Intelligence of U.S. Presidents
 

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The Intelligence of our Presidents
Bakersville News Service
6-28-01 12:32 PM CST by Jennifer L. Borenstein

The intelligence of our presidents has never been
seriously scrutinized at any time in our history until
now. There is a widespread perception that President
GW Bush is not qualified for the position he holds.
That increasing awareness by the people has led to a
study of the intellectual ability of all presidents
for the past fifty years.

There have been twelve presidents in that time, from
F. D. Roosevelt to G.W. Bush. All were rated based on
any scholarly achievements, writings that they alone
wrote, their ability to speak effectively, and several
other psychological factors. The conclusions of the
study, conducted by an independent think tank located
in Scranton, Pennsylvania were surprising.

This think tank includes high caliber historians,
psychiatrists, sociologists, scientists in human
behavior, and psychologists. Among their ranks are Dr.
Werner Levenstein, world-renowned sociologist, and
Professor Patricia A. Williams, a world-respected
psychiatrist. All members of the think tank are
experts at being able to detect a person's IQ from the
criteria stated earlier. After four months of
research, these learned men and women have determined
the IQs of each president within a range of five
percentage points. The IQs listed below are the norms
for each president.

147 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

132 Harry Truman (D)

122 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

174 John F. Kennedy (D)

126 Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

155 Richard M. Nixon (R)

121 Gerald Ford (R)

175 James E. Carter (D)

105 Ronald Reagan (R)

99 George HW Bush (R)

182 William J. Clinton (D)

91 George W. Bush (R)

The non-partisan researchers who evaluated the twelve
presidents determined that the six Republican
presidents for the past 50 years had an average IQ of
115.5, with President Nixon having the highest IQ, at
155. President G.W. Bush was rated the lowest of all
the Republicans with an IQ of 91.

The six Democrat presidents had IQs with an average of
156, with President Clinton having the highest IQ, at
182. President Lyndon B. Johnson was rated the lowest
of all the Democrats with an IQ of 126. The margin of
error is plus or minus five percent. This study was
initiated on February 13, 2001 and completed on June
17, 2001.

This study validated the widespread feeling of people
about the sitting president. President Bush was rated
low because of his inability to command the English
language, his lack of any scholarly achievements, and
an absence of anything authored by him that would
reflect an intellectual effort.

No big surprises here.. *LOL*

I'm not surprised either. Now what does that tell us? Basically that we have a DUMB president. Yes, I believe (and knew this by watching and hearing this man during the election process) that this man ain't playing with a full deck. Besides, this is what they (crooked politicians and other officials--like his brother, Jed) get for playing dirty and abusing their power in order to get him "selected" (because he surely wasn't "elected").

I feel that Bush is TOTALLY incompotent and unworthy of the presidential position. I'm just wondering if any of the American citizens who voted for him see this. And if they do what are they thinking because THEY played a part in all of this.

I bet even the Republicans that voted for Bush are now slapping themselves on the forehead http://www.themelee.com/smilies/s/ot...sed/1zhelp.gif -the man is a complete idiot!

I hope that our next president has more common sense than Bush.


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"Mind ya own, stay true to ya own, be ya own."

Peace and God Bless
*Classy_Diva5*

Let's not forget that he scored a 1200 on his SATs and still got into Yale. He graduated at the bottom of the class and still got into a grad. program.

Now if that ain't affirmative action, I don't know what is.

Classy Diva you are actually right in the past few months at work and at different gatherings I hear people say that they voted for Bush but that now he is just so incompetent. I thought that me and my brother were the only ones holding conversations about the intelligence of George W. Bush.

I read an article in a magazine saying that Dick Cheney is the most powerful V.P in history. It was discussing the fact that all of the responsibilities that Clinton saw to personally Bush lets his advisor and Cheney do all the work. They tell him what to say, when to say it etc...

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Gotta Love that Bush!
http://www.miniclip.com/dancingbush.htm

I'm not surprised.
Perhaps that's one of many reasons why Clinton was loathed -- he's a very bright man and Americans, in general, don't like intellect.

Looking at the numbers, two of the most influential Presidents of American history have the highest IQ: Kennedy and Clinton. Ironically, Clinton was heavily influenced by Kennedy's presidency.

Well, folks, 3 1/2 more years with George. . .Lord, save us.

Now that this study has been completed, we need to do a search and find all of the people THAT VOTED FOR BUSH, and take THEIR I.Q.'S!!! I'll bet theirs are either about the same as georgie's, OR LOWER!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif