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Steve Jobs up for Time's 'Person of the Year'

by Michael Grothaus Dec 14th 2009 at 4:30PM

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.
Who should win Time's 2009 Person of the Year?
Steve Jobs3630 (49.9%)
Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve213 (2.9%)
The Chinese worker, because without them you wouldn't have 90% of the things in your house.1504 (20.7%)
Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Speaker of the House58 (0.8%)
Stanley McChrystal, Commander, U.S. Forces, Afghanistan242 (3.3%)
Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter and Olympic gold medalist 270 (3.7%)
Barack Obama, President of the U.S.1364 (18.7%)

UPDATE: TIME's Person of the Year 2009 is Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke.


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slumlord

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."

December 16 2009 at 2:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tag44

Thanks for the post and for sharing the very resourceful information here.

December 16 2009 at 6:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J

Everyone needs to get off Steve's nuts.

December 15 2009 at 3:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kai Cherry

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

December 14 2009 at 9:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris Stevens

I think they missed Tiger Woods off that list...

December 14 2009 at 6:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dale

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.

December 14 2009 at 5:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bayxsonic

For obvious reasons Steve Jobs could be the person of the decade, next year. But this year nothing really happened.

December 14 2009 at 5:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
joeybeast

The Chinese worker of course. Where would Steve be without them?

December 14 2009 at 5:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Edsel

Usain Bolt

The only one in the list that genuinely accomplished something incredible without the assistance of marketing departments, consultants and high explosives.

December 14 2009 at 5:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bkenney

Weird...this list doesn't match with Time's actual list. I prefer Time's list of candidates.

December 14 2009 at 5:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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macserv

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.

December 15 2009 at 8:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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