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Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
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Posted on 12/21/2010 3:07:28 AM PST by Scanian
Since Obama first stepped on the national stage, pundits have fallen all over each other in a race to declare that Obama is special type of genius. Tom Shales of the WaPo recently called Obama "the smartest kid in the class." Billionaire Julian Robertson claimed, "Obama, from all I read, thinks that on every occasion that he is the smartest person in the room. And I think he often probably is. ..."
Robertson may be half-right. Obama apparently does consider himself the smartest person in every room. According to Peter Baker of the NYT, "One prominent Democratic lawmaker told me Obama's problem is that he is not insecure -- he always believes he is the smartest person in any room and never feels the sense of panic. ... [Emphasis added.]"
How do Shales, Robertson, and even Obama know that the president is the smartest kid in the class or the smartest guy in the room? There is an interesting and little-discussed quandary (in logic it is called an aporia) in the assertion that person X, whoever that might be, is the smartest person in the room.
Before we examine this problem, let's set down some parameters. What do these people mean by "smartest"? Since the discussion is about politics, it is fairly safe to assume that "smartest" does not refer to some standard test for intelligence.
Thinking it through, Obama's admirers cannot be referring to his IQ. In terms of IQ, Obama is clearly not the smartest person in any room he enters. The fact of the matter is that Obama's IQ scores have not been made public. Guesses by enthusiasts of his IQ range from 140 to 170 [i]. Obama's detractors calculate a much lower IQ.
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I question anyone who classifies this clown as intelligent to prove he is in fact the smartest person they ever met.
I ask them aften to give me concrete proof he is even intelligent.
Why would anyone seal their records from public view? Easy to understad when you see Obama, the man, I use that term loosely, is barely able yo think beyond his latest telepromter sentence.
Barry’s main problem is he’s never had to deal with anyone with brains larger than a pea. It’s easy to organize people using large orated words they’ve never heard before AND coming from a “black” man. Disgusting BS. He couldn’t sell dollars for 50 cents to the rest of us! (I wish dollars were worth 50 Cents!)
I’m not sure he’d be the smartest one on the room if he were alone with Trig Palin.
If there was Obama and his dog Bo in the same room, Guess what the dog is even smarter than Obama, because the dog would leave the room at the earliest possible moment. Just think of it, the dog is so smart that Obama has to pick up after him. So much for the smartest man in the world, as he is dumberer than a Dog.
I kinda thought that one reason 0 bailed on that presser two weeks ago was that he knew damn well that Clinton was much quicker on his feet and would show him up if he stuck around.
I would disagree on the : that his input was force fed.
Or better yet, just quietly slip the provision into a major bill. Obama won't read it in there (do you really think he actually reads these bills before he signs them?) Then he can find out AFTER he signs.
Bwaaaa - Ha Ha (evil laugh)
If he’s talking to the press, he’s probably right.
LLS
When I was in school we called a person who acted in this manner a “bully”.
Smart kids knew that they were smart because they were constantly tested against others.
I have yet to see this smartest kid in the room under go any kind of test much less an honest one (no automatic disqualification based on being a racist).
the boy's problem is that he THINKS he's the smartest in the room... he's not
According to Obama, that would be the press corpse.
He is not even the smartest one if he was locked alone in a closet. There may be some bacteria or dust mite.
Here is something obama does not know, believe and will never say..
“Today in the town of Bethlehem a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.”
To quote Rush Limbaugh,Barack Obama is the least intelligent person in any room he walks into.
No, you’d probably have to substitute “Mombassa” for “Bethlehem.”
smartest only if he’s the only one in the room or it’s the morgue!
Here’s the explanation of why all leftists continually spout how intelligent BO is:
every one of them has this juvenile desire to be or feel superior to others,
by vehemently proclaiming that the guy they support is a genius (and you’ll see this with EVERY leftist running for office), they promote themselves to that level of being “in with the smart people”.
It goes right along with the whole reason that most of them even are leftists - in order to feel good about themselves when they have no other supporting factors.
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