The Five’s Andrea Tantaros blasted the choice of Sandra Fluke as a candidate for Person of the Year. Not only did she call Fluke a “terrible” choice, she suggested that Time might actually go bankrupt as a result.
Tantaros said:
“What a terrible, I think, person to elevate. A woman who says, ‘I need the government, I need help, I can’t afford my own birth control.’ I should also point out the girl who was shot by the Taliban… is also on that list. She is a true hero. She is a true woman standing up for women’s rights, and I hope that they choose wisely or they can go the path of Newsweek and go bankrupt by continuing on this ridiculous path of nonsense.”
Speaking of terrible women, this is the same Andrea Tantaros who recently boasted she’d “look fabulous” on a food stamp diet.
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Justin James commented
2013-01-13 17:19:08 -0500
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i am so sorry hounds but i kinda get where she is coming from here. I think a title like person of the year should go to someone who change the world and if they do pick her she would be the least impacting person ever
Aria Prescott commented
2012-11-30 13:31:47 -0500
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Ok, lemme make this clear for Joshua: Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” is not a popularity contest. It never has been. The candidates are the people who have had the largest media impact and cultural impact of the year.
Sandra Fluke was (and still is) the face of a major civil/reproductive rights debate. The “War on Women” is the biggest debate in at least the last couple of decades.
The attacks on her from the GOP led women to organize ultiple boycotts, and even Fox News realizes that it impacted the election.
She became one of the most influential names in women’s rights overnight, and other causes now solicit her support.
Women’s rights movements overseas have made her their go-to example for how to expect to be treated, and how to react back.
Media impact? Check. Cultural impact? You bet your ass that’s a check. I’m having trouble thinking of a way the other American candidates even come close.
Sandra Fluke was (and still is) the face of a major civil/reproductive rights debate. The “War on Women” is the biggest debate in at least the last couple of decades.
The attacks on her from the GOP led women to organize ultiple boycotts, and even Fox News realizes that it impacted the election.
She became one of the most influential names in women’s rights overnight, and other causes now solicit her support.
Women’s rights movements overseas have made her their go-to example for how to expect to be treated, and how to react back.
Media impact? Check. Cultural impact? You bet your ass that’s a check. I’m having trouble thinking of a way the other American candidates even come close.
radpat_USA commented
2012-11-30 09:06:53 -0500
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Tantaro represents just how fucking stupid those who watch Fox News really are, ugh?
Joshua Hatheway commented
2012-11-30 08:05:04 -0500
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While Tantaros’ comment is a bit hyperbolic, I too think there are much better candidates for person of the year. But it’s the editors choice. We’ll see.
Bemused commented
2012-11-30 03:22:15 -0500
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Andrea Tantaros is the perfect example of a shrew: petty, shrill and (perhaps) insanely jealous of the attention that Sandra Fluke has been getting.
As a young adultfrom a privileged background who is standing up for the rights of less fortunate women, Sandra is a far better choice for “person of the year” than a 14-year old child. Malala’s case is heart-breaking but it is Sandra’s determined actions that will have ground-breaking (earth-moving) effects.
As a young adultfrom a privileged background who is standing up for the rights of less fortunate women, Sandra is a far better choice for “person of the year” than a 14-year old child. Malala’s case is heart-breaking but it is Sandra’s determined actions that will have ground-breaking (earth-moving) effects.
Sandman2 commented
2012-11-30 02:45:16 -0500
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Tantaros said:
âWhat a terrible, I think, person to elevate. A woman who says, âI need the government, I need help, I canât afford my own birth control.â
Sandra Fluke was referring to a friend of hers, and not herself, when she testified before Congress. This, I think, proves that even FoxNews hosts are succeptible to believing the lies that FoxNews spewes on a daily basis. That kills the “I can’t afford my own birth control.” lie.
“I need the government, I need help, …”
She seems to be saying that in a durogitory sense. Why? Lots of people need help with a variety of problems that, often times, only the Government can help. Ask those “Sandy” victims, or someone who needs a “first responder,” or there house is on fire, or someone is in there house and they’ve got a gun, or many more.
You’re not in high school anymore, Andrea, so the “mean girls” routine just makes you look petty.
âWhat a terrible, I think, person to elevate. A woman who says, âI need the government, I need help, I canât afford my own birth control.â
Sandra Fluke was referring to a friend of hers, and not herself, when she testified before Congress. This, I think, proves that even FoxNews hosts are succeptible to believing the lies that FoxNews spewes on a daily basis. That kills the “I can’t afford my own birth control.” lie.
“I need the government, I need help, …”
She seems to be saying that in a durogitory sense. Why? Lots of people need help with a variety of problems that, often times, only the Government can help. Ask those “Sandy” victims, or someone who needs a “first responder,” or there house is on fire, or someone is in there house and they’ve got a gun, or many more.
You’re not in high school anymore, Andrea, so the “mean girls” routine just makes you look petty.
Kent Brockman commented
2012-11-29 21:53:06 -0500
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The Foxites can’t get over, will never get over, should never get over, Mitt What’s-His-Name slipping under the waves of Kkkarl Rove’s Ocean Of Spittle & Bile one Blunderful Tuesday Night.
Note to Fuxtard Blowhards
Mitt What’s-His-Name wants you all over for lunch in the Cayman Islands to celebrate “Joseph Smith Day”. Special Guests will include Ms. Ayn Rand with Mr. Atlas Shrugged – just figure it out.
Note to Fuxtard Blowhards
Mitt What’s-His-Name wants you all over for lunch in the Cayman Islands to celebrate “Joseph Smith Day”. Special Guests will include Ms. Ayn Rand with Mr. Atlas Shrugged – just figure it out.
mj - the same one commented
2012-11-29 19:45:12 -0500
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Andrea Tantaros Suggests Time Will Go Bankrupt if It Chooses Sandra Fluke As Person Of The Year
EARTH TO ANDREA TANTAROS:
There are three reasons Time will not go bankrupt, no matter who the hell it chooses as POTY:
1. It is owned by Time Warner, whose revenue in 2011 was over $28 billion
2. Time has the largest circulation of any weekly news magazine in the US (I realize you’re upset that something might actually be more popular than Fox News, just as BillO and Keith Ablowme were about the popularity of the “Gangnam Style” video — but hey, that’s life)
3. Time didn’t go bankrupt after selecting Adolf Hitler 1938, Josef Stalin [1939, 1942], or the Ayatollah Khomeini 1979 Persons Of The Year; I’m sure they won’t in this case
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EARTH TO ANDREA TANTAROS:
There are three reasons Time will not go bankrupt, no matter who the hell it chooses as POTY:
1. It is owned by Time Warner, whose revenue in 2011 was over $28 billion
2. Time has the largest circulation of any weekly news magazine in the US (I realize you’re upset that something might actually be more popular than Fox News, just as BillO and Keith Ablowme were about the popularity of the “Gangnam Style” video — but hey, that’s life)
3. Time didn’t go bankrupt after selecting Adolf Hitler 1938, Josef Stalin [1939, 1942], or the Ayatollah Khomeini 1979 Persons Of The Year; I’m sure they won’t in this case
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