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Steve Jobs up for Time's 'Person of the Year'
Time magazine has revealed its final seven candidates for Person of the Year, and one Mr. Steven P. Jobs has made the list. Though the editors of Time have already chosen the winner (to be announced on The Today Show on Wednesday morning), MSNBC.com wants to know who us average folk would vote for.At the risk of our audience being slightly biased, I'm going to release the same poll here. So vote below, and don't feel bad if you don't think Steve should get it. He's already won another little award this year.
UPDATE: TIME's Person of the Year 2009 is Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke.
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michas_pi said 4:36PM on 12-14-2009
Steve Jobs for Turtleneck of the Year, not Person of the Year.
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Jordan said 4:41PM on 12-14-2009
Agreed. Even looking at just within Apple, what did Steve do this year? He was gone for most of it.
usingpond said 4:50PM on 12-14-2009
Uhhh -- are these all comedy options? I'm pretty liberal and there's no way I'd chose Obama or Pelosi. And EVERYONE hates Bernanke.
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jaioxung said 4:55PM on 12-14-2009
I say give the honor to a robot, seeing as a guy who just sent 30,000 troops to kill people in Afganistan can win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Seriously though, no one on this list deserves the honor.
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Joanna D said 5:00PM on 12-14-2009
Steve Jobs for lying in bed for months? Yeah, he sure is "person of the year"!
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bkenney said 5:01PM on 12-14-2009
Weird...this list doesn't match with Time's actual list. I prefer Time's list of candidates.
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macserv said 8:35AM on 12-15-2009
The list should also be a lot shorter... it's padded with an awful lot of people who have nothing to crow about this year.
Edsel said 5:10PM on 12-14-2009
Usain Bolt
The only one in the list that genuinely accomplished something incredible without the assistance of marketing departments, consultants and high explosives.
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joeybeast said 5:32PM on 12-14-2009
The Chinese worker of course. Where would Steve be without them?
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bayxsonic said 5:39PM on 12-14-2009
For obvious reasons Steve Jobs could be the person of the decade, next year. But this year nothing really happened.
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Dale said 5:57PM on 12-14-2009
I wouldn't select any of these. I can't really see what any of them has done... maybe Pelosi for squeaking the healthcare bill through senate, but it was pretty severely gimped.
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Chris Stevens said 6:03PM on 12-14-2009
I think they missed Tiger Woods off that list...
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Kai Cherry said 9:56PM on 12-14-2009
Def. Chinese worker. Were it not for the near slave labor of the Chinese worker, the Middle Class would be much smaller; we all *know* tiny wonders of miniaturization and complex electronics don't *really* cost what we pay for them.
Right?
-K
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J said 3:43PM on 12-15-2009
Everyone needs to get off Steve's nuts.
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Tag44 said 7:18AM on 12-16-2009
Thanks for the post and for sharing the very resourceful information here.
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slumlord said 2:11PM on 12-16-2009
i went to see what the real list was because i couldnt believe freaking Bernanke was on it, only to find out... "2009's Time Person of the Year is Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, which for once is not likely to be a controversial choice. Bernanke was chosen as Time Person of the Year for his influence in the struggles to heal the American economy."
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