# The President's IQ and Mad Cow Disease

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-iq-and-mad-cow-disease/68934>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 15, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-iq-and-mad-cow-disease/68934 "2001-06-15T14:38:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-iq-and-mad-cow-disease/68934/1 "2001-06-15T14:38:18Z")

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Yesterday, I picked up the DC City Paper and turned to the Straight Dope, and the question was regarding presidential IQs…who our smartest and dumbest presidents have been. The website today has an alternate column. What’s going on?

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-iq-and-mad-cow-disease/68934/2 "2001-06-15T15:55:39Z")

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We hadda slip that one in while Dubya was outta town. It’s the only way the Secret Service would let us publish it.