"The Nation" Readers Person of the Year Results: The clear-cut winner is Julian Assange

[Better Believe It]

Nation Readers' Person of the Year
December 30, 2010

Since we here at The Nation consider our readership the most politically informed and intelligent of any publication in the country, we thought it would be informative to conduct a Nation readers' poll to determine the Person of the Year for our own community.

The response was strong and, interestingly, WilkiLeaks founder Assange was also our clear-cut winner because, as Lorna Singh pointed out, "we need to see how we were lied to," and, as Mike Pribula wrote, "he has reminded us about the importance of integrity in diplomacy and democratic ideals in our republic."

Finishing a strong second was the Senate's only socialist Bernie Sanders, a great friend of The Nation, because, as Carol Kivi nicely put it, "he spoke up for what he thinks is right, which is to oppose the tax breaks for the wealthy and ensure that the successful social security program remains intact."

The third runner-up, Bradley Manning, is the US Army soldier who was charged in July 2010 with the unauthorized disclosure of US classified information and being held in solitary confinement at the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico, Virginia. As Tom Baurain noted, Manning "broke a very serious oath to the military to help shed light on our 'New Dark Age' of information."

Read the full article and find out who other top finishers were at:

http://www.thenation.com/article/157379/nation-readers-person-year

[VeryLibGal]

1. My only choice.

[valerief]

2. kick

:kick:

[glinda]

3. Perfect selection.

[jimlup]

4. Every time I see the stupid TIME cover

I start laughing. How stupid do they think we are? Seriously!

[kgnu_fan]

6. I know... Time magazine is so arrogant

[jimlup]

7. Arrogant and part of the doctrinal system

They certainly did their job on queue. We wouldn't want the rabble to know much about wikileaks or Julian Assange. Better that they remain passively ignorant. And these people claim to be actual journalists. :rofl:

[earcandle]

5. Cool. All the good men.

[bvar22]

8. K&R

Simply the perfect choice.