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   Frequently, we like to site research studies and other bi-   
   zarre findings to share with you. Today, we have a report   
   published Monday from the Lovenstein Institute of Scranton,   
   Pennsylvania. Their mission was to determine the IQ of GW   
   Bush...no kidding, this is real! Before anybody gets their   
   knickers in tatters, I did not vote for Gore, so this is   
   not politically motivated. When I read the following, I   
   knew GW was in trouble.   
      
   "Since 1973, the Lovenstein Institute has published its   
   research on each new president, which includes the famous   
   "IQ" report among others. According to statements in the   
   report, there have been twelve presidents over the past   
   50 years, from F. D. Roosevelt to G. W. Bush who were all   
   rated based on scholarly achievements, writings that they   
   alone produced without aid of staff, their ability to   
   speak with clarity, and several other psychological factors   
   which were then scored in the Swanson/Crain system of intell-   
   igence ranking. "   
      
   The study determined the following IQs of each president as   
   accurate to within five percentage points:   
      
   147 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)   
   132 Harry Truman (D)   
   122 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)   
   174 John F. Kennedy (D)   
   126 Lyndon B. Johnson (D)   
   155 Richard M. Nixon (R)   
   121 Gerald Ford (R)   
   175 James E. Carter (D)   
   105 Ronald Reagan (R)   
   98 George HW Bush (R)   
   182 William J. Clinton (D)   
   91 George W. Bush (R)   
      
   The six Republican presidents of the past 50 years had an   
   average IQ of 115.5,  with President Nixon having the   
   highest IQ, at 155. President G. W. Bush was rated the   
   lowest of all the Republicans with an IQ of 91.   
      
   The six Democrat presidents had IQs with an average of 156,   
   with President Clinton having the highest IQ, at 182.   
   President Lyndon B. Johnson was rated the lowest of all the   
   Democrats with an IQ of 126.   
      
   No president other than Carter (D) has released his   
   actual IQ, 176. Among comments made concerning the specific   
   testing of President GW Bush, his low ratings were due to   
   his apparent difficulty to command the English language in   
   public statements, his limited use of vocabulary (6,500   
   words for Bush versus an average of 11,000 words for other   
   presidents), his lack of scholarly achievements other than a   
   basic MBA, and an absence of any body of work which could   
   be studied on an intellectual basis.   
      
   "All the Presidents prior to George W. Bush had a least one   
   book under their belt, and most had written several white   
   papers during their education or early careers. Not so with   
   President Bush," Dr. Lovenstein said.   
      
      
      
   --   
   We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is   
   he in heaven? - Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel?   
      
       I.      Thou shalt worship only reason   
       II.     Thou shalt abstain from invoking deities in the affairs of man   
       III.    Thou shalt disdain all ritual   
       IV.    Thou shalt abhor priestliness   
       V.     Thou shalt loathe superstition   
       VI.    Thou shalt reject all forms of  spiritualism and supernaturalism   
       VI.    Thou shalt regard skepticism as a virtue   
       VIII.  Thou shalt reject racism   
       IX.    Thou shalt reject all claims to a moral authority greater than   
   man   
       X.     Thou shalt, in word and action, strive to improve the human   
   condition   
      
      
   Alistair Sim   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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