Is Obama the least intelligent president in US history?

[PoliticalChic]

Glad I could get the truth out....I see you aren't.

Rank em PC

Most intelligent to least intelligent

You're really sensitive about your position on that list, huh?

When asked to do anything but cut and paste....PC swings and misses again

You make a habit of mouthing phrases which, it seems, you actually don't understand.

Although you attempt to use it as a pejorative, when asked to explain why you find it so, you run and hide.

Again...your objection to 'cut and paste'?

Or is it simply your attempt to obfuscate and change the subject when you cannot refute the numerous valid points I make via 'cut and paste'?


In short....try to stick to concepts you understand.

When asked to post original material, PC fails again

I guess it is difficult when you got through school cutting and pasting the thoughts of others

What???/

You're begging for education?

Sure.


Some pointers.

1. Citing an authority with an established reputation is better, of course, than citing someone whose credentials are not so lofty. (http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml)

2. What has been pejoratively referred to as ‘simply cut and paste,’ is, in fact, carefully chosen to substantiate a point. Is the information covered fact, opinion, or propaganda? Facts can usually be verified; opinions, though they may be based on factual information, evolve from the interpretation of facts.(Critical Appraisal and Analysis - Critically Analyzing Information Sources - LibGuides at Cornell University)

3. A valid objection to this selection of sources may be the type of audience being addressed. Is the ‘pasted selection’ aimed at a specialized or a general audience? Do you find the level ‘over your head’ or is this source too elementary?
Ibid.

4. Are you objecting to the author's credentials--institutional affiliation (where he or she works), educational background, past writings, or experience? Or simply looking for a weapon to attack the post? This, of course, would be puerile.

5. Providing summaries or outlines of a source is valid as long as a link to the original is provided, and the author’s meaning is conveyed.
Pay attention here: you are being outed as a 'Liberal plagiarist,' as you mouth the words of the DNC, MSNBC, NYTimes, etc...and never give credit!

6. Nor is it necessary to insert one’s own language if the original article is simply abbreviated, with link provided.

7. What has been called ‘cut and paste’ is frequently the message board version of footnotes and endnotes of an academic essay. “…footnotes were declared outmoded just before the era of the word-processors which make using footnotes so much easier. Still, because of its relative ease in both writing and reading, parenthetical documentation is greatly preferred by most instructors.” http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml



So....seems I've eviscerated you once again, huh?

 

[rightwinger]

Rank em PC

Most intelligent to least intelligent

You're really sensitive about your position on that list, huh?

When asked to do anything but cut and paste....PC swings and misses again

You make a habit of mouthing phrases which, it seems, you actually don't understand.

Although you attempt to use it as a pejorative, when asked to explain why you find it so, you run and hide.

Again...your objection to 'cut and paste'?

Or is it simply your attempt to obfuscate and change the subject when you cannot refute the numerous valid points I make via 'cut and paste'?


In short....try to stick to concepts you understand.

When asked to post original material, PC fails again

I guess it is difficult when you got through school cutting and pasting the thoughts of others

What???/

You're begging for education?

Sure.


Some pointers.

1. Citing an authority with an established reputation is better, of course, than citing someone whose credentials are not so lofty. (http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml)

2. What has been pejoratively referred to as ‘simply cut and paste,’ is, in fact, carefully chosen to substantiate a point. Is the information covered fact, opinion, or propaganda? Facts can usually be verified; opinions, though they may be based on factual information, evolve from the interpretation of facts.(Critical Appraisal and Analysis - Critically Analyzing Information Sources - LibGuides at Cornell University)

3. A valid objection to this selection of sources may be the type of audience being addressed. Is the ‘pasted selection’ aimed at a specialized or a general audience? Do you find the level ‘over your head’ or is this source too elementary?
Ibid.

4. Are you objecting to the author's credentials--institutional affiliation (where he or she works), educational background, past writings, or experience? Or simply looking for a weapon to attack the post? This, of course, would be puerile.

5. Providing summaries or outlines of a source is valid as long as a link to the original is provided, and the author’s meaning is conveyed.
Pay attention here: you are being outed as a 'Liberal plagiarist,' as you mouth the words of the DNC, MSNBC, NYTimes, etc...and never give credit!

6. Nor is it necessary to insert one’s own language if the original article is simply abbreviated, with link provided.

7. What has been called ‘cut and paste’ is frequently the message board version of footnotes and endnotes of an academic essay. “…footnotes were declared outmoded just before the era of the word-processors which make using footnotes so much easier. Still, because of its relative ease in both writing and reading, parenthetical documentation is greatly preferred by most instructors.” http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml



So....seems I've eviscerated you once again, huh?

