Who, in your opinion, was/is smarter? Reagan or Bush II

[book_worm]

Poll question: Who, in your opinion, was/is smarter? Reagan or Bush II

[rzemanfl]

1. Before or after Reagan got senile? n/t

[book_worm]

3. before--maybe even after, nah, better leave it before.

[madokie]

2. raygun is smarter than bush2 even though he is 6ft down under imo

[zorahopkins]

4. That's Kind Of Like Asking

That's kind of like asking who is more dead: Hitler or Napoleon?

[Junkdrawer]

13. LOL.

:rofl:

[ClassWarrior]

5. Raygun was a puppet. Junior** is a criminal.

He uses the perception of stupidity to get away with his crimes.

NGU.

[book_worm]

6. yet in his private diaries Reagan writes with a certain amount of perception

which I'm sure Junior could never equal.

[ClassWarrior]

9. Doesn't mean he's stupid. Just means you don't need to be a writer...

...to be a master criminal.

NGU.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. What is 0 Divided By 0?

Ugh

[Deep13]

15. Can't divide by zero.

:evilgrin:

O gosh, I am such a smart-ass.

[MannyGoldstein]

30. That Was Kinda Sorta The Point

I think...

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Smarter in the sense of more cunning?

BushII every time.

[Whisp]

28. I think it was Joe Wilson who said of bush2:

He's intelligent, in a feral sort of way.

that has always stuck in my mind and seems to fit with how I percieve the ________ piece of __________.

[speedoo]

10. "smarter"????

Would you care to rephrase?

Suggestion: replace "smarter" with "more stupid".

[book_worm]

12. how about "less stupid"?

[speedoo]

18. That'll work. nt

[Labors of Hercules]

11. That's like asking which is smarter: a brick or a lugnut? nt.

[Deep13]

14. W is smarter. He has been very successful in starting WW3 and screwing the nation.

I think Reagan relied on others more. Still, it is hard to say. They were both so good at being horrible. I think Reagan actually believed he was doing what was right while W knows it is just a ruse.

[Double T]

16. Alzheimer's or psychopath bully idiot?

How do YOU compare the two?

[DemGa]

17. Neither would be able to grasp details

But Reagan was overall more dull.

I think Reagan was truly not that bright--maybe just above average intelligence.

Bush is above average intelligence, but almost certainly a psychopath.

[Occam Bandage]

19. Bush II by a mile. He isn't stupid at all.

He's naïve, incurious, lazy, anti-intellectual, and stubbornly opposed to forcing his mind to do anything but affirm his beliefs. He is callous and superficial. He lives in a bubble, and keeps himself completely uninformed. He knows little and cares to know little.

However, when forced to, he seems capable of thought. His current job does not force him to think. In fact, in the world his advisors have made for him, thinking can be disastrous. His purpose is to stay on message. His purpose is to repeat the words that they have tested and determined to put people in certain mindsets. His purpose is not to think, consider, formulate, propose, or anything like that.

Reagan, on the other hand, was outright stupid.

[Benhurst]

20. Even in the throes of Alzheimer's, Reagan was smarter than Dubya;

but that's not saying much.

[rucky]

21. As in "don't get smart with me"?

Bush is the ultimate smartass.

[Stinky The Clown]

22. This is the hardest choice I've faced this week.

Vapid vs Vacant

Dumber and Dumbest

Sick and Fuck

Slack and Slacker

Sleepy and Dopey

[Vogon_Glory]

23. I'm Thinking That Reagan Was Wiser

For all that I disliked Reagan-the-President, I think that he was far wiser than Bush 43. RWR, for all that he wasn't the smartest guy in the Executive Branch, had the good sense to at least occasionally listen to competent counsel and even (at least sometimes) act on competent counsel.

When I think back to the Reagan era, for all that I think that it hurt the poor here in the US and made life worse for many in the poorer countries, I said thank heavens we had Reagan back then instead of Buckaroo Bush, and I thank heaven that we had Nancy grounding some of Ronnie's more foolish flights of fancy.

[BuyingThyme]

24. I think it has to be broken down by year.

[H2O Man]

25. Clearly Reagan was.

He knew he was playing a role.

[HughMoran]

26. Two ignoramuses with the intellect of a water rat

I couldn't decide which one was more of an ignorant ass-hole.

[Lisa]

27. well, that's a real puzzler, innit!

Hats off for a provocative question, book_worm!

On the one hand ... Reagan DID have enough competence to actually save several people's lives, when he was working as a lifeguard. But then again, he switched his party allegiance to the GOP, didn't he.

Decisions, decisions!

[Ishoutandscream2]

29. Yes, this question has given me a headache

Decisions, decisions, indeed.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

31. Reagan was as dumb as a box of rocks

Bush's intelligence is like the empty box, before they put the rocks in it.