“I told you @TIME Magazine would never pick me as person of the year despite being the big favorite,” he wrote on the social media site to his over 5 million followers. “They picked person who is ruining Germany.”

But Trump is so full of shit that she squeaks going into a turn.

Google "Merkel won person of the year because she was a woman." It doesn't say that.

So lets bury the sexist lie that Merkel won because she was a woman.

[Eric J in MN]

40. The Patriot Act compromises our dignity.

It lets the FBI write its own warrants (National Security Letters), demand records from you, and gag you from talking about it.

Hillary Clinton voted for the Patriot Act.

Bernie Sanders voted against it.