I scored in the 99th percentile on the AFQT. What does this prove?
----- Original Message ----- From: "William H. Magill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dubin, Elisabeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "University City List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dan Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [UC] Bush Victory > On 07 Nov, 2004, at 17:37, Dubin, Elisabeth wrote: > >> This is quite funny. Ok, I'll bite. What non-partisan political >> analysts would those be? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of William H. Magill >> >> BTW, while neither has released the actual numbers, quite a number of >> actually non-partisan political analysts (yes they do exist) have >> indicated that Bush probably has a higher IQ than Kerry. > > There are a number of Blog sites that have covered the topic. > > The original "story" was broken by Steve Sailer > http://www.vdare.com/sailer/kerry_iq_lower.htm > > and then picked up by other entities like the New York Times and NBC > Nightly News, as well as a host of other bloggers. > > Sailor's original post is quite verbose (it makes me sound abrupt), but > the gist of it is that Kerry scored in the 50th percentile in the AFQT > (Armed Forces Qualifying test) as posted on Kerry's website, and Bush > scored in the 75th. > > This blog discusses the collection of blogs discussing the topic. > > http://thrasymachus.typepad.com/thras/2004/10/kerrys_iq.html > > If I remember correctly, it was Tim Russert of NBC who made the comment on > several occasions to the effect that, "throughout his political career, > Bush has been considered "dumb" by his opponents, to their ultimate > consternation; his "folksy" ways are simply not understood in the Urban > centers, and are interpreted as the "dumb hillbilly" stereotype." > > Interviewed by Brokaw, Kerry had this to say... > > "Brokaw: Do you think he's [Bush's] a smart man? > Kerry: I do. Yes, I do think he's a smart man. > > Brokaw: Do you think too many people in your party underestimate? > Kerry: I think people have always underestimated President Bush. But > I'm proud that in those debates, I didn't underestimate him." > > http://www.isteve.com/04OctB.htm#brokaw > > These threads make fascinating reading ... but as one blogger put it "Who > cares!" > > [All of the assorted complaints about "standardized testing" are > enumerated somewhere in at least one of the threads.] > > [If you want more reading, just "Google" "bush kerry IQ" -- there are at > least 100 entries out of 92,000 that are appropriate!] > > T.T.F.N. > William H. Magill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
