Not sorting per links

I have links that link to
?sort=desc&order=hits
and
?sort=desc&order=created
and neither of them work.
The default sort is on the votingapi_cache_vote_percent_count field, but this is done in the 'fields' area, not the 'sort' area

Is this something I need to make happen in the views theme function I am calling? It seems like this should happen before it gets there, as the theme function is handed the $nodes, already sorted I presume.

Any ideas/help?

Here's the view exported

  $view = new stdClass();
  $view->name = 'videos_by_career';
  $view->description = '';
  $view->access = array (
);
  $view->view_args_php = '';
  $view->page = TRUE;
  $view->page_title = '';
  $view->page_header = '';
  $view->page_header_format = '1';
  $view->page_footer = '';
  $view->page_footer_format = '1';
  $view->page_empty = 'No Videos for this Career';
  $view->page_empty_format = '1';
  $view->page_type = 'list';
  $view->url = 'videos/by/career';
  $view->use_pager = TRUE;
  $view->nodes_per_page = '21';
  $view->sort = array (
  );
  $view->argument = array (
    array (
      'type' => 'content: field_career_ref_reqd',
      'argdefault' => '7',
      'title' => '',
      'options' => '',
      'wildcard' => '',
      'wildcard_substitution' => '',
    ),
  );
  $view->field = array (
    array (
      'tablename' => 'node_data_field_tileimage',
      'field' => 'field_tileimage_fid',
      'label' => '',
      'handler' => 'content_views_field_handler_group',
      'options' => 'imagefield_default',
    ),
    array (
      'tablename' => 'node',
      'field' => 'title',
      'label' => 'title',
      'handler' => 'views_handler_field_nodelink',
      'options' => 'link',
    ),
    array (
      'tablename' => 'node',
      'field' => 'created',
      'label' => 'created',
      'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date_small',
      'sortable' => '1',
    ),
    array (
      'tablename' => 'node_counter',
      'field' => 'totalcount',
      'label' => 'hits',
      'sortable' => '1',
    ),
    array (
      'tablename' => 'votingapi_cache_vote_percent_count',
      'field' => 'value',
      'label' => 'thumbs',
      'handler' => 'votingapi_views_formatter_raw',
      'sortable' => '1',
      'defaultsort' => 'DESC',
    ),
  );
  $view->filter = array (
    array (
      'tablename' => 'node',
      'field' => 'type',
      'operator' => 'OR',
      'options' => '',
      'value' => array (
  0 => 'video',
),
    ),
    array (
      'tablename' => 'node',
      'field' => 'status',
      'operator' => '=',
      'options' => '',
      'value' => '1',
    ),
  );
  $view->exposed_filter = array (
  );
  $view->requires = array(node_data_field_tileimage, node, node_counter, votingapi_cache_vote_percent_count);
  $views[$view->name] = $view;

This is the object as a print_r when I'm viewing it with ?sort=desc&order=hits tacked on the url

stdClass Object
(
    [vid] => 14
    [name] => videos_by_career
    [description] => 
    [access] => Array
        (
        )

    [page] => 1
    [page_title] => 
    [page_header] => 
    [page_header_format] => 1
    [page_empty] => No Videos for this Career
    [page_empty_format] => 1
    [page_footer] => 
    [page_footer_format] => 1
    [page_type] => list
    [use_pager] => 1
    [nodes_per_page] => 21
    [url] => videos/by/career
    [menu] => 0
    [menu_tab] => 0
    [menu_tab_weight] => 0
    [menu_title] => 
    [menu_tab_default] => 0
    [menu_tab_default_parent_type] => tab
    [menu_parent_title] => 
    [menu_parent_tab_weight] => 0
    [block] => 0
    [block_title] => 
    [block_use_page_header] => 0
    [block_header] => 
    [block_header_format] => 1
    [block_use_page_footer] => 0
    [block_footer] => 
    [block_footer_format] => 1
    [block_use_page_empty] => 0
    [block_empty] => 
    [block_empty_format] => 1
    [block_type] => node
    [nodes_per_block] => 0
    [block_more] => 0
    [breadcrumb_no_home] => 0
    [changed] => 1225385995
    [view_args_php] => 
    [is_cacheable] => 0
    [sort] => Array
        (
        )

    [argument] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [type] => content: field_career_ref_reqd
                    [argdefault] => 7
                    [title] => 
                    [options] => 
                    [position] => 0
                    [wildcard] => 
                    [wildcard_substitution] => 
                    [id] => content: field_career_ref_reqd
                )

        )

    [field] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [tablename] => node_data_field_tileimage
                    [field] => field_tileimage_fid
                    [label] => 
                    [handler] => content_views_field_handler_group
                    [sortable] => 0
                    [defaultsort] => 
                    [options] => imagefield_default
                    [position] => 0
                    [fullname] => node_data_field_tileimage.field_tileimage_fid
                    [id] => node_data_field_tileimage.field_tileimage_fid
                    [queryname] => node_data_field_tileimage_field_tileimage_fid
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [tablename] => node
                    [field] => title
                    [label] => title
                    [handler] => views_handler_field_nodelink
                    [sortable] => 0
                    [defaultsort] => 0
                    [options] => link
                    [position] => 1
                    [fullname] => node.title
                    [id] => node.title
                    [queryname] => node_title
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [tablename] => node
                    [field] => created
                    [label] => created
                    [handler] => views_handler_field_date_small
                    [sortable] => 1
                    [defaultsort] => 0
                    [options] => 
                    [position] => 2
                    [fullname] => node.created
                    [id] => node.created
                    [queryname] => node_created
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [tablename] => node_counter
                    [field] => totalcount
                    [label] => hits
                    [handler] => 
                    [sortable] => 1
                    [defaultsort] => 0
                    [options] => 
                    [position] => 3
                    [fullname] => node_counter.totalcount
                    [id] => node_counter.totalcount
                    [queryname] => node_counter_totalcount
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [tablename] => votingapi_cache_vote_percent_count
                    [field] => value
                    [label] => thumbs
                    [handler] => votingapi_views_formatter_raw
                    [sortable] => 1
                    [defaultsort] => DESC
                    [options] => 
                    [position] => 4
                    [fullname] => votingapi_cache_vote_percent_count.value
                    [id] => votingapi_cache_vote_percent_count.value
                    [queryname] => votingapi_cache_vote_percent_count_value
                )

        )

    [filter] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [tablename] => 
                    [field] => node.type
                    [value] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => video
                        )

                    [operator] => OR
                    [options] => 
                    [position] => 0
                    [id] => node.type
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [vid] => 14
                    [tablename] => 
                    [field] => node.status
                    [value] => 1
                    [operator] => =
                    [options] => 
                    [position] => 1
                    [id] => node.status
                )

        )

    [exposed_filter] => Array
        (
        )

    [build_type] => page
    [type] => list
    [pager_limit] => 21
    [current_page] => 0
    [offset] => 0
    [used_filters] => Array
        (
        )

    [args] => Array
        (
            [0] => 10259
        )

    [total_rows] => 34
    [num_rows] => 21
    [real_url] => videos/by/career/10259
)