Skeptic
17th January 2005, 15:40
REPORT FINDS GEORGE W BUSH HAS LOWEST I.Q. AT ONLY 91 OF ALL PRESIDENTS
FOR LAST 50 YEARS! / BUSH Sr COMES IN 2nd AT 98 / CLINTON (I.Q. 182) ,
CARTER AND KENNEDY WERE THE SMARTEST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS / NIXON WAS
THE SMARTEST REPUBLICAN AT I.Q. 155 –
FLASHBACK: In January, 2001, The IO front-paged a short article
entitled, "G.W. may be dumbest president in U.S. history."
Though a certain amount of research went into that article and we
believed it to be accurate, many of our conservative readers were
angered by the allegation.
Having just survived eight years of Bill Clinton, they reasoned that we
ought to at least give the Texas Republican a chance; anything had to be
better than Clinton.
Now, as the mantra evolved to, "Anything but Bush," it turns out Bush is
the dumbest president -- at least of the last 50 years.
In a report published August 2, 2004, the Lovenstein Institute of
Scranton, Pennsylvania, released the results of a four-month study into
the intelligence quotient (IQ) of President George W. Bush. The IQ is
used to measure a person's capacity for learning.
Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has been rating the mental
capacities of presidents and making its research, including presidential
IQs, available to the education community.
Not being able to give a standard test to determine a president's IQ,
the Lovenstein Institute bases its determination on scholarly
achievements, writings fully credited to the president in question,
their public speaking ability and command of the English language. Other
more subtle psychological factors are also considered.
The data is then scored with the Swanson/Crain system of intelligence
ranking. According to statements in the report, there have been twelve
presidents over the past 50 years, from FDR to GW Bush who were all
rated in the manner described above.
The study determined the following IQs of each president and claims the
figures are accurate to within five I.Q. points:
147 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
132 - Harry Truman (D)
122 - Dwight D. Eisenhower ®
174 - John F. Kennedy (D)
126 - Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
155 - Richard M. Nixon ®
121 - Gerald Ford ®
175 - James "Jimmy" E. Carter (D)
105 - Ronald Reagan ®
098 - George H.W. Bush ®
182 - William J. Clinton (D)
091 - George W. Bush ®
The six Republican presidents of 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.
No president other than Jimmy Carter (D) has released his actual IQ,
176.
According to the report, President G.W. Bush's low ratings were due to
his lack of spoken communications skills as made apparent in reviewing
his public statements, his limited 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, so in many ways that made it
more difficult to arrive at an assessment. We had to rely more heavily
on transcripts of his unscripted public speaking."
The study was originally commissioned February 13, 2001, and released on
July 9, 2001, to subscribing member universities and organizations
within the education community.
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The Idaho Observer
P.O. Box 457
Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869
Phone: 208-255-2307
Email: [email protected]
Web:
http://idaho-observer.com/
http://proliberty.com/observer/
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CHIEF INMATE G W BUSH DECLARES NATION AN ASYLUM / PROZAC-POPPING PREZ
RECOMMENDS MANDATED MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING FOR ALL AMERICANS! –
From the August 2004 Idaho Observer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recent weeks President Bush has been
characterized by staffers as "erratic" and subject to "wide mood
swings." It has also been reported that the commander-in-chief has been
taking "strong antidepressants" under orders from White House physician
Col. Richard J. Tubb since July 8, 2004.
The president was apparently under the influence of "Prozac" last month
when he announced a sweeping mental health care initiative recommending
the screening of every American for mental illness and treatment with
expensive psychotropic drugs.
The original story last June 4 claiming that President Bush's mental
health was a matter of grave concern among White House staff came from
Capitol Hill Blue -- a D.C.-based scandal sheet that has a reputation of
being more sensational than accurate in its reporting.
Capitol Hill Blue then came out with the story of the president being
prescribed Prozac which has since been supported by observations of
prominent George Washington University psychologist Dr. Justin Frank in
his book, "Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President." Dr.
Frank believes the president is "an untreated alcoholic with
megalomaniac tendencies."
Dr. Frank's work has been supported upon peer review. Scandal sheets and
expert opinions aside, the president confirms concerns about his mental
well-being almost every time he opens his mouth in public.
At the August 4 signing of a $417 billion defense appropriations bill,
the commander-in-chief was widely reported as stating in the bill's
defense, "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our
people, and neither do we."
Close scrutiny of President Bush's business career indicates that, under
his leadership, companies he directed went bankrupt; close scrutiny of
his political career reveals a pattern of providing financial benefits
for certain special interest lobbies with business ties to the Bush
family.
Considering the chemical, pharmaceutical and military nature which
predominate those special interests, one could attribute the president's
previous comment as a "Freudian slip." If it was, what type of a "slip"
would the following comment be:
"We must always remember that all human beings begin life as a feces. A
feces is a living thing in the eyes of God who has endowed that feces
with all the rights and God-given blessings of any other human being."
