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2016 Postmortem

Fearless

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37. See above.

Reply to tammywammy (Reply #33)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 06:14 PM

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Hillary Clinton honors Angela Merkel being named TIME's Person of the Year [View all] brooklynite Dec 2015 OP

Nice! Cha Dec 2015 #1

Guess she's glad it wasn't Bernie. highprincipleswork Dec 2015 #2

That was my first thought too. n/t Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #6

Doubt she thought of it since Sanders wasn't even a finalist, and for good reason. stevenleser Dec 2015 #13

Absolutely correct. n/t Sheepshank Dec 2015 #41

kick n/t cosmicone Dec 2015 #3

How did she honor Angela Merkel? CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #4

Here is Hillary's comment on Merkel... riversedge Dec 2015 #8

K and R riversedge Dec 2015 #5

Becacuse TIme is owned by whom again? The one that supports Hillary... surprise. Fearless Dec 2015 #7

Your post sounds very bitter. riversedge Dec 2015 #10

I am fine with Merkel ejbr Dec 2015 #11

Ahh..awareness dawns... brooklynite Dec 2015 #12

Um ejbr Dec 2015 #14

"don't understand why they even have a readers poll if it amounts to nothing." sufrommich Dec 2015 #21

Don't get your panties in a bunch ejbr Dec 2015 #29

Because some 13 year old hacker would make Deez Nuts the winner nt firebrand80 Dec 2015 #22

What is the purpose of asking? ejbr Dec 2015 #27

To get people to visit their website n/t tammywammy Dec 2015 #31

Thanks n/t ejbr Dec 2015 #32

You are being very kind calling this comment bitter. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #20

Actually that was TIME'S stated reason for picking her Fearless Dec 2015 #25

No, it was not. Please read more. It will help you. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #28

Actually it was the stated reason for ignoring the public poll. Fearless Dec 2015 #34

The public poll is never the arbiter of the person of the year. tammywammy Dec 2015 #44

Perhaps it is because she has worked with Merkel Skidmore Dec 2015 #16

Truly sexist. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #19

Because that's why they SAID they picked her Fearless Dec 2015 #24

Post the quote and link. You've said this twice now. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #35

And here you go,.. Fearless Dec 2015 #36

OK, thank you for the link and reply. Still don't see that Time chose her as POTY... MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #38

No they chose her because they wanted it to be a woman Fearless Dec 2015 #42

OK. Really can't argue on the Malala thing. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #43

I searched the whole article and couldn't find where it said tammywammy Dec 2015 #33

See above. Fearless Dec 2015 #37

I suggest you reread your link above. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #39

That's not what it says. tammywammy Dec 2015 #45

Hillary's comment in honor of Angela Merkel being named Person of the Year by TIME>> riversedge Dec 2015 #9

The austerity queen, more pain for regular people. JRLeft Dec 2015 #15

Bernie didn't stand a chance. Alfresco Dec 2015 #17

Time Warner is one of Hillary's biggest contributors AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #18

Hillary is a rightwinger like Merkel is. betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #23

WTF? Here--Have a gif ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #26

No where does it say in Time that Merkel was chosen because she was a woman. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #30

The Patriot Act compromises our dignity. Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #40