Patrick Elliott wrote:
> I think Bush was a borderline idiot

Much as we like to insult politicians, I doubt Bush was even close to 
being a borderline idiot; my understanding is that 'idiot' is (or was, 
back in the day) a clearly delineated statement of particular mental 
ability reserved for people with genuinely *really low* IQs.  And, to 
reference wikipedia, "In the early 1900s, Dr. Henry H. Goddard proposed 
a classification system for mental retardation based on the Binet-Simon 
concept of mental age. Individuals with the lowest mental age level 
(less than three years) were identified as idiots; imbiciles had a 
mental age of three to 7 years., and morons had a mental age of seven to 
ten years.  IQ, or intelligence quotient, is determined by dividing a 
person's mental age, as determined by standardized tests, by 
chronological age. The term "idiot" is sometimes used to refer to people 
having an IQ below 30."

So...yeah.

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