Bush made the statement above at a pro-life rally in Tampa, Fla., June
17, 2004. The crowd reportedly listened in shocked amazement as the
president mistakenly said "feces" instead of "fetus" several times.
http://proliberty.com/observer/20040806.htm
FOR LAST 50 YEARS! / BUSH Sr COMES IN 2nd AT 98 / CLINTON (I.Q. 182) ,
CARTER AND KENNEDY WERE THE SMARTEST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS / NIXON WAS
THE SMARTEST REPUBLICAN AT I.Q. 155 –
FLASHBACK: In January, 2001, The IO front-paged a short article
entitled, "G.W. may be dumbest president in U.S. history."
Though a certain amount of research went into that article and we
believed it to be accurate, many of our conservative readers were
angered by the allegation.
Having just survived eight years of Bill Clinton, they reasoned that we
ought to at least give the Texas Republican a chance; anything had to be
better than Clinton.
Now, as the mantra evolved to, "Anything but Bush," it turns out Bush is
the dumbest president -- at least of the last 50 years.
In a report published August 2, 2004, the Lovenstein Institute of
Scranton, Pennsylvania, released the results of a four-month study into
the intelligence quotient (IQ) of President George W. Bush. The IQ is
used to measure a person's capacity for learning.
Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has been rating the mental
capacities of presidents and making its research, including presidential
IQs, available to the education community.
Not being able to give a standard test to determine a president's IQ,
the Lovenstein Institute bases its determination on scholarly
achievements, writings fully credited to the president in question,
their public speaking ability and command of the English language. Other
more subtle psychological factors are also considered.
The data is then scored with the Swanson/Crain system of intelligence
ranking. According to statements in the report, there have been twelve
presidents over the past 50 years, from FDR to GW Bush who were all
rated in the manner described above.
The study determined the following IQs of each president and claims the
figures are accurate to within five I.Q. points:
147 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
132 - Harry Truman (D)
122 - Dwight D. Eisenhower ®
174 - John F. Kennedy (D)
126 - Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
155 - Richard M. Nixon ®
121 - Gerald Ford ®
175 - James "Jimmy" E. Carter (D)
105 - Ronald Reagan ®
098 - George H.W. Bush ®
182 - William J. Clinton (D)
091 - George W. Bush ®
The six Republican presidents of 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.
No president other than Jimmy Carter (D) has released his actual IQ,
176.
According to the report, President G.W. Bush's low ratings were due to
his lack of spoken communications skills as made apparent in reviewing
his public statements, his limited 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, so in many ways that made it
more difficult to arrive at an assessment. We had to rely more heavily
on transcripts of his unscripted public speaking."
The study was originally commissioned February 13, 2001, and released on
July 9, 2001, to subscribing member universities and organizations
within the education community.
-----------------------------------------
The Idaho Observer
P.O. Box 457
Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869
Phone: 208-255-2307
Email: [email protected]
Web:
http://idaho-observer.com/
http://proliberty.com/observer/
----------------------------------------
CHIEF INMATE G W BUSH DECLARES NATION AN ASYLUM / PROZAC-POPPING PREZ
RECOMMENDS MANDATED MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING FOR ALL AMERICANS! –
From the August 2004 Idaho Observer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recent weeks President Bush has been
characterized by staffers as "erratic" and subject to "wide mood
swings." It has also been reported that the commander-in-chief has been
taking "strong antidepressants" under orders from White House physician
Col. Richard J. Tubb since July 8, 2004.
The president was apparently under the influence of "Prozac" last month
when he announced a sweeping mental health care initiative recommending
the screening of every American for mental illness and treatment with
expensive psychotropic drugs.
The original story last June 4 claiming that President Bush's mental
health was a matter of grave concern among White House staff came from
Capitol Hill Blue -- a D.C.-based scandal sheet that has a reputation of
being more sensational than accurate in its reporting.
Capitol Hill Blue then came out with the story of the president being
prescribed Prozac which has since been supported by observations of
prominent George Washington University psychologist Dr. Justin Frank in
his book, "Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President." Dr.
Frank believes the president is "an untreated alcoholic with
megalomaniac tendencies."
Dr. Frank's work has been supported upon peer review. Scandal sheets and
expert opinions aside, the president confirms concerns about his mental
well-being almost every time he opens his mouth in public.
At the August 4 signing of a $417 billion defense appropriations bill,
the commander-in-chief was widely reported as stating in the bill's
defense, "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our
people, and neither do we."
Close scrutiny of President Bush's business career indicates that, under
his leadership, companies he directed went bankrupt; close scrutiny of
his political career reveals a pattern of providing financial benefits
for certain special interest lobbies with business ties to the Bush
family.
Considering the chemical, pharmaceutical and military nature which
predominate those special interests, one could attribute the president's
previous comment as a "Freudian slip." If it was, what type of a "slip"
would the following comment be:
"We must always remember that all human beings begin life as a feces. A
feces is a living thing in the eyes of God who has endowed that feces
with all the rights and God-given blessings of any other human being."
Bush made the statement above at a pro-life rally in Tampa, Fla., June
17, 2004. The crowd reportedly listened in shocked amazement as the
president mistakenly said "feces" instead of "fetus" several times.
http://proliberty.com/observer/20040806.htm