Are you smarter than Barack Obama?

[LoZoccolo]

Poll question: Are you smarter than Barack Obama?

[bunnies]

1. nope. nt

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Probably yes, but he'll be a better president than I would be

Smart isn't everything.

[gblady]

3. just curious....

why you think you are?

[wyldwolf]

4. because he reads the internets

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

17. You listen to someone for a year and get an impression of them.

Obama strikes me a very bright by political standards but politics doesn't attract intellectual freaks. Every politician has people on staff who are a lot smarter, but lacking other qualities.

The smartest people in the world are likelier to be hiding in their parent's basement than sitting in the oval office.

Obama is brilliant by presidential standards, as were Clinton and Carter.

But I know people considerably brighter than that. Doesn't mean they should be president.

Maybe Obama is much smarter than I am so it shouldn't be about me... let me rephrase: it's a certainty that there are people on DU smarter than any successful politician, Obama included.

Doesn't mean they should be president.

Smart is a VERY limited commodity.

[Occam Bandage]

5. I honestly have no idea.

There are so many things that go into the perception of intelligence that I can't really answer that. I'm pretty sure I can process certain types of information more quickly than he can, but I wouldn't put money on that. At the same time, I think I lack a certain depth and intellectual moderation that he has, I'm nowhere near as capable of expressing myself as he is, and I certainly don't have the drive he does. And I absolutely do not have the breadth of information to draw upon that he does.

On the whole, I'd guess I'd have to say "It depends on how you define intelligence, under the most favorable definitions maybe, but overall probably not."

[Jennicut]

6. No and I readily admit it. But I was smarter then Shrub, heck my 4 year old was

[theoldman]

7. What is your definition of smart?

Are your talking of wisdom, IQ, intelligence?

[defendandprotect]

15. "Are Americans smart about really stupid things" --- ????

[WI_DEM]

8. It's hard to say who is more intelligent. I'm sure in politics and government that Obama has most

of us beat but we certainly are more intelligent than he is in our own areas of expertise.

[Solon]

9. You ask the wrong question, it should be do you think you are more well read/more informed than...

Obama. Intelligence itself is rather subjective, even the so called IQ test is as well, however, being well read can at least be somewhat identifiable with what his stated positions are or what he's said publicly that we can access.

[patrice]

10. I have taught "smart" people, and, yes, being smart does give one a better

chance of solving ethical conundrums, but it is no gaurantee of where one's heart is.

Are you smarter than Karl Rove? who has a piece of crap where his heart should be - or - George Will? who has a cinder for a heart.

[hileeopnyn8d]

11. I don't know

I've never clicked on the ad link to take the test and find out. :p

[kevsand]

12. Is this a trick question?

I only ask because it's a well known fact that I am smarter than everybody.

[LoZoccolo]

50. Well, I have to write the poll to ask everybody else too, lol. n/t

[defendandprotect]

13. As we c an see from Bush/Cheney, intelligence isn't key in wanting to be in power ---

Possibly many of us are "smarter" than Obama . . . whatever that means?

Are Americans smart about really stupid things?

Looks like it to me!

I think EGO plays a large role in this ---

and setting a precedent for an AA I think is important for the country.

Did I vote for a "black" man -- NO. I voted for a Democratic Party to be in leadership

and for a liberal/progressive/populist agenda.

[uppityperson]

14. It depends on what you are talking about. If you mean do I know more than he as far as

what he is doing being PE, no.If you mean IQ, perhaps. If you mean am I smarter about the things I am knowledgeable about than he, yes.

[Vilis Veritas]

16. Synaptically, yes.

Parenthically, no.

[AnneD]

18. I don't know where to put my vote....

I think we are equal on the common sense and I think I am stronger in some areas but his strength is in other ares. I don't think I am as naive than he is, but then, I an older too. I think we would be about even.

[Sebastian Doyle]

19. Does it matter how smart Obama is, or what he does with it?

Poppy Bush is a smart guy. He wouldn't have been able to get away with everything he has for the last 50 years if he wasn't. But that didn't make him a good President.

I'm a smart guy. Obama's a smart guy. Which one of us has a higher IQ? Damned if I know, or really care. He's not a moron like Chimpy, and that's good. But that doesn't ensure that his administration will be a 180 degree difference from Chimpy's. The people he surrounds himself with DO. And it's those people who will be influencing his decisions. They may not make decisions FOR him, like Chimpy's people more than likely did. But his information will come through those "filters".

