Is Bush a smart man? Why or why not
205199
I can't stop laughing at the thought of Bush being smart!!!!  The man can't even give a prewritten speech correctly!!!\n\nHowever I will continue to pray for him because he is the leader of this country.
426042
Goodness no.  I think that sometimes men DON'T WANT women to be as smart as they are - but I'm not going to act stupid for anybody.  I WILL acknowledge when my man does or says something smart - but I won't pretend to be less intelligent than I am.  That would be too hard.
637811
"When it comes to raw IQ, Bush is in the mid-range of\nAmerican Presidents. In 1999,  Charles Murray and I  calculated, based on Bush's SAT score of 1206 (old-style scoring system), that his IQ was probably about 125 or a little higher..."\n\nsource: Steve Sailer, vdare.com\n\nThat would put him in the 97 percentile of the general population.   It is higher than JFK's and about the same as Abraham Lincoln's.  At the 97th percentile it gives him a very good chance of being much smarter than you.  So even though your mama never taught you, show a little respect...he is the President of this country.\n\nThere was a urban myth going around from the "Lovenstein Institute that put Bill Clinton's IQ at 182 and George W Bush's at 91 (exactly half).  It also went on to ascribe every Democratic President having a higher IQ than every Republican President.  This is completely fabricated...including the Lovenstein Institute.  See the link below for real estimated IQ's of current and historical figures.\n\nBy the way it is estimated that Bill Clinton has an IQ of 138, about the same as Arnold Schwartzenhegger and a few points lower than Richard Nixon and Hillary Clinton.
638657
No, but I read a good review of it on salon.com.  \n\nTo answer your other question, most GOP voters are not that bright. Plus, no one (intelligent or not) likes to admit that they were wrong, or that they were responsible for voting a dimwitted crook into office.  In psychology, this clash between perception and fact is called "cognitive dissonance."  The only way to get rid of it (since you can't change the facts) is to change your perception.  So they choose to perceive Bush as a moral guy and that solves the mental clash.
354174
A nother Bush is too stupid. Guerrilla McCain may not be a match by 2008. Cut and paste?
336510
My current belief is that the president is not smart enough to realize what he's doing.\n\nOh how I'd absolutely LOVE to send his ass overseas
13559
Judging from how you formed your question, I don't think his IQ is the one you should be primarily worried about. There were mass e-mails, that were turned into urban legend about Bush's IQ being the lowest ever, but that was pretty much debunked by snopes. I think when you consider his academic accomplishments, even having high grades than his opponent in the last election, when he was in college, you see that he isn't really a dim guy. Now, if by the whole world means what some guy who couldn't handle a semester at a University of Michigan satellite school in Flint spliced together for film, then you do get a totally different idea. It is totally understandable to come to the conclusion that he's a dope. With an objective eye, looking at what is known about the man as a whole, knowing that when he ran for the Texas House of Representatives, and knowing that he lost because they figured him for a brainiac who would look past the needs of the people he would serve, knowing that he scored a 1206 on his SAT, putting him at about a 129 IQ roughly, I'd say "How much IQ has George Bush got?" isn't what you want to say. You want to say that you want to belong to a group that persecutes without knowledge of facts. Your goal is to feel as though you're making a cogent statement against someone by asking such a half minded question. If you want to ask ant question, ask "Why do I buy into what I am told, and do not seek out the correct information on my own?"
499831
Bush may not even know. He just does what he is told. Remember, this is a President who did not even know there was internal strife in Iraq, or that the Sunni, S’hia, and Kurds even existed as independent entities, before he invaded. He did this even though his own father had written in his 1998 book ‘A World Transformed’ what a bad idea it was. He invaded even after Colin Powell warned him that “if you break it, then you own it”.\n\nSo, on the one hand, it is because he is uninformed and does not know anything about any of the major issues. Then, there are the problems associated with his learning disability that make him an ineffective speaker if he gets off-message. It was embarrassing when he bailed out of appearing before England’s parliament during one of his visits there because his handlers decided he was not up to the task – something that Tony Blair faces on a regular basis. \n\nNo one in the world takes Bush seriously, other than in matters of his reckless misuse of America’s military. Leaders from North Korea, Iran, and other countries routinely punk Bush to his face. They play him like a chump just because they can and they like to make him look weak and foolish on TV.\n\nWhen he and Hugo Chavez were both at the UN, the Secret Service had to peek around corners to make sure that Bush did not accidentally run into Chavez and have to speak to him. \n\nHow pathetic is it for the President of the United States to be sneaking through the halls like he is in High School and trying to avoid someone that he is afraid to face?
423258
I don't know......but the president of the USA has the same IQ that a Dead Horse has!......Is that close?
650233
No Bush is not an intellectual and the words shouldn't be used in the same sentence without a major asterik or footnote to explain why they appear in proximity.\n\nTo watch and listen to the man talk gives it all away.  He appears very uncomfortable with any statement he makes and afterwards seems to breathe a sigh of relief that he was able to cobble a noun and verb together in a sentence.  He is tense the whole time and then smirks if he is able to mutter some repetitive dogma that the venom-breathing religous zealots in congress want to hear him say.\n\nSo, to sum it up: a smirking, illiterate, uncomfortable-in-public president can never count as an intellectual. His intellect and over-compensating mannerisms are usually found in a dry cleaner owner who you don't really enjoy going to; or a golf caddy that you wish you were not stuck with; or even a gas station mechanic that you want to trust but for some reason just can't.  But an intellectual?  Never in a mega-million years.  \n\nYou just gave me a great idea for a question.  If GWB weren't born to a wealthy, political and connected family and based on his personality and intellect, what job could you see him performing and why?  Would he be good at it?  Would you like to work with him?  If so, why?  What do you think you could gain from your association with him?  Could you trust him to work independently?  How do you think he would get along with his coworkers?
652023
Oh little minds . The president lied with all his information coming from Clinton era appointed intelligence agency's. There is no way on earth that Bush had the opportunity or time to place real intelligent men at these jobs. So he had to believe these people were telling him the truth. He may be guilty of passing on a lie told to him but not making up the story himself. if you will remember most of the rest of the free world held the same views.\nRemember the intelligence folks had training in truth fullness from their commander in chief Who did not have sex with that Woman.
433843
He has a difficult time in conveying his thoughts and ideas in his speeches. He obviously lacks the oratory skills of a Reagan or Clinton. \n\nThis isn't, in any way, an indication that he is lacking in intelligence.\n\nI can think of a whole slew of morons (Hollywood comes to mind) that are excellent spokespeople - but their content is sadly lacking in any sign of intelligence.
577737
That was great ! I think he does a good Bush.But nobody can beat the dumb*** himself!
72564
He is dumb my no means.I think he uses it a lot.Just not for the good of American people.He's getting rich by the minute,that takes a smart person,but also an evil one to do it the way he is.
352294
My bf has a huge poster of all of the dumb things he has said on his wall. Actually, my history teacher in my junior year of high school had a desk calender with a different page for every day, that had a new dumb quote everyday, also. Yeah, Bush makes me laugh. He is pretty dumb, at least, he sure sounds that way!! :)
621521
A slightly more intelligent president.
661498
In all fairness, I have to say that there are both intelligent and not-so-intelligent people on both sides. However, the Christian fundamentalists have hijacked the Republican Party, and fundamentalists tend to be less educated than non-fundamentalists and are often intolerant of ambiguity. This is probably the main reason why Republicans often seem less than intelligent. And unfortunately, Bush exemplifies this.