October 24, 2004
Sailer and VDARE.COM In
NYT
By
James
Fulford
Steve Sailer's piece on
Kerry's IQ has generated a lot of interest. Old
Media: The New York Times's John Tierney mentions
it, and us, in a story called
Secret Weapon for Bush?, October 24, 2004. New
Media: #28 on the Daytop
Top 40, with links
around the blogosphere. (Two Blowhards, Roger
Schlafly,
Pajama Journal, John
Ray,
Wizbang)
Colby Cosh: "His finding? You guessed it--the
Republican dummy is the smart one."
The Mighty Barrister: "here's an intelligent and
comprehensive analysis of the similar tests taken by the
two men, compiled by Steve Sailer."
Matt Welch writes on
Reason.com:
Do You Care About the Candidates' IQs? Me neither.
But for those who take nourishment from detailed
political irrelevance, this
Steve Sailer column is positively swimming in
intelligence-test minutiae.
With all due respect to
Welch, who can be a fairly bright guy, everyone
is interested in Bush's
alleged stupidity, and Kerry's
alleged brightness, including the
readers of Reason.Com's Hit and Run blog.
Saying we're not
interested is like the
"not interested in Bill Clinton's sex life"
meme that was popular during his failed
impeachment.
Yes, there were
better reasons for impeaching him, but everyone was
interested in his sex life.
