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From Taylor Swift to Capt. Sully Sullenberger, from Nadya Suleman and her octuplets to NBA great Kobe Bryant, read some of NBC's People of the Year interview transcripts here.
Don't see your choice here? Tell us your thoughts on who should have been included.
#1 - Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:01 PM ESTNBC persons of the year should be all our men and women who defend us daily.
Fox's Glen Beck should be on this list for his efforts to explain to America - graphically and statistically - what is going on in our government.
If Glenn Beck was credible he would be believable.
Sarah Palin should be a choice.
Love her or hate her she deserves to be on the list more than octomom.
This list is a joke! My person of the year is the old people who have lost all of their money and who are standing in soup lines because of some of the idiots on this list.
I'd like to nominate the Men and Women serving in the United States Armed Forces and Persons of the Year.
We have asked much of these people. We have taken much from these people. All for a very long time now.
I fail to see how a man accused of sexual assault -- which certainly seemed to be true, given all the news accounts -- could POSSIBLY be included as a Person of the Year !! What kind of warped message does that send to our kids?
Our military Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan and world wide.
The soldier worldwide, regardless the fight, deserves praise
for his/her effort for the good of all.
Sarah Palin--How could she have been left off? Oh year, this is MSNBC.
it should be the men and women of the Armed Forces and Police. BUT MSNBC will pick their Leader and mesiah.. They are not going to pick the right choice..
In my mind, every "Law Enforcment Officer" in the state of Washington should have been included, always.
Why bother voting, King Obama will get it just like the Nobel Peace award. Surprised Princess Pelosi wasn't on the list
Chicago Tribune Story read and you will understand.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-sexual-abuse-incest-bdnov08,0,6471106.story
#2 - Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:28 PM ESTYou've posted your own story in an inappropriate discussion of person of the year. Are you nominating yourself? I have read this and I do not understand.
The Hudson flight is going to continue to be praised probably forever because it is a historic plane crash ditching in water with many people on a commercial airline. I don't know why Brian Williams even asked Sully why people still talk about it, it is a historic survival that could have been tragic, we still talk about many plane crashes from decades ago to learn from them. One news report on the Miracle on the Hudson says they will rewrite training manuals because of what Sully did. And Sully's wife is right that people are happy for good news, it is nice to know people can be trained and equipped to pilot planes good enough to survive a crash, and not everybody is incompetent like minimum wage workers we meet everyday.
#3 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:33 AM ESTI agree with your statement on Sully. However your statement about min. wage workers is one of the most ignorant I've ever heard.I meet and talk to medium and highly paid people almost daily.I also meet many min. wage workers that could probably take over your job and be just as, if not more competent than you.
I now vote for all the low-income workers in the US that keep this country running despite all that the world throws at'em. Wow, jumpstart, you just insulted most of the US. My guess is you often get poor service at restaurants, not because of incompetent help, but because of the way you treat and speak to others.
Captain Sully was doing the job he was trained for. Not a hero if you do that. No different that thousands of other airline pilots around the world, he just had the bad (or good) luck to show it. Thanks pilots.
Maybe your minimum wage workers wouldn't be so incompetent if they were paid a bit more.
USAIRLINES Capt SULLY is the most deserving of any of the people mentioned, cool, calm and collective of his many years of flying. Capt Sully is a PROFFESIONAL and is dedicated to the safety of his crew and passengers. A Union man that has had his retirement knockdown to pennies as thre CEO and other huncho dived into the pool that the Flight attendants, Mechanices, ground crew gave to keep the Airlines in Business. Then adding insulr to injury they awarde the top CEO, COO AND CLO 6 figure bonouses, Ted Kennedy started the AirLine Deregulation in 1978 with say the air traffic would be safer and more economical. BS We have five US Sirlines that are in and out of bankruptcy and Delta spent more on bankrupcy fees that the wages and restriction thast they played against UNION WORK FROCES. We have seen this coming since Ronald Reagan "Free Trade" The people got what they deserved in Sep. 2008, a complet meltdow of our wold economoic system. Our system was supposed to have "HONEST PEOPLE DEALING WITH HONEST PEOPLE" Every Big Business that has turned to no regulation or restruction has shed people and closed businesses and and lined their pocket with your hard earned sweat and elbow grease. D-ND Brian Dorgan has been saying for over 10 years that deregulation would not work. The Crowning Blow to our economic system was the repeal of the GALSS/STEAGAL ACT of 1931. The"moderaziation of the Banking and Investment (Deregulation 1999 by EU chearleder ex- sen Phil Gram) All our elected official knew that the Free Trade and Fair Trade would not work. Finially, Who the "HELL" gave Goldman Sach such power setting what is good for America. Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Tim Giether, Allen Greenspan and the other that trashed our economy and ruined your stofck portifilo. This nation hired a band of thieves and they destroyed the middleclass. Just why do we need the FDIC and Fereral Reserve that makes 59 BILLION DOLLARS /YEAR off just pushes money to those who really don't need it
At nearly 75 years old I have seen all that my generatioin and I ever worked for a good living and life be thrown away my these number crucher "CLOWNS" Tim Giegther was a failure at the head of the NY Federal Reserve and not one has missed a prime rib diner that you and I can not afford. Lasted stat is since 2000 this country has had a net growth of minus 2.1 % employees. We have 551,000 drawing unemplotment and 15 million who don't hve a paycheck or health insurance. Bernie Saunders is right 15 million unemployed but yet Gen. Petreaus can recruit the 100,000 of unemployees Iraqis and give them $400/man/mo of our treasuary money to fight their own. Imagine that $400/mo to kill their own people and this counry thinks it is great
No one DESERVES the title in 2009. Leave a balnk space with ????
