Free Republic

W. Bush: The Dumbest of Them All By Roberto Perez Betancourt We have learned that George W. Bush has the lowest IQ of any of the US presidents in at least the last 60 years, making him the winner of the popular title of "Dumbest of them all." This evaluation has its basis. It is based on a study carried out by the Lovenstein Institute in Pennsylvania, a non-governmental organization which included the last 12 occupants of the Oval Office in its study. The conclusions are not based on personal sympathy that the presidents could have awoken in the people...

http://bmovies.blogspot.com/2007/03/hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro-are.html The Lovenstein Institute rumor, it seems, has spread out all over south America, coincidentally happening during Presiden't Bush's visits down there. Many spanish bloggers have taken the bait. BUT who is primarily responsible for this disinformation campaign? Why, it's Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro! I found this from an apologetic blogger who once thought the rumor was true (I had to use the google translation tool which accounts for the bad translation): As I revive the urban legend on Bush? The urban legend is like the old rockers, never die and proof of it is the seudo report on...

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...

Fidel Castro Falls For The Lovenstein Internet Hoax Ok, not Castro exactly. (Who knows if he actually reads the bilgewater the Communist Party of Cuba actually puts out?). But I find this from the "Official Organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba": 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...

Related thread: Bill Press gets taken in by Lovenstein IQ hoax****************************** http://www.billpressshow.com/?p=1252July 27, 2006 Parting Shot Nate wrote this at 8:53 am: This parting shot is dedicated to all those hundreds of people who emailed me about Bush’s IQ. Okay, I’ll make a deal with you. I’ll admit I was wrong. I goofed. I cited a study ranking George Bush as having the lowest IQ of any of the last 12 presidents. Bill Clinton, scoring the highest. As I later discovered, that study was bogus. There is no so-called Lovenstein Institute. Again, I’ll admit I was wrong. But you’ve got...

From the page of Bill Press' podcast website: July 18, 2006 Parting Shot Nate wrote this at 8:56 am: In six years in the White House, George W. Bush has screwed up so many things, you have to wonder: Is he unlucky or incompetent? Well, now we know. Thanks to the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pennsylvania, which just released a study of the IQ of twelve American presidents, over the last 50 years. And the results are – well, not surprising. The average IQ of six Republican presidents – Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush 41, and Bush 43 – was...

Study pegs Democratic presidents as brighter By RICHARD ORR Herald Correspondent It´s really not all that hard finding GWB´s brain. It´s right there in the files of the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton, Pa., which has been publishing its research on each new president since 1973. The GWB study published in October 2004 took four months to complete and compared him to all the presidents from Franklin Delano Roosevelt through Bill Clinton. Based on the report´s findings, Democrats are smarter than Republicans -- quite a bit so, in fact. The three smartest Democrats were -- in order of intelligence -- Bill...

From the main page of Howard Stern's website: ______________________ George Bush Is An Idiot: IQ Results Prove It April 13th, 2004: a think-tank based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, had conducted research into the IQ of all the Presidents...Full Story __________________ There's the kicker.....their proof is a link to a site that debunks this hoax. Apparently no one bothered to look at the site!