[Frustratedlady]

20. I voted yes for a very good argument.

I never would have even considered running for the office of POTUS after what Bush has done to it the last 8 years. Then, again, if he's successful, as I'm sure he will be, he will make such an impression on the electorate, they will never let him leave office.

I hope he shows George how it's done. Go, Obama!

[Forkboy]

21. Depends on the topic.

If it's hockey, Godzilla, sex, meatballs, music and fighting I have his ass beat.

If it's stupid things like diplomacy or policy or that kind of silliness than I guess he might know a tad more than I.

:P

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

26. You forgot gimps. nt

[Forkboy]

30. That falls under "sex".

:D

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

44. Of course. What was I thinking? n/t

[babylonsister]

33. Precious.

:rofl:

Meatballs? :crazy:

[Forkboy]

36. Hey, meatballs are serious stuff.

:D

[BeyondGeography]

53. Meatballs are huge

Walk with pride, lad.

[donco6]

22. Irrelevant.

Smart people make mistakes, too.

Really smart people admit them and fix them.

[RaleighNCDUer]

23. I think my IQ might be higher, but his social IQ is WAY higher than mine.

I don't do too well with people.

I guess that would be a 'yes and no'.

[stevenleser]

49. I'd probably say the same...

I do fairly well with people, but not like an Obama or a Bill Clinton.

[derby378]

24. That's too simplistic...

If I was in a room alone with Obama, I might be able to score a few points on him if we debate scientific issues, but he'd probably mop the floor with me on Constitutional issues and various political topics.

I defer to Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Every man is my master, in that I may learn from him."

[JuniperLea]

25. At being president, no... not even close...

Smart is a lot of things. There's IQ, there's knowledge, and there is wisdom that comes from experience.

All that said, I'm sure I'm "smarter" than Obama in several areas of knowledge, and probably IQ, but I don't know nuttin' about presidentin'! I wouldn't trust myself as far as I could throw me!

:rofl:

[JimGinPA]

27. LOL - At Least 20 People Here Have Awfully High Opinions Of Themselves

:hide:



:rofl:

[wyldwolf]

28. residing in an echo chamber like DU tends to do that

[ddeclue]

34. He's just another lawyer folks...not an astronaut

Yes he's very charismatic and an eloquent speaker and writer.

Yes he's a smart man.

Yes he's a top flight attorney

but NO he's not SO smart that there aren't smarter people than him here on DU.

Douglas J. De Clue

[Fire1]

56. Without a doubt, many DU members are at least 'as smart' as

Obama, which is sufficient, as far as I'm concerned.

[Jersey Devil]

29. I dunno, but I am smarter than the average bear

Hey, hey, hey!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6teRauwvIY

[Phx_Dem]

31. You forgot to include a "Bwahahahahaha" choice, which

I would have selected.

[ddeclue]

32. Yes.

[EFerrari]

35. In what respect, LoZo?

[ulysses]

37. doubt it, but so what?

[Forkboy]

39. so STFU!

At least, I think that's the gist. :evilgrin:

[ulysses]

43. that's what I figured as well.

We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

[BeyondGeography]

38. No, but I can destroy things quicker

[Forkboy]

40. Godzilla says +1

[ddeclue]

42. If Godzilla were a software engineer he would say "++"

:rofl:

[bigwillq]

41. And what exactly is the point of this thread?

:shrug:

[polichick]

45. Sure does look like it! ;)

[mmonk]

46. Absolutely.

Glad you asked.

[Bucky]

47. Not only smarter, but also more modest! Goddamn, but I'm a self-effacing genius!!

When it comes down to thoughtful circumspection, I fucking RAWCK!!

[babylonsister]

48. LOL! Lots of 'modest' people around these parts. nt

[Genevieve]

51. No, Obama is smarter than I ....

Though my IQ rank is In the top percentile, no, no way am I smarter than Barack Obama.

[lunatica]

52. Hell no, and I like it that way!

[depakid]

54. That question would depend on what field of endeavor or study one was talking about

For example, Obama's not shown much if any science aptitude- though arguably, that's not the most critical of skills sets necessary to do the job.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

55. No, but I'm a much better bowler than he is.

[ddeclue]

57. I admit that he's a much better basketball player than I...

:rofl:

I saw him sink that half court shot on TV a few months back during the election and was floored. Mark Price and Larry Byrd would have been proud of that shot.

:)

[lumberjack_jeff]

58. No. My principles are simply less malleable. n/t