OK How did Obama get picked a TIME magazine "Person of The Year" if on YouTube 95% votes were for Ron Paul?

Because “YouTube” and “Time Magazine” are completely unaffiliated. That’s like saying, “Why is Barack Obama president when the majority of voters in a World Net Daily poll said that Buchanan should be elected?!”

Also, Ron Paul’s campaign* probably sent out an e-mail asking people to spam whatever poll you’re referring to, which is also responsible for his high online polling numbers during the primary, followed by his dismal performance when people actually had to vote.

*not necessarily his official campaign, but the dozens of Facebook groups that contain 99% of his supporters.

Maybe because he is going to be the next President of the United States. That might have had something to do with it.

TIME mag is totally owned by corporate elites check YouTube majority people vote for Ron Paul not Obama.

Ron Paul wasn’t even mentioned in top 20 people on their list

The online community has long since favored Ron Paul in all types of polls and surveys. It’s well known that any poll that contains Ron Paul as an option will generally be spammed such that Ron Paul is #1 even though this is not a true accurate representation of the poll audience. Whether it’s an act of willful spamming (likely), true interest (somewhat likely), or Ron Paul’s campaign knowing how to leverage his Internet presence (very plausable), it does not represent the true desires of the people. Case in point, look at the voting results. Even be gracious and include ALL libertarian votes as being for Ron Paul (which they are certainly NOT), it’s still nothing compared to any other candidate.

But the base point simply is, why would TIME care about what the people on YouTube say? YouTube is filled with idiots*. Why would a huge magazine allow idiots to dictate what they do? Yes they did solicit contributions and suggestions, but they’re not legally bound to take each contribution in serious consideration.

* Semi serious and semi fake. Obviously not everyone on YouTube is an idiot. But I do think there are a lot of stupid comments posted on YouTube, that’s why I have the YouTube Snob plugin installed that hides comments if they don’t fit what the Snob thinks a high quality comment is.

And Ron Paul supporters wonder why they aren’t taken seriously…

To drive home @DD’s point, if YouTube chose the Person of the Year, it would be this baby.

Hey! Hey! Hey! You be nice to Time Magazine! Ron Paul was their person of the year last year. Okay, so was Obama. And, um, me too. But whatever. He totally got it last year, give it to Obama this year. The man deserves it.

Edit: Sorry, Ron Paul, Obama and I got it in 2006. Not last year. My apologies.

To sum this up: Time picks the Person of the Year to sell magazines.

@steelmarket: Seriously. Osama Bin Laden was robbed. He totally had 2001 nailed. Person of the Year is supposed to go to the person who made the biggest impact—positive or negative. Hitler and Stalin both got it. I thought giving it to Giuliani was really wimping out. Because without the 9–11 attacks, Giuliani would never have…

@Empress, Wikipedia says that the contest has shyed away from figures who are controversial in the US since there was a huge uproar after the Ayatollah Khomeini won it in 1979.

That reminds me of the two covers that Stalin got for his wins: they’re really fascinating. One and two. It’s like Santa versus Satan.

Simple
Obama changed history. Ron Paul didnt.

@Tonedef: I think that is wimping out, plain and simple.

Of course, I could just be jealous because my dad’s gotten it twice, my mom thrice, and I’ve only gotten it once. (Baby Boomers, American Women, Oh We Give Up It’s Just Everyone This Year)

Ron Paul ho hum

Never trust someone with two first names.

Apples and Oranges – what has one got to do with the other?

Because 4chan loves Ron Paul, and they control the internets.

/b/tards are idiots

@tonedef NOT Wikipedia NOT the source that ANYONE can edit even Billy the 32 year old fifth grader. Sorry, just had to get that in. As for the original post, YouTube is not a reliable source for anything. According to YouTube if I buy a big battery and open it up there’s really about 32 AA batteries inside.

@syz, they are both fruits?

@hypeserver- YouTube is such a joke. 32 AA batteries inside a big battery? That’s so ridiculous! Everyone knows you could never fit more than 12 inside.

AstroChuck Yes….I know….maybe you didn’t note my sarcasm earlier to stress my point that YouTube is an unreliable source.

@hypeserver: Wikipedia counts as a valid source finder. You go to Wikipedia, read up on whatever topic, and follow the specific citations. In this case, though Tonedef was mentioning Wikipedia, I’m sure he saw that little notation next to the statement he’s referring to. If you follow it to the bottom of the page, you see which Time magazine they stated this in.

@hype- Can you not note sarcasm in my answer?

@AstroChuck—are you trying to say that there really are 32 AA batteries inside a big battery?

Perhaps 32 AAA batteries.

Because YouTube is 100% full of idiots.

probably because becoming the first black (biracial? whatever) / next president is kind of a big deal. also, just because they are affiliated with youtube (i didn’t know about that, but i don’t know much about Time mag. in general) doesn’t mean that Time cares what the youtubers want. it could just be a ‘let’s see what they’re thinking but ultimately choose what we want since it’s our magazine’. but i don’t know.

@astrochuck… ouch…