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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (68864)	9/10/2004 12:04:19 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

High IQ by itself is meaningless. IQ is only one form of intelligence. Emotional intelligence, aka "people smarts" are essential in most areas of life. You don't have to be well born to get ahead, look at Bill Clinton. He came from a broken home, had an abusive step father, yet became a two term President. He has a very high IQ but his real gift is "people smarts." Dubya also has very good "people smarts." His staff used to serve other Republican administrations, but are loyal to him and his administration worked like a well oiled clock from before the beginning. I watched the Florida debacle very closely, and they were just awesome, totally outlawyered and outsmarted Gore's group. Gore doesn't have a lot of "people smarts" is my guess. There are other kinds of intelligence, for example, athletes, musicians and artists have physical intelligence.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (68864)	9/10/2004 12:06:50 PM
From: t4texas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793587

mary, smarten-up. a leader, e.g., the president does not need to be smart in ways you envision. there is too much equivocating in your vision, and everyone in the country gets confused. that's ok for academics, because equivocating is how they answer most difficult questions. i know. i have been there. a presidental leader needs to make (good) decisions, and that takes the power of judgment as well as some intelligence.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (68864)	9/10/2004 1:58:15 PM
From: Bridge Player	Respond to of 793587

What do you suppose Harry Truman's IQ was? A party hack from Kansas City who happened to become president purely by a series of random coincidences. One with a lot of guts, btw, who happened to become a pretty fair president. Offhand, I can think of a few dozen more important characteristics to rate any president on.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (68864)	9/10/2004 2:17:43 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793587

The President on the other does not have that high of an IQ, didn't study that much in school, and woke up after 40 and decided he was going to quite drinking and change his life. Speaking from personal experience, a high IQ isn't worth anything unless it is applied. I coasted my way though rather than working at it. I know a lot of people with average IQ's that have done very well because they worked hard. All of us know high IQ failures.