Here are the final ten contenders for TIME’s Person of the Year (listed alphabetically):Bashar Assad, President of SyriaJeff Bezos, Amazon FounderTed Cruz, Texas SenatorJason Isaac Cutler, Professional AthleteMiley Cyrus, SingerPope Francis, Leader of the Catholic ChurchBarack Obama, President of the United StatesHassan Rouhani, President of IranEdward Snowden, N.S.A. LeakerEdith Windsor, Gay rights activistTIME Managing Editor Nancy Gibbs announced the group on the TODAY show Monday morning. TIME’s Person of the Year will be announced Wednesday morning.
Tito24 was robbed
POPE FRANCIS was just named.
Wow. I've always considered myself one to keep up with current world events. I honestly didn't think he had as big of an impact as some of the other nominees.However I am probably looking at it from a North American stance.....I'm sure he had a gigantic impact on other continents that I just wasn't aware of.Even though I keep up with world news it is always from the Canadian/North American viewpoint.
i guess historically, he probably had the most impact. politically, it was snowden. but i guess the pope will be discussed in 1000 years, and snowden wont.
Nelson Mandela
If you beleive in the Pope then you'd believe no one will be around in 1000 years from now
Why? They are saying the end is near even since JC was on the cross...
The list is about which person/people/group/item has made the biggest IMPACT on the world. It's not a popularity contest, nor an approval/condemnation of anyone. It is simply a measurement of who impacted the world the most that year. In 2001, most would agree there was one (evil) person that impacted history the most - Bin Laden. However, Walmart promised they woudln't stock TIME anymore if they used him. Too painful. So they used Rudy instead. No doubt Rudy had a positive impact in 2001, but WORLDWIDE, for our PLANET, it was bin laden... a series of wars followed. Rudy was responding domestically to an event that bin laden had delivered, that affected people globally. Most people overseas never heard of Rudy, and this is a GLOBAL award.I actually WOULD argue that OBAMA should win in 2013, and not because he did good, but because he did bad. SYRIA on a lie? NSA wiretapping? Job Disapproval Reaches a Career High while he's going full neocon? Has ANYONE had a bigger impact on the world (Reminder: not good or bad, just impact) than Obama?Syria's leader, yeah that's big. I'd bet on Snowden - setting quite a trend - winning it. Stalin, Hitler, Araft... these men had the biggest impact on history those years, even if it was for very big and evil things. It's not a positive recognition. It's a measurement on what person did the most to affect planet earth.
I actually WOULD argue that OBAMA should win in 2013, and not because he did good, but because he did bad. SYRIA on a lie? NSA wiretapping? Job Disapproval Reaches a Career High while he's going full neocon? Has ANYONE had a bigger impact on the world (Reminder: not good or bad, just impact) than Obama?
Hitler got it in 1938, people were still on his jock then. You know, before he plunged the world into war.
Hitler could have really done good for the entire world had he been restrained a little bit by his government.
Holy Fucking Shit!
"Who will win?''No one. And that holds true even when a winner is announced.
