Rush Limbaugh

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

every once and awhile, MS Outlook sends my e-mail before I'm finished
 (because I hit control-enter by mistake). Here's my finished message.

Carrol writes: 
> I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re
> the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how fooled
> everyone was in Eisenhower's administration by his genius at mimicking
> stupidity. I think leftists should simply stay away from estimating
> _anyone's_ intelligence or absence thereof. Remember Gould's 
> _Mismeasure of Man_ -- and particularly his savaging of the concept of 
> _g_. Focus on  what a government _does_ and on the actual content (not the style) of
> what it says, not on the personel.

In addition, it's not the "intelligence" of W that's important. It's the intelligence of his team (including 
Karl Rove) that's important. This intelligence is more than that of the team's individuals. A bunch of
smart people can act dumb if they don't listen to others outside the team, believe their own 
propaganda, etc. 

On the concept of intelligence, I think that Gardner's 8-fold classification of different types of 
intelligences makes sense.

Jim