"Jeff Harper" wrote in message
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Provide a link (to a legit source) confirming that was Bush's score.

I find it hard to believe.

Is UP a legit source? Just to depress you some more, according to the
story, because of score inflation, his score would equate to a 1280
today,
which is the 88th percentile today.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=...4-074349-3947r

Also of note in the article you linked:

On the other hand, Simonton didn't see much evidence that Bush tries hard
to
use the brains he's got. "He has very little intellectual energy or
curiosity, relatively few interests, and a dearth of bona fide aesthetic
or
cultural tastes." Simonton speculated that this could suggest a low level
of
"openness to experience."

Indeed, despite being the scion of an elite family with worldwide
connections, Bush's hobbies appear limited to not much more than running,
fishing and baseball. His biographers state, however, that he has paid
relentless attention to structuring organizations and assessing the people
who could fill them.

Simonton also suggested, "Bush scores extremely low on integrative
complexity. ... This is the capacity to look at issues from multiple
perspectives and to integrate that diverse outlook into a single coherent
viewpoint. ... Bush finds it hard to view the world in other way than his
own. That's why he's so hard to engage in a genuine debate. He can say 'I
hear you,' but he really can't."

Jeff Harper
Tampa, FL

How predictable. Funny how you failed to mention the two other people
mentioned in the article that put the President's IQ at 120-125. By the
way, do you know when Simonton examined the President, or is he just
basically guessing? Hobbies are only running, fishing, and baseball?
Sounds like a good time to me. I'm sure for a California professor that's a
boring life, but for a large segment of the educated population, that would
sound pretty good. Heck, right now my hobbies are a) raising young-ins and
b) woodworking (mostly when they're asleep). I also notice you didn't
bother putting this in.

"In contrast, the Morning News recounted, "On the 'officer quality section,'
designed to measure intangible traits such as leadership, Mr. Bush scored
better than 95 percent of those taking the test."

Of course, this doesn't address your assertion that Bush isn't the brightest
bulb on the Christmas tree. One Cal professor's *opinion* notwithstanding,
on the basis of the *facts* we know, would you conclude he has the intellect
to be President? Heck, even your new best friend Professor Simonton says
his intelligence is "about average" for a President.

todd