Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Say, NYT article says DUBYA's IQ is higher than Kerry's.
This must infuriate the intellectual left that someone so
eloquent and intellectually nuanced in the ways of the world
would actually be 'less smart' than their arch enemy.
(Hat tip to Scared but Hopeful)

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/politics/campaign/24points.html

Here's the money quotes:

Mr. Sailer estimated from Mr. Bush's SAT score (1206) that his I.Q. was in the mid-120's, about 10 points lower than Al Gore's.

Mr. Bush's score on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test at age 22 again suggests that his I.Q was the mid-120's, putting Mr. Bush in about the 95th percentile of the population, according to Mr. Sailer. Mr. Kerry's I.Q. was about 120, in the 91st percentile, according to Mr. Sailer's extrapolation of his score at age 22 on the Navy Officer Qualification Test.

Linda Gottfredson, an I.Q. expert at the University of Delaware, called it a creditable analysis said she was not surprised at the results or that so many people had assumed that Mr. Kerry was smarter. "People will often be misled into thinking someone is brighter if he says something complicated they can't understand," Professor Gottfredson said.

(edit: I note that indcjournal has the same link)