#4 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:27 AM ESTMichele Obama and President Obqama are by far, the most historically significant people of the year. All you have to do is read through the blanks of the news reports to understand how inspiring their leadership is to a large segment of the American and world-wide population. While the press has been concentrating on the loud, boisterous, obnoxious minority of nay sayers, the rest of us appreciate the President's dedication to re-creating the ethical foundation for our international, economic as well as social endeavors. And Michele Obama is demonstrating the importance of family, nutrition, pursuit of knowledge, and dignity.
#5 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:29 AM ESTI am sorry, but I disagree. President Obama is an even worse President than Jimmy Carter. His leadership is in question by both sides, his values seem to have alienated over half the population in the last 12 months. Makes one wonder at who really voted for him.
As for Mrs. Obama, I am just glad the press has not followed her around like a puppy dog. I think the woman is a racist!
How is she a racist?
How about her satement about only being proud of America when her husband got the nomination?
How about her affilitation with Rev. Wright? How about her connections with ACORN?
All point to the fact she hates whites
the USA elects the 1st 1/2 black-1/2 white President and black 1st Lady... what better way to show the world that we practice what we profess...equality for all, not just the priviledged few...this has got to be the greatest news story in the USA since our forefathers declared independence...we are progressing forward as a nation of freedom for all its' citizens...
now we need to address the problem of the 5-10% who control 95% of the wealth in this country...
AMEN.................To the contribution by the president and
his lovely gracious wife, Michelle, bringing back civility and a
respect for people worlwide.
There is only one way to get this country back on the road to prosperity:
1) Throw the bums out! Term limits for everyone in elected office or appointed by electees.
2) Pas the Fair Tax (could only be done after #1)
3) If we can't get the present congress to pass numbers 1 & 2, Then it may require a temporary take over by the joint chiefs in order to pass and enforce the changes.
Of course all the powers that be would scream all the way to the exit door, but I would trust the military more to make the necessary decisions and be willing to relinquish control to a new and much more representative governing body.
danangel -- !! I thought that advocating the violent overthrow of the government was illegal. At least that is what got all the old Communists jailed in the 1950s.
Just be thankful that the President is the Commander-in-Chief!
NOMINATING ONE OF YOUR OWN !
BRAVO ! . . . . . COMRADE . . . . . YOU ARE A GOOD MAXIST !
More like hysterically significant. If he wasn't black, he wouldn't have been elected. It would have been Hillary.
"So how is she paying for it all? By signing up for a series of paid projects,like these online video diaries, and this documentary, which aired in the U.K. earlier this month. "
I was shocked to see Nadya Suleman listed as one of your Persons of the Year -- until I did a little research. What Matt Lauer fails to disclose to his audience is the fact that the rights to air "this documentary" were purchased by the BIO channel for re-broadcast in the US this December. The same Biography channel owned by A&E which is, coincidentally, also owned (in part) by NBC. But I'm sure that has nothing at all to do with NBC and Matt Lauer's obvious attempts to sanitize the facts surrounding Ms. Suleman's "story" and present her in a more sympathetic light.
#6 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:07 PM ESTAmen, almost choked on my drumstick!
Bernie Madoff represents the kind of amoral greed and evil that drove the recession; the only difference was that his was clearly illegal and the others happily made us the victims of our own thoughtless greed.
#7 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:14 PM ESTHear, hear.
Go Taylor!
#8 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:20 PM ESTIt should be President Obama. No other President with the exception of F.D.R. has had to address so many issues at one time. Their are signs that we are recovering from a near collapse of our economy. What he does and does not do is the main focus of all Americans. We as Americans should support our President and not want him to fail. To say anyone else is more important in America is simply false. Some do deserve the honor of the Wow Factor!
#9 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:26 PM ESTYou seem to have left out Wahington and Lincoln. I guess they were not liberals huh?
He created most of the issues and no cocaine addict should ever be anything but in jail.
And what dingleberry would put a man who butted a women in this category? You guys are the most ridiculous excuses for humans I have ever heard of.
Obama has certainly done something no other president has ever done: he has willfully and enthusiastically applied the teachings and principles of Saul Alinsky and Cloward and Piven in a transparent and lethal attempt to destroy the economy and free market and currency of America. Assuming America can survive his administration, he will go down as the most evil and anti-American president in history, and perhaps as our first communist president as well.
Well, I'm not sure who should be chosen but octomom? Please save us from the freaks and oportunists.
I do know that most of the people on the list could have been replaced with people that actualy serve thier fellow humans. Taylor is a doll but I think even she knows that there are many more deserving people. Don't think I'll be part of the vewing public this year.
#10 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:49 PM ESTremind me again why Obama should qualify here. All he's done is exactly what Bernie Madoff did but with taxpayer funding and if he's lucky he'll stay out of jail. He's like Robin Hood in reverse he steals from the poor (taxpayers) and gives to the rich (corporate heads) then has the nerve to say that those on social security get no cost of living increase because he already gave it to AIG, etc.
No way. Obama belongs in the list with Balloon Boy's parents Octomom and the rest of those irresponsible boobs
#11 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:12 PM ESTSarah Palin is the only real choice for "Person of the year." Common sense rules again....
#12 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:16 PM ESTCommon sense rules again!?!
Irony, anyone?
Got to be Sarah Palin or Glen Beck.
I too was wondering where she was. Go Sarah.
They are still crapping their pants over Sarah. By not having her on this list, the continue to insult our intelligence and try to make her insignificant, which makes her that much more powerful to "WE the people".
Glenn Beck should also be on this list since he's never been proven wrong by anyone in the administration and has actually gotten them to boot the radical commies they've been trying to sneak in.
Most of all ALLof the United States Military should be voted as Persons of the year. They, after all, continue to volunteer to keep us (strangers) safe, even with a traitor at the helm.
Glen Beck or Sarah Palin
#13 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:54 PM EST*retch*
*Go Sarah*
YEAH! Go Sarah...
To a galaxy far, far away.
Agreed! Maybe she can go back to planet Clueless, where she was born.
Thanks Michael...:)!!!
the only difference between them and a pig is the pig doesn't wear lipstick...
go figure...if you look up to Beck and Palin you need to fade away like the rest of the Republican Party is doing...
good riddance to old rubbish...
they speak the truth now, people better wake up and listen.. Glenn Beck may seem a little weird but dont be fooled, and Sarah is alot smarter than people think she is, you better get on their wagon..times are changing fast..
Capt. Sully Sullenbeger of the downed plan in the Hudson River deserves being named man of the year. His calm, precision, and focus on the immediate task at hand, under great pressure, saved many lives. After the accident, he made sure every passenger was rescued. I'd like him as my airplane pilot!
#14 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:03 AM ESTWouldn't want him to be my pilot if there were birds of some sort in the area. He might not be able to avoid them like many other pilots can.
it's obvious James that you have no knowledge upon which to base your comments
Entertainers are just that, entertainers. Sully is a hero but a person of the year. Person of the Year should be someone that has had a profound effect on the lives of Americans. Someone who restores faith in our country and reminds us of the qualities that our founding fathers had. Common sense, hard work, independence and love of freedom. In my mind, there is only one person who meets that criteria and that is Sarah Palin. Unfortunately, all the reasons cited above are exactly why the liberals hate her.
#15 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:26 AM ESTUgh! When will we learn from our mistakes? Sarah Palin, really?? It was people like you who voted Bush into the presidency TWICE. It was people like you who supported Bush and the invasion of Iraq, because it had WMDs. Common sense? Come ON!!! I am definitely NOT an Obama supporter, but if I hear one more person say that Sarah Palin has common sense, Im moving to Canada.
I'm sure Canada will welcome you with open arms. We will miss you - not!
