[Lakeshark]

Surely you jest. Ex: The soldier stuff. Picked because they did not want to put Bush in again. Ex: All of us being the man of the year, so as not to put in Bush again. There are plenty more.

You can't be so obtuse as to believe this Pope has been soooo much in the news he was chosen. It's because he's chirping the sounds of leftists all over the globe, period. You can't be so obtuse to not have seen the abuse Time has had concerning their award. They hedge their choices as much as they can, this one is no different. Had they put Obama, it would have had to be the news about his total failures, so they chose someone they could put forward in his place, that apparently is saying the same things.

[BarnacleCenturion]

“apparently is saying the same things”

Apparently? You are not really sure are you?

Just throwing around uninformed speculation based on BS you probably read on Time magazine. Ok, I get it. Carry on.

[NKP_Vet]

You are totally ignorant of the history of the award. Like I said every president but three in the last 85 years. A list of some republicans and conservatives who have been awarded. Winston Churchill - Twice George Marshall - Twice Dwight Eisenhower - Twice The Fighting America Man (Korea War) John Foster Dulles Pope John 23rd William Westmoreland Richard Nixon - Twice Henry Kissinger Ronald Reagan - Twice Lech Wałęsa George HW Bush George W. Bush Newt Gingrich Pope John Paul II Ken Starr Rudolph Guiliani Vladmir Putin Pope Francis