[West Coast Conservative]

In light of Kerry's grades coming out, I thought this article from Howell Raines (former executive editor of the New York Times) was pretty funny.

[68skylark]

Great post -- it's always fun to mock liberals who imagine they're the smartest people on the planet.

[rang1995]

priceless--but but but look who wrote it,and it appeared in the GUARDIAN so it must be true---LOL LOL LOL LOL

[rang1995]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/comment/story/0,14259,1291916,00.html

[Enchante]

"Does anyone in America doubt that Kerry has a higher IQ than Bush? I'm sure the candidates' SATs and college transcripts would put Kerry far ahead."


Does anyone in American doubt that Howell Raines is too stupid to serve as a fence post??? Oh, wait, I guess the liberals haven't gotten that news flash yet....

[Billthedrill]

The whole "Reagan was stupid" thing was just as phony. Anyone believing that should read his letters. That was not a stupid man, not by any measure.

[Socratic]

Sorry about that parade of yours Howel. When it Raines, it pours! Yuk....................and...................Yuk.

[paudio]

Does anyone in America doubt that Kerry has a higher IQ than Bush? I'm sure the candidates' SATs and college transcripts would put Kerry far ahead.

He was sure about that? Did he check and recheck? So, this is how it works: if a Liberal 'journalist' is sure about something, he doesn't need to check (let alone recheck).

[T.L.Sink]

Howell Raines got that idea from a column written by
Jason Blair. Seriously, I once read a book written by
a psychological team and they claimed that the President
with the highest IQ was John Quincy Adams. No one doubts
that Jefferson was close. Woodrow Wilson was the only
President with a Ph.d and his work on "Congressional
Government" is still considered a classic. As President
of Princeton University he instituted many reforms, as
he did as Governor of New Jersey. As President he proved
to be somewhat too idealistic. One anecdote: After the
First World War he went to Paris to negotiate the peace
and presented his Fourteen Points for the reconstruction
of Europe. Clemenceau of France said, "God Almighty only
had Ten!" I think there is such a thing as a "political
intelligence" that is not directly related to IQ or any
other expertise. It may be called a gift of sorts.
They say that the only truly charismatic presidents of
the 20th century were T.R., FDR, and JFK. I would also
contend that college grades and test scores are only
a very indirect indication of real intelligence. The
comparison of Bush and Kerry verifies one of my points.
It appears their academic performance was about equal
but Bush has the political "gift" of which Kerry is
devoid.

[OESY]

Bush/Kerry IQ Comparison, October 24, 2004

Steve Sailer has an exhaustive analysis of standardized tests taken by the two candidates, including SATs and officer candidate aptitude tests, to conclude that, if anything, George Bush is probably a little smarter than John Kerry. The article wanders a great deal, and never quite gets down to claiming a direct comparison, but if I read it right the conclusion is that both men have IQs of 120 or higher, and that Bush's is probably in the range 125-130.
Source: mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/051556.php


To be fair, the candidates' IQs, SATs and college transcripts would put the unemployed and perpetually wrong Howell Raines far behind.