To Bush-bashers, it may be the most infuriating revelation yet from the military records of the two presidential candidates: the young George W. Bush probably had a higher I.Q. than did the young John Kerry.
The second-most infuriating thing must be having to read this in the Sunday New York Times . . .
(Via Instapundit.com.)
Just for the record, I'm not one who necessarily thinks Bush is dumb in the sense of say, Forrest Gump. If I say he's a dumbass, I'm using the term as one would when they hear of a college kid who spends an entire semester playing "Grand Theft Auto" and then doesn't understand why he flunked the final. Bush isn't dumb, he's a lazy S.O.B. who's had life handed to him on a silver platter, and has never really had to work for anything in his life. He's uninformed, and has a cocksure certainty born of ignorance. He values loyalty over and above everything, which is apparently a family trait in general. If it's stronger in W than in the rest of the clan, it's because he wouldn't have gotten where he is without people loyal to his father. Those of us who got where we are based on our brains value intelligence and education. People like Bush value connections, because to them that's what matters. For him the question isn't how you apply yourself, it's not what you know, it's who you know and how much you can milk them for. So okay, maybe Bush did score higher than Kerry on some IQ test. Maybe by some measures he's more intelligent. That doesn't make him any less of a dumbass.
Posted by Jason at October 24, 2004 11:02 AM