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Bush is Borderline Retard Based on I.Q. Rating
by ctcadguy

Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has published its research to the educational community on each new president, which includes the famous “IQ” report among others. There have been twelve presidents over the past 50 years, from F.D. Roosevelt to G.W. Bush, who were rated based on scholarly achievements, writings that they produced without aid of staff, their ability to speak with clarity, and several other psychological factors, which were then scored using the Swanson/Crain system of intelligence ranking.

The study determined the following IQs of each president as accurate to within five percentage points:

In order by presidential term
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)
098 George Bush (R)
182 William J. Clinton (D)
091 George W. Bush (R)

In IQ order
182 William J. Clinton (D)
175 James E. Carter (D)
174 John F. Kennedy (D)
155 Richard M. Nixon (R)
147 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
132 Harry Truman (D)
126 Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
122 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
121 Gerald Ford (R)
105 Ronald Reagan (R)
098 George Bush (R)
091 George W. Bush (R)

The six Republican presidents of the past 50 years had an average IQ of 115.5, with President Nixon having the highest at 155. President G.W. Bush 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. No president other than Carter (D) has released his actual IQ, 176 (rated as 175 by the Lovenstein Institute).

Among comments made concerning the specific testing of President GW Bush, his low ratings are due to his apparently difficult command of the English language in public statements, his limited use of vocabulary (6,500 words for Bush versus an average of 11,000 words for other presidents), his lack of scholarly achievements other than a basic MBA, and an absence of any body of work which could be studied on an intellectual basis. The complete report documents the methods and procedures used to arrive at these ratings, including depth of sentence structure and voice stress confidence analysis. “All the Presidents prior to George W. Bush had a least one book under their belt, and most had written several white papers during their education or early careers. Not so with
President Bush,” Dr. Lovenstein said. “He has no published works or writings, which made it more difficult to arrive at an assessment. We relied more heavily on transcripts of his unscripted public speaking.”

Re: Bush is a type Genius
by Mars07
does IQ always tell the right story?
Re: Bush is a type Genius
by ctcadguy

He is rated the worse president ever by most historians already.

He has the lowest I.Q.

Are you saying Retards can run this country better than someone with some intelligence?

Repugs would be just grateful
by jdunne
for a GoP president that didn't lie claiming the shoes he was wearing were actually his, then another guy claiming not tieing his shoes was the reason he stumbled all the time, then someone forgeting were he put his shoes, then a person simply trying to walk in the previous president's shoes, and finally a president who couldn't tie his own shoes.
Re: Bush is a type Genius
by esox

Bush was elected on "the person you would most like to have a beer with."

The Republican'ts went through hoops of fire selling anti-intellectualism.

The Republican'ts did extremely well branding brains as the enemy. It spoke to their constituents loud and clear.

Now we pay the price for not fighting these a-holes tooth nail and claw in 2000.

BTW the CON-Tards never even realized Bush was not a drinker...thiers was a "misunderestmation" of stupidity.

All they had to do was look in the mirror.

McBush now relying on "I'd most like to have a beer with
by jdunne
guy" Poll...But he is slanting the Poll numbers by suggesting, "I'll bring the beer"
Re: Bush is a type Genius
by CrimeANitly
idiot savant - - he knows how to act, as did Reagan He lerned from watching his collection of John Wayne movies, y'all.
Re: Bush is a type of Genius
by Mars07

that is what he wants you to think, because he doesn't care what you think (you as in all people)

who really knows what his agenda really was/is?
he may be the most successful one at fulfilling his goals

I'm a little skeptical about all this....
by Trebuchet

Last time I read such a report, it turned out to be a hoax.

Besides, it is not intellectual capacity that should judge the leadership qualities of an historical president (which little george is about to be) but instead, it should be his legacy.

That should be damning enough, without fake IQ scores.

Re: I'm a little skeptical about all this....
by msummo

ctcadguy I'd like to say it surprises me you would be so gullible, but then that would make me a liar.

Your quoting a damn email hoax as fact, that institute doesn't even exist. WOW YOU WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING MY FRIEND.

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Re: 'Retard' is a curse word
by wobblies
I would suggest that you be a bit more sensitive.
Re: The jury is still out
by wobblies

Hi~

I doubt that historians will form opinions for a generation of 2, if the planet survives that long, but he sure seems like the most unprepared office holder I've studied.

God Speed,

David

Re: Bush is a type of Genius
by J.MADISON
Mars07:

that is what he wants you to think, because he doesn't care what you think (you as in all people)

who really knows what his agenda really was/is?
he may be the most successful one at fulfilling his goals

Bush is a genius huh?On what planet?
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