Jim, .... my I just can't imagine that her little wink distracted you THAT MUCH. Come on... no brains, and surely NO common sense. But she knows how to drive a fan to soccer practice !
Hey Joel. Hey Linda.
As I read this page, I noticed that ol' Jim's comment has got four votes while Joel's comment has garnered only one and poor. poor Miss Linda hasn't received any votes yet.
What does that tell you about the proportion of Newsvine posters who agree with you?
Sarah Palin is a complete and utter dumb@!$%#!!! She couldn't even complete one (1!?!) term as part-time governor of a piece of Redneck Hell state like Alaska and they think she's the answer to the miriad of problems that Cheney-Bush left stinking up the country. She's using all the "We love you, Sarah P!" morons for the MONEY!!!!! And they're lapping it up!!!
Why is it that so many people in this discussion of person of the year, as well as throughout many other forums, hate Sarah Palin and President Obama? I neither agree nor disagree with everything either one of them says they stand for. I find myself often more conservative, but Obama does have a few things that make sense as well, namely the economic policies and foreign policies that he borrows from the conservatives. Otherwise, they both have some pretty obvious flaws, but why hate them? People are afraid.......they are afraid of what they don't know. Palin is popular, charasmatic, the Republicans answer to Bill Clinton. Yet, she is divisive and strong in her stances, a positive to some and negative to others. Still, why fear her? Same for Obama. Sure, he is the leader of the free world, and I don't really think he's acting much like it. It's okay to be humble, but don't be a wimp. Stand up for American principles and ideals. We are not the enemy. We have sacrificed and helped nearly every nation on the face of the earth, and we don't receive equivalent help or financial support. So why do we get dumped on? Because whoever stands up becomes the target. Well, I would rather be the target and do the right thing, even if others find reason to dislike us, than to bow down to other foreign leaders and show weakness. We are not weak, and this president will not make us weak. He just makes himself look weak when he tries to be "humble." I like him, actually, as a man and as a president. I disagree with many of his policies, but I do not want him to fail, I want him to stand up strongly for what is right, or at least for what he believes is right, and not cower to anyone. But he is not to be feared, and neither is Sarah. Our republic is strong, we may be in a rough patch, but we will survive and come out ever stronger. The likes of Sarah Palin and President Obama will not take it down, or else we don't have much of a foundation to begin with. I choose to believe that either could be the person of the year based on news coverage, but if we base person of the year on contributions to mankind in the past year, give it to Ellen. She brings joy and hope, and even a bit of relief, to people around the country every day of the year, and in this day and age we could all use a little joy in our lives. It may sound like a silly answer, but think about it. Can you put a price on joy? It's invaluable and it's free to everyone, and Ellen is doling it out by amazing proportions. She is definitely deserving!
Can a liberal, make any CONSTRUCTIVE comments . Or since most don't think as adults it seems they must resort to schoolyard " oh yea and your a jerk from ...." My god... mindless chatter and name calling.
Well, that was well expressed.
Sully is the person for me and not too far behind him is Susan Boyle. Our world is so full of itself...it's all about me. Susan Boyle's video was seen all over the world, again and again. Why, because for a short time the "preconceived notion" that only "beautiful people are of any value in our society" was blown out of the water. Sully made us believe, that there really are true heroes in the world. People wanted to soak up everything he said and hungered to find out "what made this man tic". To my knowledge the media was not able to besmirch his character. He was a hard working, do it by the book kind of guy, yet humbled by his own feat. In the interviews I saw, I never got the sense, he was playing to the media or exercising his "15 minutes of fame". For me, these two people, for a brief period, made the world a better place and we forgot about all the confusion, chaos and pain in our own lives and in the world and we all believed there really are true heroes and miracles.
#16 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:54 AM ESTI think, much like the bally-hoo'd Time mag pick of "You" (or everyone) a couple of years ago, I think the truly most important Person of the Year is the "Over Consuming, Over Paid, Overly Arrogant, Overly Lazy, Incredibly Greedy, Completely Self-Absorbed, Excessively Whiny American Baby BOOMER!!!"
From ol' Bernie Madoff, to the over-reaching, can't-afford-the-house-I bought-anyways ("Help, me I'm Stupid!"), from the Wasilla Hillbilly (You Betcha!) to the variety of other ME! ME! ME! freaks (read Octomom, Balloon boy parents, White House party crashers, Glen Beck, etc, etc)...well, what do they have in common?