When overwhelmed in a thread.....cut and paste
Then run away

Asking PC to post original thoughts is like asking a rooster to ignore a sunrise

 

[PoliticalChic]

You're really sensitive about your position on that list, huh?

When asked to do anything but cut and paste....PC swings and misses again

You make a habit of mouthing phrases which, it seems, you actually don't understand.

Although you attempt to use it as a pejorative, when asked to explain why you find it so, you run and hide.

Again...your objection to 'cut and paste'?

Or is it simply your attempt to obfuscate and change the subject when you cannot refute the numerous valid points I make via 'cut and paste'?


In short....try to stick to concepts you understand.

When asked to post original material, PC fails again

I guess it is difficult when you got through school cutting and pasting the thoughts of others

What???/

You're begging for education?

Sure.


Some pointers.

1. Citing an authority with an established reputation is better, of course, than citing someone whose credentials are not so lofty. (http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml)

2. What has been pejoratively referred to as ‘simply cut and paste,’ is, in fact, carefully chosen to substantiate a point. Is the information covered fact, opinion, or propaganda? Facts can usually be verified; opinions, though they may be based on factual information, evolve from the interpretation of facts.(Critical Appraisal and Analysis - Critically Analyzing Information Sources - LibGuides at Cornell University)

3. A valid objection to this selection of sources may be the type of audience being addressed. Is the ‘pasted selection’ aimed at a specialized or a general audience? Do you find the level ‘over your head’ or is this source too elementary?
Ibid.

4. Are you objecting to the author's credentials--institutional affiliation (where he or she works), educational background, past writings, or experience? Or simply looking for a weapon to attack the post? This, of course, would be puerile.

5. Providing summaries or outlines of a source is valid as long as a link to the original is provided, and the author’s meaning is conveyed.
Pay attention here: you are being outed as a 'Liberal plagiarist,' as you mouth the words of the DNC, MSNBC, NYTimes, etc...and never give credit!

6. Nor is it necessary to insert one’s own language if the original article is simply abbreviated, with link provided.

7. What has been called ‘cut and paste’ is frequently the message board version of footnotes and endnotes of an academic essay. “…footnotes were declared outmoded just before the era of the word-processors which make using footnotes so much easier. Still, because of its relative ease in both writing and reading, parenthetical documentation is greatly preferred by most instructors.” http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml



So....seems I've eviscerated you once again, huh?

When overwhelmed in a thread.....cut and paste
Then run away

Asking PC to post original thoughts is like asking a rooster to ignore a sunrise

I believe I put you in your place.....again.

 

[PoliticalChic]

They used to call him "the smartest man in the room".

Yea, I remember when the media tried to anoint Obama with that honor. It quickly became clear that they had to drop that title.

And this one:

"In a way Obama is standing above the country, above the world. He's sort of GOD. He's going to bring all different sides together."

- Newsweek editor Evan Thomas

 

[PoliticalChic]

The Interesting Thing We Found Surrounding Obama s Grades in College TheBlaze.com

Lots of interesting factoids / innuendo in this article. One is that Obama could have gotten into Columbia w/o even having to reveal his GPA; a possible reason why he would've picked Occidental in the first place.

Probably too long to post here, but Jack Cashill's great analysis, proving that Ayers wrote Obama's 'autobiograpy' is one more nail in the Obama hagiography.

“Deconstructing Obama,” by Jack Cashill

Lecture can be found at Search - C-SPAN Video Library


Filled with specifics, like this:
1. Chris Yavelow’s “’FictionFixer’ (FictionFixer.com - The Future of Fiction Editing compares any prose its given to any or all of the 210 best-selling novels Yavelow says he has scanned into his Mac G4. The software then looks for patterns—certain words, usages, sentence structure, number of mentions of a character’s name, and the like—and compares it to the target book(s).” http://www4.citypaper.com/printStory.asp?id=11451

a. As Yavelow explains, authors don’t go from a 3.8 percent use of the passive voice in 1995 to an 8.3 percent use in 2006.

b. Yavelow cites a score of other characteristics that change too conspicuously from one Obama book to the next, among them the Flesch Reading Ease score, the use of gender words, sentence starters, adverbs, discouraged words, sensory triggers, and more.

c. When, however, Yavelow compared Obama’s Dreams with Bill Ayers’ memoir, Fugitive Days, he found the similarity of the two books “striking.”For instance, Dreams averages 17.61 words and 26.48 syllables for non-dialogue sentences. Fugitive Days averages 17.62 words and 26.27 syllables.

d. Another team, from a university: ““Using the chi-square statistic,” they add, “Obama's and Ayers's books were indistinguishable while Obama's book was easily distinguishable from books by other authors.” Jack Cashill - National Articles

 

[CrusaderFrank]

When asked to do anything but cut and paste....PC swings and misses again

You make a habit of mouthing phrases which, it seems, you actually don't understand.

