Bill Press: Bogus Lovenstein Institute IQ study fake, but accurate

Bill Press "apologizes":

I’ll admit I was wrong. I goofed. I cited a study ranking George Bush as having the lowest IQ of any of the last 12 presidents. Bill Clinton, scoring the highest. As I later discovered, that study was bogus. There is no so-called Lovenstein Institute.

Again, I’ll admit I was wrong.

But you’ve got to admit: It sure is believable. Does anybody doubt that Bill Clinton’s the smartest - and George Bush is the dumbest? Just look at his record.

See? Straight from the Dan Rather-Mary Mapes School of Fraudulent Journalism, the "fake, but accurate" excuse.

Iraq. That dumbbell took us to war to get rid of WMD that didn’t even exist.

But that's what lots of people - INCLUDING PROMINENT DEMOCRATS - thought were there even long before January 2001.

The Middle East. He’s so dumb he doesn’t know the first step toward ending a war is for both sides to stop shooting.

Oh, really? I thought the first step toward ending a war was that one side wins. Did the Revolutionary War end when both sides agreed to just stop shooting? No. Did the Civil War? No. WWI? WWII? No and no. They all ended because one side won.

Go back and learn basic history, Press.

Global warming. Miami will be underwater before he realizes there’s a problem.

Miami will not become underwater from "global warming." Was the area underwater a few hundred years ago when the Earth was warmer than it is today? Nope.

The budget. He couldn’t balance a budget if his job depended on it. Too bad it doesn’t.

Yeah, he should do what Clinton did and take credit for other people coming up with a balanced budget.

See what I mean? Who needs a study? It’s self-evident.

George Bush is not only the dumbest of all 12 presidents since World War II.

He’ll go down in history - as the dumbest president…ever!

And when he doesn't (at least according to rational people), you'll go down in history as one of the dumbest pundits ever.

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