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libdem4life

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209. It recurred a number of times, as did failing college scores. Every politician is "vetted" and she
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:13 PM
Dec 2012

was not.

The sexist stuff is very old...oh and the fact that women were jealous of her because she was attractive. Hogwash. Her college record was abysmal. No matter, putting this person forth as a Presidential prospect, via a slip on the banana peel, wasn't funny from any gender perspective.

Does this include their grasp of the English language or is this above and beyond? Earth_First Dec 2012 #1
In other breaking news, sun rises in East. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #2
Not if you watch Fox news. It doesn't rise, it's just there and moves around. No one understands Whovian Dec 2012 #3
Tide goes in, tide goes out. You can't explain that. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #5
Hey, you cannot talk about attraction here.... Swede Atlanta Dec 2012 #14
LOL. bettyellen Dec 2012 #38
Didn't Marco Rubio say the gravity is "just a theory"? Walk away Dec 2012 #77
Nothing to do with gravitational attraction. The baby Jesus makes the tides move. Squinch Dec 2012 #146
"...it's just there and moves around." KansDem Dec 2012 #125
The limits! MynameisBlarney Dec 2012 #136
Thanks! KansDem Dec 2012 #207
Laughed out loud at this one :) patricia92243 Dec 2012 #139
Yep. This is one of those "Well, DUH!" headlines...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #33
ya thnk? heaven05 Dec 2012 #64
LOL! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #4
WTF is your problem?! Earth_First Dec 2012 #7
I have to admit that picture has now embedded itself in my mind....... PDJane Dec 2012 #10
Forever! nt Walk away Dec 2012 #79
LOL RKP5637 Dec 2012 #20
Why do I envision Fox watchers barking at the vacuum cleaner? AlbertCat Dec 2012 #34
Every time O'Reilly goes to commercial JBoy Dec 2012 #74
They look for him behind the TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Walk away Dec 2012 #80
When FoX News is on... pbrower2a Dec 2012 #117
You actually watch FOX? :>))) pangaia Dec 2012 #135
My elderly parents do. pbrower2a Dec 2012 #166
Whew, good for you. pangaia Dec 2012 #186
I have a dog that barks at Joe Shmoe HillWilliam Dec 2012 #83
Awesome Release The Hounds Dec 2012 #87
Imagine how many people I will have to explain my new sign to. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #97
My dog barks at the vacuum cleaner, too, and Brainstormy Dec 2012 #126
This angers and frightens me! Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #6
LOL! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #49
Fox News Viewers Respond Evasporque Dec 2012 #191
A Fox "News" viewer is basically a frightened dog barking at a vacuum cleaner. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #8
I believed the written reports of Palin's IQ ... 83 ... this kind of gives it some credibility. libdem4life Dec 2012 #9
Serious? Her IQ was reported? at 83? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #50
Yes...I couldn't find the first one I saw...the one I found online now don't look as "weathered" libdem4life Dec 2012 #56
It is a proven fact that the dumbest cat that ever lived was still smarter than any Republican Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #67
Yep... progressoid Dec 2012 #92
No way. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #149
ECE...Primary here. Absolutely challenged. But we had to "pass" them every year, libdem4life Dec 2012 #182
undistinguished pbrower2a Dec 2012 #172
80 is borderline retarded. i doubt palin's iq is 80, & i know of no legal way that her actual HiPointDem Dec 2012 #202
It recurred a number of times, as did failing college scores. Every politician is "vetted" and she libdem4life Dec 2012 #209
you want to think she's retarded, you just go right ahead. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #210
I call bullish*t. NoodleyAppendage Dec 2012 #11
You're right, sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #26
Yes, it does seem suspicious sakabatou Dec 2012 #29
Not bullshit, it's satire. (Well, maybe it is bullshit too.) Make7 Dec 2012 #45
Yes, that can be taken very seriously... reACTIONary Dec 2012 #145
How exactly does that correlate to IQ? Make7 Dec 2012 #159
I don't think it does, I didn't say that it did, and I didn't read that it did in the excerpt.... reACTIONary Dec 2012 #169
There's such a high correlation between pulse rate/blood pressure... mojowork_n Dec 2012 #161
No. tpsbmam Dec 2012 #178
I was kidding. Sorry. (Suggesting they must have included people without a pulse in ther numbers.) mojowork_n Dec 2012 #187
Wayyyyyyyyyyy too tired to spot the clear humor!! n/t tpsbmam Dec 2012 #194
Of course it's bullshit RomneyLies Dec 2012 #47
I agree Duppers Dec 2012 #60
Playing with a full deck? Heck they havent even figured out out how to take the cellophane off. cstanleytech Dec 2012 #96
LOL. :D Duppers Dec 2012 #116
Meet my neighbor before you make up your mind. nt Walk away Dec 2012 #81
Obviously you haven't spent much time talking to Fox Viewers. No one needed a sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #99
Smartypants tavalon Dec 2012 #102
No such report on Intelligence-Institute.com is found. Festivito Dec 2012 #129
I call bullshit even more..... tpsbmam Dec 2012 #185
