"I'll take The 57 States for a thousand, Alex."
Kenneth T. Walsh, Chief White House correspondent for US News & World Report, met the The Greatest President History in person and thinks he’s also the Smartest President In History.
“Face to face,” Walsh says, “President Obama seems even more unflappable, cerebral, and dispassionate than he appears on television.”
Silly us. We thought things like the war with Fox News, the AP, and Edmonds.com made Obama seem a wee bit thin skinned. But Walsh tells us, “Obama’s natural instinct is to keep his feelings to himself.”
Just to be sure, we’re still talking about Barack Obama, right?
Finally, Walsh says, “I have interviewed each of the past five presidents — Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and now Obama—and Obama seems the most cerebral and the least emotional of them all.”
That may be true, Kenneth, but we’ll bet you good money that the other four could have told you how many states there are.
Source: NewsBusters.org
- Written by Patrick Michael
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He’ll probably rank right up there with Wolf Blitzer’s performance on Jeopardy.
For those who missed that one, here’s the article with video of his brilliant performance (if the video censors have not yet got to it):
Wolf Blitzer goes on Jeopardy, answers the question “Is that guy really that stupid?”
Everybody is claiming how smart the man is but they have nothing to base it on. As far as I know, his educational history that includes his grades and his work has not materialized. Imus interviewed someone who claimed the Obama is the smartest president of all time. Imus asks what his IQ is. Response….”I don’t know, but he’s really smart” (paraphased)
Saying something doesn’t really make it true.
Obama has above average reading skills. That does not make him smart. This point was proven when his grand oratory was reduced to incoherent muttering as his teleprompter sputtered then died.
Seems my “talk” (read that as “ass whipping”) with Rahm made an impression. He finally got Bo to keep his mouth shut.
Rahm asked, “Red, can’t we just wire his jaw shut?” Damn, that boy has some stupid moments! I was exasperated at that point. “No Goddammit, we can’t, Rahm! Do you know how much I spent on that dental work? That’s a brand new mouth there, and except for him talking, it works great. No! You set Bo up for that remote controlled stun gun the CIA uses in Gitmo. Have the chip implanted in his brain, just like we did with Knucklehead, only make sure this one works. That one Knucklehead has in him is always on the fritz.”
Now, every time Bo tries to say something that isn’t on the prompter, all Rahm has to do is push a button. From the looks of that photo, Rahm had it at the three or four power setting. He’s not supposed to take it over six unless its an emergency. We’ve got to protect those teeth!
They say ‘unflappable’, I say ‘cold, dead eyes with a personality to match’.
Right, focus on the BULLS! … Not Our troops, Our jobs, Our economy & Our people but your TV foto-op expedient smooth talk.. & an agenda to destroy the economy, dollar & small business.. such a smart guy.. when will the charasmatic charm end?
Patrick, nice finish on your article, the “57 states” thing, however, that misstatement by Obama was due to complete exhaustion from the campaign, this I’m am quite sure of……and so are you, if you were honest.
I do agree with Kenneth Walsh in his assessment of Obama, with one exception, and that is…..IMHO Bill Clinton is the most intellectual President we have every had, with Obama in a very close 2nd. That is why I voted for both of them…..and I’m not sorry I did in either case!!!!
The most intellectual President the U.S. has ever had was Thomas Jefferson. Clinton, Bush and Obama are paint-by-numbers artists compared to Jefferson.
Stupid pronouncements like Kittykats’s boggle my mind.
All of you personality cultists can line up in front of me. I’ve got some kool-aide for you.
“I’m not sorry I did in either case!!!!”
Not yet you’re not. BTW, it was 58 states.
Jack-Ass has spoken again…..woo hoo. I believe that your mind was probably “boggled” long before my pronouncements.
This is my opinion and I really don’t give a rat’s ass what you think!
BTW, Kittykat, you’re not the first person to call me a jackass, nor are you the smartest one to do so. Don’t mean nothing, to me.
No, Kittykat, I made it quite clear that it was your pronouncement that had the effect of boggling my mind. May I suggest that you chew on some grass? That might help with your hairballs.
If Barry Obama is so smart… Why was the country so much more prosperous under Bush (4-6% unemployment rate), Clinton (90s tech boom), even GHW Bush and for sure under Regan (he pulled the nation back from the Carter mess)? Smart is as smart accomplishes… Not as some label which people give others based on their like/dislike of someone due to his political leanings.
Feline, I see you said the Barry Obama gaffe was from his “complete exhaustion from the campaign”. Sure, you did not say it was from his “tireless working as a US Senator- the job he was elected to do during that time” as the reason. I wonder why?
Obama was the puppet the Chicago Political Machine (I live in Chicago BTW) and worked less in his actual job then on his job of media image and spin. Lying all day and making promises you can’t keep can lead to “complete exhaustion from the campaign” I am sure. That, and it took a billion dollars in hype, media bias, ACORN voter fraud and then Barry won by a razor thin mere 10 million votes- most of whom were moderates and independents who he now pissed off and alienated.
Pretty Kitty, with Obama we have the most unqualified POTUS in history; one with the thinnest resume ever. You can say he is ’smart’ but he acts like a foolish manchild and not the servant leader the USA needs in these modern times.
I see that feline said Obama was ’smart’ and not that Obama is ‘without any doubt leading the USA into a never ending golden time of prosperity’ with his judgment.
Also what kind of smart is Obama? There is book smart, street smart, people skill type of smart, emotional intelligence, military strategy smart, practical money making smart, ‘horse sense’, intuition… Obama lacks in all these areas. So enlighten me on how exactly he is smart!
Teleprompter reading does not count for actual smarts. But Obama is very skilled at, and overly reliant on, that. He is at least smart enough to not open his mouth without having another’s pre scripted words ready for him to use.
The One is smart at buying real art: an imitation “Matisse.” Giving the Queen a cheap gift. Having his wife over dress at a military funeral. Any more out there?
“Smart” is a relative term. If Barry’s intelligence is compared to that of his devoted doltish followers then he naturally appears smarter than smart. Fortunately, those of average and above intelligence aren’t so easily fooled.
Uh, feline–Clinton’s IQ is 137–not bad, but not the “most intellectual” president we’ve ever had. Affirmative Action Boy probably has an IQ in the 120 to 125 range, which is also not bad, but his chronic laziness diminishes his ability to actually achieve anything in the real world. P.S.– My IQ is 154, so I’m smarter than both their asses.