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Zeitgeist: Magnitude of TIME's Cop-Out: Infinite

Wired |  Billboard |  Posted Saturday December 16, 2006 at 09:07 PM

TIME's Person of the Year
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Presidential hopefuls and what they're up to
Democrats

• Senator Chris Dodd, the dark horse: Talking to himself and flexing his delts
• Hillary Clinton, the pale horse: Pitching a ten-year-old book
• Barack Obama, the supermodel: Insisting to someone, "No, you are the man."
• John Edwards, the sleeper hit: Doing great in Iowa if you factor out Obama

Republicans

• Mass. governor Mitt Romney, the lame duck: Conning himself out of decent yardwork for the rest of his life
• Rudy Giuliani, America's mayor: courting Maryland lame-duck governor Robert Ehrlich, who said Wednesday, "There is a generally favorable view of our administration around the country."
• Newt Gingrich, America's contractor: Getting out-churched by Nancy Pelosi
• John McCain, the elder statesman: Inviting the whole gang to Iraq

Top five ringtones

1. Jingle Bells / Perry Como
2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Perry Como
3. You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch / Thurl Ravenscroft
4. Super Mario Brothers Theme / Koji Kondo
5. Sexy Love / Ne-Yo

Top five MySpace passwords (among fraud victims)

1. password1
2. abc123
3. myspace1
4. password
5. blink182

Sudden death round

• Top-selling video game item on Amazon: X-Box 360 controller
• Most timely scientific study: Why we buy our loved ones the wrong gifts
• Top countries (per capita) Googling for "Christmas": Ireland, UK, Australia
• Discernible images of the New York Times Weekend Arts section cover visible on the New York Times Weekend Arts section cover: 8.5ish

Wine Sales Per Capita (red) vs. Violent Crime (green)

-- Nick Douglas