I have a close relative with an IQ of 80 and is developmentally disabled (retarded). She fools everyone because she has learned how to respond to people in ways that they think she understands what is being said. She has memorized after many years,certain sayings like “you never know” or “just think positive”. Her mother is now in a nursing home and she is living in an apartment with visits from State provided assistants. Her neighbors are surprised when told that she is disabled. Many hard of hearing individuals also learn how to “bluff” and people think they are hearing them (very dangerous thing to do). My point is that I think Obama is of average intelligence but has learned how to bluff that he is highly intelligent. His facial mannerisms and body language are not authentic but rehearsed. I think he spends a good amount of time googling buzz words, bumper stickers etc, to find out what people are discussing. He then incorporates these buzz words/sayings into his comments and speeches and then everyone thinks he understands them.
I agree. O has about average intelligence. You can tell,if you listen closely, that he doesn’t have a clue about “concepts”. He just has a whole bunch of disconnected facts or ideas memorized or placed in his head. But I don’t think he can really conceptualize and connected the dots. It is a forest/trees sort of thing.