Elite

Doesn't elite mean 'good?' Is that not something we're looking for in a president anymore? ... I know elite is a bad word in politics. You want to go bowling and throw back a few beers. But the job you're applying for---if you get it and it goes well---they might carve your head into a mountain. If you don't actually think you're better than us, then what the fuck are you doing? ... [N]ot only do I want an elite president, I want someone who is embarrassingly superior to me."
---Jon Stewart

Most Americans are only of average I.Q. you know.. by definition that is 100 (technically "average" is 80-114). Average I.Q. is around 98 in the US.. and that's really not very bright.. and average people tend to be resentful and distrusting of hyper-smart people. That's why it's better to tone down the intellect, depending on the crowd.

So.. you have John McMaverick The Straight Shooter.. the rugged fighter jock of the people.. and you have the elite educated, ridiculously intelligent and articulate Obama... and it's going to be hard to get Cleetus to vote for him.

Maybe call it the Bush effect.. You run a candidate with about a 110 IQ, so he seems smarter than the 100's, even have him frequently stumble over 4th grade vocabulary words.. have him clear some brush.. and BAM.. he's your new President of the United States.

How about we have a voter qualification exam? For the good of us all, there should be some minimum qualifications to being able to cast a vote.

... just an idea.

I'm going to post the ranking of states by I.Q., and the candidate the majority voted for in the last presidential election. Blogger likes to take out the spaces, so it's not nice and neat.. but the source is here.

You'll probably notice that the top ranked states are all Democratic, blue, liberal states..

The point doesn't get made very often, but by virtually every measure, the blue states are superior to the red states. I wonder how anyone could possibly argue that somehow "Conservatism" is a better ideology than Liberalism? I wonder if the degree of religion is a factor? I wonder.. does religion make people dumber.. or does religion thrive better where people are dumber?

I report.. you decide..

LIST STATE IQ ELECT
1 Connecticut 113 John Kerry
2 Massachusetts 111 John Kerry
3 New Jersey 111 John Kerry
4 New York 109 John Kerry
5 Rhode Island 107 John Kerry
6 Hawaii 106 John Kerry
7 Maryland 105 John Kerry
8 New Hampshire 105 John Kerry
9 Illinois 104 John Kerry
10 Delaware 103 John Kerry
11 Minnesota 102 John Kerry
12 Vermont 102 John Kerry
13 Washington 102 John Kerry
14 California 101 John Kerry
15 Pennsylvania 101 John Kerry
16 Maine 100 John Kerry
17 Virginia 100 George Bush
18 Wisconsin 100 John Kerry
19 Colorado 99 George Bush
20 Iowa 99 George Bush
21 Michigan 99 John Kerry
22 Nevada 99 George Bush
23 Ohio 99 George Bush
24 Oregon 99 John Kerry
25 Alaska 98 George Bush
26 Florida 98 George Bush
27 Missouri 98 George Bush
28 Kansas 96 George Bush
29 Nebraska 95 George Bush
30 Arizona 94 George Bush
31 Indiana 94 George Bush
32 Tennessee 94 George Bush
33 North Carolina 93 George Bush
34 West Virginia 93 George Bush
35 Arkansas 92 George Bush
36 Georgia 92 George Bush
37 Kentucky 92 George Bush
38 New Mexico 92 George Bush
39 North Dakota 92 George Bush
40 Texas 92 George Bush
41 Alabama 90 George Bush
42 Louisiana 90 George Bush
43 Montana 90 George Bush
44 Oklahoma 90 George Bush
45 South Dakota 90 George Bush
46 South Carolina 89 George Bush
47 Wyoming 89 George Bush
48 Idaho 87 George Bush
49 Utah 87 George Bush
50 Mississippi 85 George Bush