Hmmmm... Now, why does it show a popup for the Onion when I follow the link...? nt Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #12
Not the Onion. Whovian Dec 2012 #13
Oh, I don't doubt that it's not true... Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #19
Oh no, it's definitely made up muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #31
So what is 'business intelligence'? pbrower2a Dec 2012 #121
In my limited exposure to the term... Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #174
And from Forbes Whovian Dec 2012 #15
What I'm taking away from my first read Coyotl Dec 2012 #16
That's $199 well spent muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #17
OMG that's funny! tavalon Dec 2012 #103
Interesting Turbineguy Dec 2012 #147
I suspect this is a satirical piece, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #18
80 is higher... orwell Dec 2012 #21
They needed a study for this? We all know Fox News viewers are stupid... Initech Dec 2012 #22
President Obama standing next to a "ghostly" image of a child holding a tarantula. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #23
Well duh. Rehpotsirhc Dec 2012 #24
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #27
That response kind of proves the point of this study. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #28
The country has already gone *2* hell thanks to stupid fox news viewers. I hope they are happy. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2012 #40
And his medication! nt Walk away Dec 2012 #82
welcome to DU! renate Dec 2012 #138
I work with many PhD chemists who watch Fox News exclusively... Hun Joro Dec 2012 #25
I've met plenty of people with advanced degrees Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #30
Eeek!... lolololol annabanana Dec 2012 #51
Too true.... MAD Dave Dec 2012 #59
I'd like to think that isn't the case with me Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #118
LMAO! OrwellwasRight Dec 2012 #62
They keep us techs as far away from the MBA types as possible TrogL Dec 2012 #85
That's great! Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #94
"Except for MBAs. Most of them are idiots within their area of expertise." Rob H. Dec 2012 #142
As my 82-year-old mother is fond of saying. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #150
To be honest, some of them are okay, Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #151
Want to destroy the Chinese economy? hifiguy Dec 2012 #155
In one of Art Buchwald's columns Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #156
A few misguided (or bigoted) PhD's wouldn't be enough to raise the IQ average morningfog Dec 2012 #69
Wasn't there another study much earlier that showed Fox "News" viewers knew less sakabatou Dec 2012 #32
yes, like blaming Acorn for fraudulent voting in 2012. bettyellen Dec 2012 #42
And here's the study for those wanting to know about it (HuffPo) sakabatou Dec 2012 #114
But that is not the study described in the OP. Make7 Dec 2012 #175
I know, I was referring to my own post sakabatou Dec 2012 #180
I know, I wanted to clarify for people browsing the reply titles. Make7 Dec 2012 #183
Stupid autistic me sakabatou Dec 2012 #184
I don't know how you're responsible for the lack of clarity in my writing. Make7 Dec 2012 #189
*shrugs* sakabatou Dec 2012 #190
Now THAT I believe. Believed in WMD, Saddam responsible for 9/11 etc. They don't know current patricia92243 Dec 2012 #141
Interesting the article is on Yahoo. The 80 IQ set has taken over Yahoo blogs. nt bluestate10 Dec 2012 #35
It's from 'PRWEB' - for $199 they will get anything you say on Yahoo News muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #43
+1 ThoughtCriminal Dec 2012 #63
Let's Be Clear: Iggy Dec 2012 #36
I don't think this is real. Nt Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #37
OYOH, I would think that people who don't beleive it is not real would be fox news viewers. nt Whovian Dec 2012 #55
I don't think it is real either. Chemisse Dec 2012 #78
How many viewers does Fox have? At most 2,000,000 and I think it's way less than sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #100
The US population is 314 million Chemisse Dec 2012 #123
Thanks for doing the math, I am terrible at math. I don't think it's true either,.for one sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #188
This was done by a conservative non profit group... the findings do not surprise me NotThisTime Dec 2012 #39
only twenty? spanone Dec 2012 #41
It's fun to believe that the other side is stupid, but an IQ of 80 is a stretch. LostInAnomie Dec 2012 #44
Only 20? I would have guessed more. Liberal Gramma Dec 2012 #46
So... Does this mean stupid people watch Fox "News", or does Fox "News" make you stupider? WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2012 #48
OK Billo Sander Dec 2012 #52
Well, I guess Psychology Today is also into satire. LancetChick Dec 2012 #53
Calling that 'satire' may be generous muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #61
heh heh heh ... like dogs barking at vacuum cleaners Shampoobra Dec 2012 #54
80 used to be the cutoff BainsBane Dec 2012 #57
It's a fake story, people. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #58
shhhh certainot Dec 2012 #66
I have a confession to make. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #144
the perfect gift for republicans! thanks for the suggestion certainot Dec 2012 #206
My poor ex husband.. It's still incredible to Cha Dec 2012 #65
Palin on science ErikJ Dec 2012 #68
