"Franken wishes that he were a bookworm. Bookworms are scholars. Franken has the reading skills of a second grader with Turret's Syndrome"
bookworm as in a wimp or nerd.
Yes, he is a serious wimp. He doesn't have the mental power to equate as a low grade moron, let alone be labeled as a nerd. His books have been ripped apart by serious scholars. Research skills demonstrate the attention span of a crack-addicted ferret.