Specifically George W. Bush is smarter than Jonathan Chait

Specifically George W. Bush is smarter than Jonathan Chait

"Keith Hennessey, a former Bush aide, has written a long, wounded attack on those of us who doubt the intellectual faculties of the 43rd president, under the provocative headline "George W. Bush is smarter than you." The headline is not an exaggeration. Hennessey really means it"

Specifically Sarah Palin is smarter than Jonathan Chait
"I suppose all this hinges on what we mean by "pretty smart." How smart do you have to be to become a governor, or to make it onto a presidential ticket? That's just one step away from becoming president, but I wouldn't call Sarah Palin "pretty smart," at least not by the standards that ought to apply to a job like president. If you're talking about a bunch of people you knew from high school, then sure, maybe you'd say Bush or Palin were pretty smart."

Are those people you knew from highschool the great unwashed ignoramuses of the flyover country. The clingers to god, America and Mom's apple pie, you know patriotic americans?

" those of us who doubt the intellectual faculties of the 43rd president" are we talking here about the self appointed liberal/progressive elite?

"But if we're defining intelligence as an ability to grasp public policy issues, to synthesize information in a coherent way, I would not call George W. Bush "pretty smart." All the public evidence available to us shows a man who thinks in crude, simplistic slogans. Bush did suffer a lot of ridicule for his speaking flubs. But I don't think awkward speaking was the problem. His way of discussing policy bore all the hallmarks of a highly simplistic mind. "
In other words, if he didn't agree with the Liberal/Progressive elite, he is dumb.

That means there are are a lot of dumb people doing amazing things.

Really, what has Jonathan Chait ever done?

Jonathan Chait is a commentator and writer for New York magazine. He was previously a senior editor at The New Republic and a former assistant editor of The American Prospect. He also writes a periodic column in the Los Angeles Times.

In other words the idiot spawn of progressive inter breeding.



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