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Some of the "highly intelligent" posters here at Apolyton cannot stand the thought that the president of the United States actually is smarter than them. Leave them alone in their delusion. It seems to satisfy some inner need to be superior. They will be the last to accept the fact that they are the ignorant ones and their base judgments about a man like George Bush simply show their envy and lack of objectivity. So keep it up! We can use the entertainment.
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gsmoove23
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Listen, I'm willing to accept Bush isn't stupid but you're pushing it with highly intelligent. I don't think the statements of an ally are any proof, nor going to a school that his rich influential father went to, so what proof do ya got?
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Lincoln
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I, for one, did not call him highly intelligent but he is obviously quite intelligent and he has the common sense to go with it. Something that is often lacking in the academics that constantly deride him.
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Lincoln
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You people ridicule him for an impediment in delivering his thoughts. Do you also ridicule evereone who has a handicap of some kind? Many great leaders could not speak well. You simple show your intolerance.
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Ned
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of Aptos, CA
Oct 1999 time: 21:27
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He delivers a really good speech, but is less articulate off-the-cuff. I'm not sure that he is highly intelligent, but I am not sure that he is not. What I do believe though, is that he thinks clearly and has courage.
Regardless of the answer on intelligence, I think he has, at this point, become an outstanding leader and a great president.
Last edited by Ned on 02-05-2003 at 20:53
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001 time: 13:27
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quote: Originally posted by Ned
What I do believe though, is that he thinks clearly and has courage.
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What courage? The US is the most powerful nation on earth. So far, Bush has invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, a bunch of countries that don't even rate as two-bit.
The troops going in and doing the dirty work are courageous. What has Bush done that really took guts?
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001 time: 13:27
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None of this really matters. We know that Clinton is a highly intelligent. Ya don't win the Rhodes scholarship unless you're brilliant. But that didn't stop Clinton from doing some dumb ass things with Monica et al.
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Lefty Scaevola
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San Antonio TX USA
Oct 2000 time: 23:27
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Anyway, you're flat out wrong. Gore's scores were higher than Bush.
Bush scored a 1206, Gore scored a 1355. Both Gore's verbal and math were higher than Bush's:
| The Newsweek artiicle, which had only only Gore's verbal, because he would not give persmission to show his math. Test are commonly taken 2 or 3 times. I would assume the candidates realeased their best scores. The article you cite is from 'confidential' scources. Given Gore's tactical aplomb, it should not be too suprising that he would realease his lower verbal, and not his higher math score.
Edit: I remember assuming that if Gore realeased his verbal score and not his math, it meant his math score was crap. It appears rather that is was just some dumb paperwork error corresponding with Newsweek that he did not realease it.
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Boris Godunov
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Portland, OR
Aug 2001 time: 00:27
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quote: Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
The Newsweek artiicle, which had only only Gore's verbal, because he would not give persmission to show his math. Test are commonly taken 2 or 3 times. I would assume the candidates realeased their best scores. The article you cite is from 'confidential' scources. Given Gore's tactical aplomb, it should not be too suprising that he would realease his lower verbal, and not his higher math score. |
No, the article I cited was from:
Source: Washington Post, March 19, 2000
The Post received confidential transcripts (meaning the sources were official).
I'm calling BS on the Newsweek claim until I see a source for that. Regardless, 1206 were Bush's transcript SAT scores, 1355 were Gore's. No matter how you slice it, Gore's scores beat Bush's. If you want to maybe compare Bush's highest scores to Gore's lowest, then maybe you'll finagle the result you want, but that's a pretty meaningless comparison.
It's irrelevant anyway, as SAT scores don't necessarily reflect intelligence. It's easy for someone who isn't too bright to work their tail off prepping for the tests and score reasonably high. I happen to work with such a person, oy. 
Last edited by Boris Godunov on 02-05-2003 at 20:13
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