How America's Google Users Remember Ted

I would suggest those trends are by people who don't remember Ted. Otherwise they wouldn't have to look it up.

Twitter users have a totally different set of trending topics.

6. getting buried in Hanoi in chunks

Kudos to Mr Scherer, for using the least common denominator approach to lower the public discourse.

Is this why Time has blogs? Thanks but no thanks.

Way to stay classy Mikey:
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I would love to say that it is your youth that renders you so utterly incapable of understanding the ramifications of what you write, but I've known to many intelligent young people to dismiss them in that way. I fear that you are one of those people who have a lot of book knowledge and falsely believe because you can recall lines from esoteric poetry that you are smart and knowing. However, wisdom, which is clearly not your strong suit, will only come when you reflect on perspectives other than your own. Then perhaps you will realize how much you debase our entire society when you create a post that you know will become a platform to indulge the inhumanity of hula and his ilk. It is precisely because those on the right declare with their silence that there is no line that they will one day find themselves on the wrong side of it.

Thank you Ivy_B for pointing out why this was not worth a post.
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Not to take away from your accomplishment, but I think MS could have figured out the same thing if he had spent a few minutes thinking about it.

The full (always updated) list can be seen here.
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Naw, I'm cool, man.
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But maybe you could report on something that's worth a damn?

I think (I could be wrong) that maybe Scherer's point is that Americans in general don't revere establishment politicians quite the way Villagers do?
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Am I being too generous?

Most thinking americans?

But what about you?

Too soon, Michael.

And, you know, I am often very critical of Kennedy coverage that elevates them above the average person. I don't think Eunice was particularly above average. I don't think JFK Jr. was anything truly special and I certainly didn't want Caroline Kennedy to be handed a New York Senate Seat. I think, for the most part, that these are just lucky people born into wealth and then influence and that we cut them slack that we won't cut for others and that we over-praise them for achievements that are easier for them than they would be for anyone else, again because of the advantages of being born into an influential family.

But... this the day the guy died? I think even with Ted Kennedy who had a legitimate career that goes beyond anything that could have been handed to him that you can write a thoughtful and critical piece about why the Kennedys just get treated so much better than everyone else but this... it's a cheap joke.

MS - very classy of you. Is this supposed to present readers, many of which spew right-wing bile on a daily basis, with a "balanced" view of EMK's death?

I can also find out what topics are trendy by looking at the tabloid covers in the supermarket. Is your next post going to be about Kate's lonely pain as a single mother?

You ought to take a week-long sabbatical a la Glenn Beck.

sorry Michael to burst your "Internets" smarts, but things change in the blink of an eye on the web. So really your post is really meaningless and incredibly unintelligent. currently Chappaquiddick is ranked #51 ( as of 47 minutes ago) ...and i'm sure that rank wont remain !!!

This is really sick. Can folks please stop hating on Ted Kennedy for at least the days surrounding his death? I remember Hannity going bonkers on his show when some fringe liberal blog called Reagan names when he died; why not the same respect?

http://www.political-buzz.com/

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