Official Organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Falls For Lovenstein Hoax

http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/ ^ | March 12, 2007

[lowbridge]

12 March, 2007 Bush Intellect Lowest among US Presidents

George W. Bush has the lowest IQ of the 12 US presidents over the past 60 years, states a report published by the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

To come up with their ranking the think tank used two basic criteria: Writings that the presidents produced without aid of staff and their ability to speak with clarity.

Bill Clinton scored highest on the intelligence rating with 182 points followed by James Carter with 175. Bush finished last with 91 points.

The Lovenstein Institute explained that Bush’s low score was due to his difficulty in expressing himself, his limited vocabulary (6,500 works compared to 11,000 of other presidents) and his lack of scholarly achievements other than a basic MBA.

Following Clinton and Carter in the intelligence ranking were: John Kennedy (174 points), Ricard Nixon (155), Franklin Roosevelt (147), Harry Truman (132), Lyndon Johnson (126), Dwight Eisenhower (122), Gerald Ford (121), Ronald Reagan (105), and George Bush Sr. (98).

(Taken from eluniverso.com from Ecuador)

[lowbridge]

I went to "eluniverso.com", and could not find the article. It's either buried somewhere in the site (I didnt exactly do an exhaustive search), or it has been deleted.

[1rudeboy]

Fell for it? More likely they sponsored it.

[Borges]

Wasn't LBJ known as a total doofus with minimal education?

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[RichInOC]

I was going to say--I get the e-mail bulletin of the domestic edition and I saw that, clicked the link and I went "Heh. Knuckleheads."

[antiRepublicrat]

Wasn't LBJ known as a total doofus with minimal education?

A well-spoken doofus would score well on this. Contrarily, an absolute genius who has problems expressing himself would have problems. Bobby Fischer is a genius, but he's also a raving lunatic. Research of highly-gifted children also shows they may have a tendency to not communicate well with others in life.

[Republicus2001]

LBJ may have come from a poor background but I would say was probably the brightest political thinker since TR.

Cf. Robert Cato's 4 vols bio.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

For those reading who do not know it, the Lovenstein Institue is a spoof institute.

Their site proclaims: "The Lovenstein Institute of Scranton Pennsylvania is a think tank employing high caliber historians, psychiatrists, sociologists, scientists in human behavior, and psychologists. Among their ranks are Dr. Werner R. Lovenstein, world-renowned sociologist, and Professor Patricia F. Dilliams, a world-respected psychiatrist.

Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has published its research to the education community on various topics including the famous Presidential IQ Report among others. Reports are distributed to subscribing member universities and organizations within the education community."

Bill Press got taken by this story. See:

http://newsbusters.org/node/6575?from=90&comments_per_page=90

and:

http://www.gopusa.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-31092.html

and, of course:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672073/posts

[Recovering_Democrat]

bttt

[Mr. K]

But we really should have elected AlGore - who FLUNKED OUT OF DIVINITY SCHOOL AFTER FLUNKING OUT OF LAW SCHOOL