Tale of the Tape-Dumb or Dumber?
August 21, 2004
Posted by kris at August 21, 2004 05:05 PM
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There's been a lot of talk about the intelligence of our Presidential candidates. Is John Kerry a nuanced genius? Is George W. Bush a smirking chimp? Let's take a look and find out, shall we?
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| College Education | Yale | Yale | Push |
| Graduate Education | Boston College Law | Harvard Business School | HBS boasts roughly 20% of the top three officers of Fortune 500 companies. BC Law has, um, John Kerry. Score one for Bush. |
| Vietnam | Swift Boat veteran served in Vietnam | Pilot in Texas Air National Guard | Bush - he got to stay in Texas and got a cool pilot's leather jacket. |
| Marriage | Married an heiress | Married a librarian | Laura is fantastic lady, but Teresa is really, really, really rich. Advantage Kerry. |
| Memory | Testified that Christmas in Cambodia was "seared" into his memory. Except that he wasn't there. Oops! | Doesn't recall the details of some of his National Guard service | Push |
| Names & Faces | Confuses himself with Bob Kerrey | Mispronounces names | Bush - it's one thing to stumble over a name, it's quite another to forget your own. |
In a shocking upset (at least to liberals), Bush wins 3-1. I guess Kerry isn't so much "nuanced" as "confused". So, with apologies to Nick Bakay, this just goes to show that, once again, everything is easier if you just break it down.
Posted by kris at August 21, 2004 05:05 PM
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