Posted on 07/09/2021 10:16:15 AM PDT by entropy12
As a teenager, Trump (center) attended the New York Military Academy. He then entered Fordham University before transferring to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as it was one of the few places that offered real estate studies.
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Asimov had an IQ of 160 and enjoyed his Mensa meetings.
And, yes, he was a complete left-wing nut.
“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” — H.L. Mencken (The Sage of Baltimore).
Not so much “educated” as practical geniuses, and dedicated public servants. John Adams gave up a great deal of personal income to serve as a diplomat in Paris and London, and as a representative in the Continental Congress, and as President. Adams was the most successful lawyer in Massachusetts, and he enjoyed performing manual labor on his small but productive farm well into his sixties.
Adams ran afoul of Alexander Hamilton, who flipped New York against him when he ran for reelection, handing the election to Jefferson. There was a populist movement for war with France over French deprecations against American shipping, and the XYZ affair. The United States began to raise an army, and former President Washington, who was suffering from old age, was appointed to lead it. He selected Hamilton as his aide-de-camp, against Adams wishes. Adams saw Hamilton as a Napoleonic (or Caesar-like) threat to the young republic, but deferred to Washington. Because of Washington’s age, Adams feared he could not reign in Hamilton.
Leading up to the election, Jefferson secretly employed a “journalist” to produce a newspaper that printed false and scurrilous material about Adams. The original Steele Dossier. After the election the connection between Jefferson and the “journalist” came to light, leading to the estrangement between Jefferson and Adams. While Adams, and his wife, considered the office a burden, he was keen to keep the U.S. from war, while Jefferson, like Hamilton, was eager for war with France. Adams considered keeping the U.S. from war with France his greatest achievement. History celebrates those who lead nations into war, but forgets those who averted them. Adams was glad to be forgotten.
Adams got some measure of passive revenge on Jefferson. When Jefferson did not reward the “journalist” who defamed Adams with a diplomatic appointment (he wanted to be ambassador to London or Paris) but merely a local postmaster’s post, he turned his bilious vitriol against Jefferson. He is the only contemporary source for stories about the relationship of Jefferson and Sally Hemmings.
John Quincy Adams was, if anything, even more brilliant than his father. He served with the U.S. Diplomatic mission to St. Petersburg when he was 14, and went on to an outstanding career, fully worthy of his legacy.
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“while Jefferson, like Hamilton, was eager for war with France”
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Screeeeeeech! Stop right there Mr.
Jefferson had a dreamlike attachment to seemingly every aspect of the so-called “French Revolution”. Even the bloodthirsty nature of the mobs.
Hamilton’s obsession AGAINST the nation of France is well-documented and well-known.
Explain if you would please the 180 degree change in perspective you appear to be attributing to Jefferson with respect to France between about 1793 and about 1803.
The only important one is: Donald Trump - 156. 🙂
Jefferson may have been an opportunist, or sincere. During the Adams administration revolutionary France thought that the United States owed them support in their conflict with Britain. Adams was adamant about keeping the U.S. out of war with any European power, even though he raised an Army to fight France, if necessary. (The War of 1812 showed that he was correct.) Revolutionary France allowed French privateers to raid American Commerce, and there was the matter of the XYZ affair, which soured Americans against France. Napoleon, after the Haitian revolution, was eager to unload holdings in the Americas, and claimed that the previous unpleasantness was a family squabble, before selling Louisiana to the Jefferson administration.
Multiple brain aneurysms can’t avoid having shaved points from the score?
115 was considered bright and in the top 25% of the population, so great things can come out of that. It seems higher IQ people are being counted more frequently now b/c autistic spectrum people are being included in the count, JMO.
i hadn’t heard that- but wouldn’t surprise me any-
The bottom 8 are Republicans??? No bias there. Bill Clinton is very smart. Obama is fairly bright. But Biden is and always has been dull. Someone his age with his supposed IQ would have gone to Harvard or Yale law school and would not have to cheat.
I watched the Bork and Thomas confirmation hearings extensively. Biden and Ted Kennedy were embarrassingly dim witted. JFK was probably a lot smarter than Teddy.
“Isaac Asimov had an IQ estimated around 200. Yet he was a complete left wing nut. He supported the anti-Semitic party, the Democrats, and hated Reagan”
and don’t forget Bobbie Fischer
Joe Biden - IQ 149
LOL, funniest post of the week!
An IQ test only tests how good you are at taking IQ tests.
Exactly. I’m guessing Neville Chamberlain was an elitist intellectual.
He went to college.
Phrenology is more my thing.
Not to me, W's IQ is not triple digits.
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