Although you attempt to use it as a pejorative, when asked to explain why you find it so, you run and hide.

Again...your objection to 'cut and paste'?

Or is it simply your attempt to obfuscate and change the subject when you cannot refute the numerous valid points I make via 'cut and paste'?


In short....try to stick to concepts you understand.

When asked to post original material, PC fails again

I guess it is difficult when you got through school cutting and pasting the thoughts of others

What???/

You're begging for education?

Sure.


Some pointers.

1. Citing an authority with an established reputation is better, of course, than citing someone whose credentials are not so lofty. (http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml)

2. What has been pejoratively referred to as ‘simply cut and paste,’ is, in fact, carefully chosen to substantiate a point. Is the information covered fact, opinion, or propaganda? Facts can usually be verified; opinions, though they may be based on factual information, evolve from the interpretation of facts.(Critical Appraisal and Analysis - Critically Analyzing Information Sources - LibGuides at Cornell University)

3. A valid objection to this selection of sources may be the type of audience being addressed. Is the ‘pasted selection’ aimed at a specialized or a general audience? Do you find the level ‘over your head’ or is this source too elementary?
Ibid.

4. Are you objecting to the author's credentials--institutional affiliation (where he or she works), educational background, past writings, or experience? Or simply looking for a weapon to attack the post? This, of course, would be puerile.

5. Providing summaries or outlines of a source is valid as long as a link to the original is provided, and the author’s meaning is conveyed.
Pay attention here: you are being outed as a 'Liberal plagiarist,' as you mouth the words of the DNC, MSNBC, NYTimes, etc...and never give credit!

6. Nor is it necessary to insert one’s own language if the original article is simply abbreviated, with link provided.

7. What has been called ‘cut and paste’ is frequently the message board version of footnotes and endnotes of an academic essay. “…footnotes were declared outmoded just before the era of the word-processors which make using footnotes so much easier. Still, because of its relative ease in both writing and reading, parenthetical documentation is greatly preferred by most instructors.” http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/practical_guide.shtml



So....seems I've eviscerated you once again, huh?

When overwhelmed in a thread.....cut and paste
Then run away

Asking PC to post original thoughts is like asking a rooster to ignore a sunrise

I believe I put you in your place.....again.

Clearly, RW is a masochist and keeps returning, asking...begging for it

 

[Picaro]

Anybody else notice the irony of the History Forum's least intelligent posters questioning Obama's intelligence?

 

[Stephanie]

Anybody else notice the irony of the History Forums least intelligent posters questioning Obama's intelligence?

well, you can continue to bow to him. the people are more intelligent that you all think
they did vote out the Democrats control of Congress under the so brilliant Messiah thug Obama and told them get their dummy (Obama) under CONTROL

 

[Faun]

Anybody else notice the irony of the History Forums least intelligent posters questioning Obama's intelligence?

well, you can continue to bow to him. the people are more intelligent that you all think
they did vote out the Democrats control of Congress under the so brilliant Messiah thug Obama and told them get their dummy (Obama) under CONTROL

In delicious irony, you demonstrate you're not as intelligent that we all think.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Anybody else notice the irony of the History Forums least intelligent posters questioning Obama's intelligence?

well, you can continue to bow to him. the people are more intelligent that you all think
they did vote out the Democrats control of Congress under the so brilliant Messiah thug Obama and told them get their dummy (Obama) under CONTROL

In delicious irony, you demonstrate you're not as intelligent that you think.

The irony is you imagining you have the ability to judge intelligence.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Really? Not the one who couldn't figure out how to open a door?



Or misquotes a classic "Fool me once..."



Ones that stand out most, but googling for others:

17) Limiting stem cell research

One of President Bush's earliest decisions was to restrict the research of embryonic stem cells. These types of studies have shown tremendous results in lab rats (such as reversing the course of Parkinson's in the rodents). Humans will have to wait for his policy to be annulled before seeing any benefits.
George Bush s 20 worst moments - Telegraph

He himself could have benefitted directly from this research.