One, The Last Democrat Dec 2012 #70
A real chicken / egg connundrum quaker bill Dec 2012 #71
Confirmation -- or insult? pbrower2a Dec 2012 #165
I did not come up with the results quaker bill Dec 2012 #177
Don't really trust general intelligence measurements myself eridani Dec 2012 #72
From last year: "“IE Users Have Lower IQs” Study Is a Hoax: Here Are Some of the Red Flags" muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #73
The Intelligence Institute is also selling... whistler162 Dec 2012 #75
I mentioned this study on a blog dinger130 Dec 2012 #76
Not surprising at all considering Mensans (world wide) lean far left. LittlestStar Dec 2012 #84
See Stupid, Find Repuglicans!!!! Disconnect Dec 2012 #86
Welcome to DU, Disconnect. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #91
I am P. Nichols and the study is real pnicholstii Dec 2012 #88
Thanks for the study and welcome to du! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #89
New details about study pnicholstii Dec 2012 #110
So good seeing your comments. Thanks, so much, welcome to D.U. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2012 #120
Well, OK, wait and see. But those results are pretty staggering. mojowork_n Dec 2012 #153
Hey thanks for taking one for the team P. Nichols! bluesbassman Dec 2012 #95
I doubt it. CJCRANE Dec 2012 #164
Really? Where can one see your methodology and actual results? cbayer Dec 2012 #170
Are you doing traditional intelligence tests TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #193
Well according to testing... Historic NY Dec 2012 #90
Dull Dull Normal proReality Dec 2012 #104
What? It took this long to find this out? Gman Dec 2012 #93
How dumb are they? Isoldeblue Dec 2012 #98
Well, file this one under "Duh" tavalon Dec 2012 #101
An IQ of 80? Nah. That's way too high. This is satire for sure. nt Zorra Dec 2012 #105
Did the author, P. Nichols, mean Institute for Intelligence Studies? proReality Dec 2012 #106
We directed link to Huffpo because it showed veracity pnicholstii Dec 2012 #109
You don't know the difference between IQ and 'badly informed' muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #119
No, I believe he's refering to the made-up one in Birmingham, AL. hughee99 Dec 2012 #111
This is troll bait Tab Dec 2012 #107
It's only 20 points! But yeah, it's baloney. DirkGently Dec 2012 #197
I don't believe this was an actual study... Not even a little. hughee99 Dec 2012 #108
This just in to FOX NEWS!!! Takket Dec 2012 #112
In other news, water is wet and a bear does indeed, shit in the woods Taverner Dec 2012 #113
lol, good article Sunlei Dec 2012 #115
I want to thank you for this link. aandegoons Dec 2012 #122
They could probably knock it down to 18 if they quit watching. DirkGently Dec 2012 #124
No surprise there Pakid Dec 2012 #127
this is known as the "Kilmeade Effect" Enrique Dec 2012 #128
"While not all conservatives are stupid people, most stupid people are conservative" mountain grammy Dec 2012 #130
Mark Twain, I think. nt tblue37 Dec 2012 #199
It seems obvious that smart people would avoid Fox "News". mwb970 Dec 2012 #131
So they gave everyone watching fox an IQ test, how did they do that? ThomThom Dec 2012 #132
n/t Ligyron Dec 2012 #133
I feel for the RepuliSuckers who let Fox (R) pollute their brainpans Berlum Dec 2012 #134
In other news, water wet. ElboRuum Dec 2012 #137
That High? Demeter Dec 2012 #140
rofl.. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #143
Hoax for sure Haywood Brothers Dec 2012 #148
Well it certainly didnt take a genus to figure that out!! rhett o rick Dec 2012 #152
It should be a crime to terrorize libodem Dec 2012 #154
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #157
No it is not. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #158
yes, it is fake. there are other studies that confirm this La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2012 #160
Wow ok I was wrong. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #162
yeah it's suspicious at best Tunkamerica Dec 2012 #205
Do you agree people who watch foxnews are idiots. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #163
Obviously a fake story cpwm17 Dec 2012 #167
I'm not sure why that reply was hidden. Make7 Dec 2012 #173
Fake. But appreciated. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #168
Hoax, imo, and successfully set up to make us look stupid. cbayer Dec 2012 #171
And we used to say the same about CB radios! Listen, OK, but start talking and RKP5637 Dec 2012 #176
It sure sounds like a fake study-- probably created to discredit real studies andym Dec 2012 #179
I hereby copyright the "Dogs barking at vacuums" meme. DirkGently Dec 2012 #181
Too Late, Dirk pnicholstii Dec 2012 #192
Perhaps the meme will outlive this hoax study? DirkGently Dec 2012 #195
"we are presenting them to the necessary news wires tomorrow." LOL! You Go Gurl! PossumSqueezins Dec 2012 #200
A study based on Meta discussion threads... -..__... Dec 2012 #196
Sorry, but no. This story is a hoax. I'd bet money on it. tblue37 Dec 2012 #198
personally, i don't believe this. iq 80 is more than 1 standard deviation from the norm, borderline HiPointDem Dec 2012 #201
fighting the urge to read the comments on a yahoo story that says this. Tunkamerica Dec 2012 #203
already researched... hoax Tunkamerica Dec 2012 #204
Debunked - here's a Salon article explaining how and why. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #208
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