You're kidding. They're BOTH that low? Man, no wonder I'm so insufferable.
Gee, I scored 1210 on my SAT. Am I smarter than Kerry, too? Woo hoo!
My son has a higher IQ than either. He's in the 98th percentile.
I don't really think IQ plays much in being president.
I think the president should be sharp, but he has to be a leader and that is not measured by intelligence.
I personally think that someone with an average IQ and lots of drive and a winning personality can be president. I think it also takes lots of common sense.
I've known lots of smart people, and most of them I wouldn't want as president.
You're kidding. They're BOTH that low? Man, no wonder I'm so insufferable.
How do the claims that Bush is stupid gain traction?
Because he actually THINKS before he opens his mouth to speak,so that we can all understand where he's coming from-a tact that the Dummies never quite picked up on.(Although every time a Dummy speaks,you can pretty much tell where they're coming from.)
The moral of the story: Just because you talk like a 'tard, it doesn't mean you are one.
(1)A current events quiz on which topics?
(2)Bush probably picked up a tip or two about presidential duties from his father.
Liberals automatically deduct 100 IQ points if your accent places you anywhere South or West of New York City.
Anyone listen to Glenn Beck today? He was talking about how the rats jump on W. for saying "nuculer" or "moo-lahs" he played clip of Kerry`s "jenjis khan" along with new ones, after his goose hunt he talked about not going hunting with "ak-47s" or "uzshis" what the hell is an "uzshi"? he also talked about looking out over a "chasm" as in "CHAT" not "chasm" as in "Kasm" why does private Benjamin get away with his moronic speech when the clearly more intelligent dubya gets reamed? Incidentally the I.Q. score really means nothing, I have them both beat(143) and only got a 1000 on my SAT
George Bush and Yale Rugby [Soccer-player Kerry nicknamed "the Diddler"]
According to classmates, Kerry preferred dribbling around defenders, rather than using passes to advance the ball. His school team's Scottish manager would urge him not to "diddle with the ball." Apparently, this exhortation stuck as a nickname, "the Diddler.
Because too many dimwits associate intelligence with glibness. But there are mountains of evidence which indicate that the two are not necessarily mutual. Isn't it, in fact, part of the stereotype of the "geek" that this person is bumbling and inarticulate? Yet folks don't call geeks stupid, do they. Nope, they know better.
Recently I engaged in a conversation with a 30-ish woman whose bust size was obviously larger than her IQ. She's voting for Kerry because "Bush is stupid!" But when I challenged her on her claim, she was unable to defend her point. At all. All she could do was repeat the mantra.
I discovered many years ago this truism: the more ignorant a person is, the more tenaciously he clings to his beliefs. This young woman proves it absolutely.
BTTT
I am a hobbist with this. I also use to be a headhunter and had to determine quickly how smart the person was I was dealing with. Brains work differently. Also the SAT has been dumbed down over the last 30 to 40 years.
My guess is that Bush has an IQ around 140.
John
PS. It is said that in other to practice law or medical you have to have an IQ greater than 130.
As several other posters have pointed out it's his Texas drawl and unfortunate lack of glibness. Sadly, American and European elitists equate certain speech mannerisms with laziness and low IQ. There's absolutely no correlation.
Yet if you believe PBS, anyone with an English accent, phony or not, is automatically smarter than Einstein, Plato and Solomon rolled into one. That goes for phony Hahvahd, Yale and Boston Brahmin accents too.
Like a fox!
Gee, I can score higher!
How do the claims that Bush is stupid gain traction?
1) Bush is a conservative. Conservatives are stupid. Therefore, Bush is stupid.
2) Bush constantly trips over words. People who trip over words are de facto stupid. Unless they're liberals, in which case no verbal gaffe is ever an indication of stupidity (as in Kerry's "people around the globe and elsewhere" or his "Jenjis Khan"), or they have otherwise already proved themselves as geniuses in another fashion, in which case, they merely have a problem with tripping over words.
Well well well. I hope there are some lurking dingbat DUmmies here getting a load of this!
I am a few years younger than Bush. My SAT was 1284 in 1967. This was a very nice score--in the 90+ percentile---but hardly outstanding. I graduated with about a 3.2 average.
I attended a midwestern HS and my father was a successful professional.
I had many advantages and feel I made the most of my education. I was also very interested in music.
My SAT was higher than Bush's, but I am no 130 IQ.
I just had lots of opportunities to read, study and travel.
Bush is no moron, but neither is he terribly scholarly.
Those are nice scores, but for someone with his opportunities they are nothing extraordinary.
I agree that Bush knows how to get and keep power. I think he has intelligent people around him, but if he were more widely read he might be more inclined to lissen to more different kinds of opinions.
I think he makes up his mind on limited evidence sometimes.