 

[regent]

By this time posters should have decided the exact number of Obama's IQ; how come they have not posted that information?

 

[PoliticalChic]

By this time posters should have decided the exact number of Obama's IQ; how come they have not posted that information?

1. "How smart is President Obama? The American Thinker quotes historian Michael Beschloss on Obama's IQ, who "says it is off the charts", while admitting he does not know what it is.

One of the reasons republican moderates voted for Obama is because he is "so smart". It is unclear what "smart" really means in politics. I think it is the red herring of politics. Universities are loaded with faculty who are "smart". But 80% are liberal.

In politics, policies matter, not technical interpretations of esoteric material; the usual purpose or functionality of high IQ smarts. He attended Occidental/Columbia undergrad and Harvard Law. Bush attended Yale undergrad and Harvard Business School. Bush released his grades and SAT scores (1206 on Verbal and Math--pre-1974--like 1300 today) as did his opponents, Kerry and Gore. Using the "Otis Gamma and Scholastic Aptitude" score, one can infer Bush's IQ to be 130. This places him in about the top 2-3% in the country. This is higher than John Kerry and lower than Al Gore. The latter was a massive underachiever in college.

We do not know Obama's SAT, LSAT, or GPA scores because he won't release them. His Columbia GPA was estimated by the WSJ to be between 1.8 and 3.0 (C- to B) because he did not graduate with honors. He was at the bottom 15% in Occidental. He was in the top 10% at Harvard Law because he graduated "magna cum laude". So we assume he is smart, but how he got into Harvard with that record is peculiar. In any event, he will not release his records. But Beschloss calls him the smartest president ever. That just tells me that Beschloss is the dumbest historian ever. Does this matter? Not his scores. But what does not releasing his academic records tell you about his personality?"
Law of the Bad Premise: Obama's Rocky Mountain High IQ

__________________Law of the Bad Premise Obama s Rocky Mountain High IQ



2. "During the primaries, Obama was featured in these ads, which proclaimed his IQ to be 112. When he won the primary, his IQ reported in the ad was 117. A few weeks later as the campaigning escalated, Obama's IQ went up to 122 and then to 125. When he won the election, his IQ increased further to 130.

I see today that it's up to 132! He's been president for less than two months and he's practically become a genius in that short time!

This is amazing. How is Obama getting so smart? Smart pills? More Omega-3 fatty acids in his diet? Cutting back on the weed? Should he not share the secrets of his increased brain power?"
How is Obama getting so smart Yahoo Answers



3. But.....when judged by his record of failures, both in domestic and in foreign policy...

....one wonders who ties his shoes for him.

 

[Faun]

Anybody else notice the irony of the History Forums least intelligent posters questioning Obama's intelligence?

well, you can continue to bow to him. the people are more intelligent that you all think
they did vote out the Democrats control of Congress under the so brilliant Messiah thug Obama and told them get their dummy (Obama) under CONTROL

In delicious irony, you demonstrate you're not as intelligent that you think.

The irony is you imagining you have the ability to judge intelligence.

Did a 4 year old feed you that cheesy line or is that one of the line you copy & paste from insults.com because you're not witty enough to craft your own?

 

[Picaro]

By this time posters should have decided the exact number of Obama's IQ; how come they have not posted that information?

Because they're not smart enough to find it.

 

[whitehall]

Harry Truman is the only president not to have graduated from college. So far Barry Hussein doesn't look too smart and since his college records are locked in a safe all we have to go by is his political record which seems to be on a scale below Harry Truman.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Think back to the last one.

​

There you go.

Obama gives a lot of the same types of answers, but while stuttering much more. In fact, Obama stutters about on virtually every response he ever gives.

 

[Pogo]

Think back to the last one.

​

There you go.

Obama gives a lot of the same types of answers, but while stuttering much more. In fact, Obama stutters about on virtually every response he ever gives.

I've never heard that, but I do have a brother who grew up with a stutter so I know a bit about what it is. Do you believe that's a sign of low intelligence?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Think back to the last one.

​

There you go.

Obama gives a lot of the same types of answers, but while stuttering much more. In fact, Obama stutters about on virtually every response he ever gives.

I've never heard that, but I do have a brother who grew up with a stutter so I know a bit about what it is. Do you believe that's a sign of low intelligence?

There's a difference between a physiological/mechanical stutter and a stupefied / low mental processing stutter.

 

[Faun]

It cracks me up watching brain-dead righties call a magna cum laude from Harvard Law school, "stupid."