Does George W. Bush's low IQ of 91 have anything to do with his dismal handling of the Iraq War?

Question

Go to http://www.bushnews.com/bushiq.htm.

After seeing some of these answers, I am quite intrigued. One called me a "loser." One accused me of having an IQ of "40," and one sent me to a Website:http://www.iuptown.com/YaleProtest/bushs_yale_transcript.htm Bush never made more than a "B" at Yale and made mostly "C's."

By the way, my IQ is 137...not nearly as high as Bill Clinton's or FDR's, but high enough for me to know better than to vote for Bush...either of them.

How funny..."UT fan" has accused me of being a Republican. I think that it should be rather obvious that I am not. Perhaps this says something about UT.

How funny..."UT fan" has accused me of being a Republican. I think that it should be rather obvious that I am not. Perhaps this says something about UT.

How funny..."UT fan" has accused me of being a Republican. I think that it should be rather obvious that I am not. Perhaps this says something about UT.

Answer 1

IQ of 90 to 110 is average. IQ of 70 and below is mentally retarded. He is Very low average...I'd guess that answers a lot of questions.

Personally...I didn't think it was that high.

Answer 2

Actually most educators today say that the old "IQ" test people used to take aren't as good as we thought they were at determining overall intelligence.

Also, though I didn't look at your source, I would take such information gleaned from the Internet with a grain of salt, especially if it is not from a credible site. Anyone can put pretty much anything on the web and claim that its the truth (e.g. all the 9/11 conspiracy theories). Finally Bush did graduate from Yale and son of a former president or not they just don't give those degrees away.

Answer 3

Even if you are correct, an IQ of 91 falls into the normal range and isn't even statistically significant.

I think his handling of Iraq is more a factor of not putting enough troops on the ground after the intial conflict ended and not making the American People understand that nursing the Iraqis into a functioning self-ruled government would take a while, just like Japan and Germany post WWII.

Answer 4

I have you beat by 11 points - while I excel at math and being creative has afford me a good life style I know I could not be as good a president as G W Bush. I assume from his education that your 91 figure is a bit low. I do not agree with his personal philosophies but that is not what leadership is all about. I do know we were attacked and the enemy is aggressive, throwing barbs at our leader does not instill a feeling of security stateside. You should be happy the fight is on other soil

Answer 5

Searched and found: george bush IQ
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=292960

Some people did a search and found these IQ's on 'loveinstein's' website.

It lists Bill Clinton's at 182... Hmmm

Albert Einstein's is estimated between 160 and 200.

One would think someone having an IQ as high as Bill Clinton could get his cigar smoked without getting caught.

Signed,
Monica Lewinsky
Paula Jones
Gennifer Flowers

Answer 6

You are so fortunate to live in America. Your words about the leader in many other countries would give you a visit by the state/secret police in the middle of the night, and be dragged out of your house probably never to be seen again.
What an ignorant attempt at insulting a very intelligent man. I wonder how great a job YOU would do in his position? Probably run screaming to the bathroom, lock yourself in and cower in the corner in soiled underwear.
Do you make yourself look like a complete jack a.s.s. in front of your so called clients as you do in front of strangers. You must have some kind of imagination putting down such male bovine excrement on your blog. What a phony! Are you so pathetic you have to make up such lies about yourself to impress us? It didn't work.

Answer 7

Oh heck, why do all you republicans think you're so smart? Of course bush is an idiot. but Chaney is the evil one. How can you mistake a human for a bird then shoot it? Dufus. And I want to say to Politically Wrong that there is a reason he was deleted, and how can he support Bush after endless proof that he's an idiot? Watch David Letterman tonight and see "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches", and you'll see Bush and his excellent speaking abilities. Oh, that manuscript of Bush's Yale report is conveniently hard to tell that it's even Bush's. I speak for all of us INTELLIGENT democrat/liberals when I say: Give us some legitimate proof that isn't so pixellated!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

Gee, it appears that your source is incorrect -- though he may sound ignorant and dumb at times, he actually has quite a respectable IQ -- an IQ of 145 puts him darned close to qualifying for International Mensa. In fact, most measures rate his IQ as higher than either Al Gore's or John Kerry's.

So pack that in your pipe and smoke it.

Answer 9

It's amazing that people are still quoting the parody page that www.linkydinky.com made back in 2000 about Bush's IQ.

There were alot of left leaning major news organizations that got embarrassed after quoting that parody page in thier broadcast or newspapers.

Guess it just goes to show, that people will believe anything written about the other parties political candiates.

Answer 10

I can assure you that I have a much higher IQ then you think the
President has, and you wouldn't believe what I would have
done to Iraq if I had been in his shoes.

And take my word for it, you do not want ot know.

Answer 11

What is your source? That's just what some people think.

I hate him too, but I think it is his narrow vision that hurts him more than is stupidity. It's fun to make fun of his verbal gaffs, but I'm sure he's smarter than we realize. It is his narrow minded belief that he is right and everyone who disagrees with him is evil - that is what worries me. He sees the world as black and white and can't see gray. That is a dangerous weakness for a man that controls the strongest military in the history of the world.

And actually, if you'd read further down the page, you would have read that it was all an internet hoax. Maybe we do need to revolt against the less than brilliant King George, but I think we'll need a leader a little more observant than you. Maybe we should question your IQ.