Hawke wrote:
After reading the responses to my query there was one thing that stood
out,
nobody, not one person said they thought Bush was smarter than they are.

It does not surprise me either. Most people think they are of above
average intelligence.

I'm not sure that's true. While some folks over rate their intelligence
there are plenty that under rate themselves or don't really know how smart
they are. In Bush's case he comes across as not being that bright, which may
be why so many average people think he's one of them, and why they think
they are as smart as he is.

In truth, being the smartest, richest, best-looking
person in the room is what everyone wishes they could be. Some folks
don't
want to admit that though.

I have never wanted to the smartest, richest, and best looking. Just
smart enough and rich enough.

The only thing that proves is there is an exception to the rule. You put 50
people in a room and everyone wants to be the best something or other.

The bottom line is that no one can come up with
a strong argument showing that Bush is smart. But then, that's what I
expected when I asked the question in the first place. Thanks for the
confirmation.

Yale graduate, Harvard Business School graduate. Won two presidential
elections. Works for me. Kerry ran on being smart. Bush was smart
enough not to do that.

Well, at least that is an argument that has some merit as far as proving
Bush is a smart guy. Even though there is no correlation between winning
elections and intelligence. However, consider that without being a Yale
legacy he could never have qualified on his own merit to go to that school.
The other thing is that from everything I have read when Bush was in college
the only thing he distinguished himself in was the fact that he was such a
poor student. Like I said, weigh the evidence and what is the logical
conclusion. Yes, Bush graduated from Ivy league schools. But he didn't
deserve to be accepted there and when there he was a poor student. I'd say
that weighs against his being too brainy.

Adial Stevenson was smart. When told that every intellectual was for
his election, he said something to the effect that he needed a lot more
votes than that.

Smart man.

P.S. Where did you get that weird idea that stubborness has any
correlation to intellligence?

I have to admit that I can't remember where I came across the correlation
between stubbornness and lack of intelligence. Maybe it came from the
comparisons of the stupidity of a mule which goes along with it's
stubbornness. On the other hand, it's more likely that I read that somewhere
for a psychology class I took.

Hawke