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that's just plain stupid
if you believe its true then you are really dull
that's just plain stupid
if you believe its true then you are really dull
Some of the one's on the "smart" list make sense, though, especially Adams and Jefferson.
Mad that they bad-mouthed Reagan, eh?
its idiotic-and I would bet the people who wrote that aren't exactly mensa members or as successful as Reagan was
It's leftwing nonsense. Next.
GHWB was one of the most intellectually gifted men to hold the office--my late father was in that class and GHWB graduated in three years and was one of the few Junior Phi Beta Kappas (top 1%) at the time of election.
W was not in the same league but according to objective sources he is as smart as many of the other presidents including Kennedy, FDR etc.
In modern history, Bush, Clinton and Nixon are generally regarded as the brightest.
Ford was far smarter than that idiot spoof piece noted. You don't graduate from Yale Law and on the law journal unless you are very bright-neither clinton was able to do that second task.
i think it's obvious that this was a poll of people who favored academia. wilson belongs nowhere on the list of smartest presidents. and madison was smarter than jefferson and adams put together.
I agree in the sense that this was more of an academic list. In that respect, Wilson is certainly top 5 and Jefferson is probably number 1. But being smart doesn't always make you a good President.
Here is another poll that might be of interest. It rates presidents by more than academic achievement.
America's Greatest & Worst Presidents -- Siena's 5th Presidential Expert Poll (1982-2010)
Coolidge was dumb because he was shy and quiet? Okay....
Coolidge was dumb because he was shy and quiet? Okay....
yeah. coolidge; what a fool.
oh wait no, he was one of the best presidents we've ever had; but he wasn't a progressive, which is why progressive historians don't like him.
i think the difference i was working with there was the seperation between being 'smart' and being 'intelligent'. sure, Wilson had a PhD. but he lacked wisdom in bucketloads.
Coolidge was dumb because he was shy and quiet? Okay....
And Gerald Ford was dumb because LBJ said he was.
(Gotta give the authors of the piece credit. At least they did their research.....)