Everyone knows that George W. Bush is a blithering idiot, but now we finally have some data, albeit fake, to back it up.
Apparently the Lovenstein Institute (does not actually exist) has been tracking presidential I.Q. for some time and George W. Bush is right where he belongs at the bottom of the barrel. Coming in at 91, he’s just slightly dumber than his father who managed to come out some seven points ahead of him at 98.
It turns out that this is a hoax, but it makes for a pretty funny story anyhow…
Via the Original source:
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.”
Bush is not that stupid. Granted, he does not has a silver tongue like Bill Clinton, the man is no dummy.
Clinton still talks like a country boy. The difference in Bill and George is that Clinton can get caught up in critiscm and shake it off and make you think that he still smells like roses (when in fact we know that he is full of shit). Bush does not give a damn what you think.
Even though Bush looks stupid, I would have to say that I admire him more for sticking with a set of values. Clinton adopts the value of the “moment”.
But if I had a choice between the two as to who I would prefer spout off and launch into a public speech, ole Bill would still rule…
“Bush does not give a damn what you think.”
True, he’s much too busy vanquishing the evil-doers. After his 2nd term ends, he could join the writing staff at DC Comics.
The first person to backed up Bush! Your IQ is so low I’m surprised you can sustain a heartbeat let alone a rational thought!
sry I couldn’t take this seriously when I saw Jimmy Carter at 175, the genius level. lololol.
Awesome research! I just KNEW my liberal favorites are smarter than those republican jerks that I disagree with!
Lame. Another example of pathetic left wing kindergarten sophistry.
Well, if Bush does have a low IQ, that just goes to show that IQ won’t make or break you in this world. Fact of the matter is, he became president of the US. He finished both of his terms in office. And he had to deal with some tough issues while in it. So, anybody can speculate & second-guess what he could have & should have done. But, he did more with his life than most of my countrymen did with theirs.
His dad’s name and money and his own willingness to sell out. With that combination, anybody can become president. Those factors remaining equal, someone with a low IQ just stands a better chance
I guess it doesn’t go low enough to include Mr. Obama?