[SkyPilot]

What a bunch of garbage. There is a term for this: Junk Science.

Interesting that this fiction has Reagan's IQ higher than Jimmah Carter! Also, it is not "Bush Sr" and "Bush Jr"--the guy who came up with that has watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade too many times.

Oh, and this:

Eisenhower.............................114.7

Kennedy................................139.8

Sure--the man who wrote Operation Overlord and defeated the greatest military machine the world had ever known had an IQ below 120?! For JFK, they must have given him 30 extra points for outrageous lust.

[TC Rider]

Hope you enjoy your brief visit here.

I'm surprised no credit is given to the Lowenstein Institute in Scranton, PA for all the work they did in contributing to this article.

[Protagoras]

The author gets my vote for the lowest IQ article of the year.

[SB00]

This seems just like another version of this:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/presiq.htm

[Petronski]

This tale is so old it has whiskers.

[Loyal Buckeye]

All Democrat presidents or presidential candidates are geniuses and all Republican presidents or candidates are morons -- according to you know who.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Clinton................................135.0

they mistook his brain for his head size

[TomGuy]

Didn't Jimmy Carter have a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics? I would say that ranks him way above Bill Clinton who never finished his Rhodes Scholar program (wasn't he asked ot leave before finishing it?)

Interesting that Clinton, FDR, JFK had the higher IQ's of the century.

One President with a high IQ who achieved his potential was Bill Clinton.

His potential? Oh Yeh: Impeachment!!!

Now tell me this survey wasn't biased. ROFLOL

[conservonator]

George W. Bush is not a junior, but since your IQ probably only reaches in to the double digits; I'll let it slide.

[byteback]

Who is Bush, Jr?

[socal_parrot]

Don't know about the Prez's IQs, but I do know that you're an idiot.

[najida]

Oh boy....

So a measured 'smarter' is always better than other qualities?

Like character, fidelity, organization, self-discipline, spirituality etc....

[Coop]

Hey troll! Considering the author doesn't even know that the current President Bush isn't a Junior, how could we possibly take anything in this article seriously? LOL

[JustPlainJoe]

We Republicans just don't get it, do we?

Democrats are just plain smarter! Everyone knows that!


This was a really funny post. I'm still drying the tears of laughter from my eyes...

[alisasny]

What was Ben Franklins IQ?

I find it strange that Clinton Kennedy and FDR are all higher then the others in the 20th century.

[TC Rider]

Hey! Where's your source?

Why it's Dean Keith Simonton, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis!

Hmmm, looks French.

[clamper1797]

and even his enemies agree he was a very good president.

Bwahaaaaaaaaa ... this Mensan thinks O'l Billy Bob needs another term ... in Leavenworth

[mollynme]

I wish just once one of these DU drive-by posters would stick around and argue their beliefs instead of skulking off. If you really believe this garbage then defend yourself!

[isthisnickcool]

Here is the hoax site itself.

I remember when Garry Trudeau picked up on this and thought it was real (dumba$$). After he did a strip on it we were able to get his strip pulled from the editorial page and slammed over to the funny pages in the Houston Comical. And that's where it still is.

[Maria S]

"One President with a high IQ who achieved his potential was Bill Clinton. Clinton had one of the highest IQs and was a Rhodes scholar, and even his enemies agree he was a very good president."

'Achieved his potential'? Hardly...too much of his blood was wasted going to other parts of his body than his brain. He may have had a good memory, and a quick wit...and he was the recipient of a Rhodes scholarship (he did NOT finish his studies), but a very good president? Nope...he and Dick Morris once spoke about the different 'tiers' of presidents, and they decided he MIGHT make the second tier in the future. But for now, he's still in the third tier.

The current President Bush? A very intelligent man, and one who appears more comfortable making decisions (after getting the necessary facts), trying to live an honorable life, and having inner strength...than sitting around talking philosophical babble. I'll take a 'doer' over a slick talking do-nothing any day.