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Paul Ryan
Ron Paul
Osama Bin Laden
Barack Obama
Herman Cain
Scott Walker
Glenn Beck
John Bhoener
Jesse Lagreca (protestor)
Grover Norquist
Christopher Hitchens
Lasn/Scmaltz (adbusters)
Marc (USPO founder)
Anthony Weiner
Mohamed Bouazizi (protestor)
Citizen
2011 USPO Person of the Year POLL
Based on nominations submitted by members. Please vote for the individual who you think had the greatest impact on US politics in 2011. You do not have to like or agree with them. This is only about influence. Feel free to debate the choices below, but be civil. Voting closes Dec 31.
Citizen
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Administrator
On that list I'd go with Scott Walker. He's been a talking point and catalyst of controversial partisan politics all year, and it's been quite awhile since any state official had that effect that caused notable statewide controversy along with national attention and national blow backs with those following and opposing his lead.
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President
I think that self-immolating street vendor guy in Tunisia wins this one hands down.
Secretary of State
Voted for Norquist.
Legend of USPO
None of the listed people qualify for "person of the year". IMO, this would have been better left open ended.
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Citizen
You had a chance to nominate.Originally Posted by chassisman
President
Interesting choice. Could you elaborate on why you would vote him person of the year?
President
Yeah what he said! WTF?
Citizen
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Secretary of State
I think his influence on republicans caused unprecedented gridlock in congress this year on many occasions. You can find his fingerprints on just about every major congressional showdown which made for big news and dramatic headlines. I think we saw an increased number of threads and posts in the forum as a result.
Bin laden was a bigger single story but in terms of a news maker on the forum (which I think this poll was intended to find) threads on bin laden were probably less than all the threads on congressional gridlock caused by the no tax pledge.
President
When I think about it, Norquist fathered the tax debate we have now, and the national debt, with his breakfast meetings.
People heard the tax cut part, but they ignored where he calls for cutting military spending by 80% to pay for the tax cuts.
Citizen
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Vice President
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I chose Mohamed Bouazizi as he has awakened a consciousness and solidarity among people who feel as they are not a part of their political system the world over. OWS which is in over 2600 cities worldwide probably wouldn't have started without Mr. Bouazizi.
Worldwide class consciousness. It's what it's all about. Maybe the plutocrats are worried for once.
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