So again I nominate....
the "Over Consuming, Over Paid, Overly Arrogant, Overly Lazy, Incredibly Greedy, Completely Self-Absorbed, Excessively Whiny American Baby BOOMER!!!"
#17 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:10 AM ESTHear Hear!!
I think Neda Agha-Soltan and the Iranian protesters should be named the "persons" of the year.
#18 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:24 AM ESTFor what? Getting shot while failing to change a damn thing?
Just more "feel good!" nonsense from baby boomers harkening back to their glory days of protest and free love...
My goodness James, aren't we on the high horse! Just remember those same baby boomers changed the world. They created, among many other things, the internet and the computers you are using. (No Al Gore did not invents the internet.)
Changed the world!?! From what? We've gone from the "work hard, raise a family and that'll be enough" generation to the "I want MINE, Screw the Rest!" generation. Flip this house, sell that gadget, Buy low, sell high, make my millions anyway I can...Working, actually making something...why, that's for suckers!!
Yeah, We're all better off for the self-aggrandizing generation of Selfish TWITS!!!!!
So you hold the moral high ground, James? Right. If ego-maniacal preening was of any value to humanity, you would definitely be in the running for Person of the Year!
And you really believe that people who rise up against tyranny and injustice accomplish nothing and are not worthy of recognition? Good thing the Founding Fathers didn't feel that way, don't you agree? Or, given your remarks, perhaps you don't agree. You're quite young, aren't you?
My person of the year would be the black guy here in Buffalo, N.Y. that jumped out of his car and took an old man's cane away from him and beat him almost to death with it and robbed him of $23 on a Sunday morning as the old man was on his way to church. He is really showing what life is like in our cities.
#19 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:36 AM ESTHu Jintao is the established leader of an emerging major influence on the world stage - China.
#20 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:05 PM ESTHu Jintao is the established leader of an emerging major influence on the world stage - China.
#21 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:07 PM ESTTo the person who said we should support our president is apparently not watching the tv (fox,glenn beck,oreily, hannity) or the economy. Our president has did nothing but portray himself as a celebrity in the news and throwing big parties, all the time. Gee I wish I had the money to have big parties and not worry about the american people, the soldiers in iraq/afghanistan and take my time doing it all. OH and please do not let me forget that he has did NOTHING since he was elected. He want socialism, and GOVT contolled EVERYTHING.
#22 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:34 PM ESTplease take an English course to improve your gramar and use of the English language...you sound like the rest of Beck's followers - stupid, racist, ignorant fools...
Just wondering ? Have you ever watched/listened to Glenn Beck, read one of his books or even seen an interview with him? Because if you had ...you think differently. Maybe not agree with him, but present your self to the world with thoughts not just the same name calling and stereotyping that you CLAIM you are above.
I chose Sully because he is indeed an amazing hero who saved hundreds of lives with his skill, cool demeanor, and quick thinking. Having said that, though, had Sarah Palin (NBC? No WONDER she wasn't a choice!!) been on the list, I would have chosen her. Imagine! A politician with common sense, integrity, and a love of her country!! Obama shouldn't even be on the list. He panders to our enemies, buddies up with the likes of Hugo Chavez, et al, goes all over the world apologizing for this great country, shows a total disregard for what Americans want, and is clearly an Islam extremist sympathizer (to wit: refusing to refer to the war on terror as such, bringing the Gitmo scum to NY City for trial, etc.). It's clear he doesn't represent us and has a deep contempt for the U.S. I'll be interested to see how his defenders feel when they finally wake up and discover what he has in store for them!!!
#23 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:55 PM ESTThe person of the year should be the average American for once again putting up with the criminal nonsense that our moronic and out of touch politicians have foisted upon us. Or not. These corrupt slimeballs couldn't commit their reprehensible acts of financial gluttony if the average American didn't elect them in the first place!
On second thought, I've changed my vote to the First Dog. This poor beast lives its life in close quarters with some of the most anti-American left wing nut job scoundrels the country has ever been forced to endure the stench of. And I am nearly certain that the dog is free of any Marxist-socialist leanings and has no part in the carefully calculated maneuvers that are destroying this country. He may not get a bogus Nobel, but he deserves a pat on the back--or maybe a gentle scratch behind his ear.
#24 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:41 PM ESTGosh, how about Todd Palin, First Dude of Alaska. The very least he should be voted Dad of the year. I wish there were more men like him.
#25 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:07 PM ESTPlease God, let him be kidding.
Must be the same type people who listen to Taylor Swift and thinks she can sing.
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