# world's successful dumb asses **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390 "2011-06-14T02:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/41 "2011-06-15T01:34:24Z")
**Alvin Greene**. Didn’t win, but he did secure the official democratic party nomination slot for congressman, and got a lot of media attention. He clearly did not have a whole lot going on upstairs. **Tom Cruise**. Lots of celebrities are into scientology but he’s particularly evangelical about it which puts him over the top. **Ben Stein**. I don’t know what the hell happened to this guy. Either his perceived intelligence was a lie and he really was dumb enough to seriously make that Intelligent Design movie, or he knew it was BS but was cynically cashing in on it. If the latter, it was still a dumb move as it completely tarnished his reputation. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/42 "2011-06-15T02:06:56Z")
Charlie Sheen comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/43 "2011-06-15T02:16:28Z")
Harry Truman. Every time I think of his presidency (which was historic in several respects), I think of the line from that movie: “Gump, you’re a fucking genius!” ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/44 "2011-06-15T04:16:09Z")
nope not suggesting a thing, seriously, did you even read what i wrote? what i said was i have to wait and see how his presidency turns out…hmmmmmm might it be that those words could mean that i haven’t actually come to a final judgement yet? if i knew if you were sucessful or not i might withdraw the obama remark and nominate you instead to the mod: ok i’ll stop returning the insults to the dipsh\*ts now ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/45 "2011-06-15T09:30:37Z")
Paris Hilton has made a bunch of cash from tv and her perfumes adding to her family $$$ and she just seems like she’s can’t-boil-water-dumb. Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are dumb because they have no curiosity and don’t care about facts. Neither has much interest in opposing points of view. Donald Trump is dumb for running a casino into bankruptcy several times. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/46 "2011-06-15T09:31:42Z")
Avril Lavigne is as punk rock as an ice cold bowl of split-pea soup. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/47 "2011-06-15T11:15:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Are you equating LD with stupid? :dubious: Becasue many brilliant people are LD. No, I’m only mentioning it _possibly_ being a factor in him not _seeming_ to be terribly bright. For all I know, he’s a genius. ---
**Author:** ![thebenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@thebenn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thebenn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/48 "2011-06-15T12:27:15Z")
Dan Quayle hasn’t been mentioned yet. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/49 "2011-06-15T14:16:46Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Later in life, she lent her name to a line of socks that ended up selling well for some retailer, and some business people set her up in her own company that doesn’t actually make anything, but other manufacturers pay big bucks to let them put her name on their products, and it has done phenomenally well. She is pushing 50 now and well past the modelling days, but is making $10M a year leasing out her name. I have no idea how intelligent she is, or even if she is a good singer, or how much of the success is hers and how much she just lends her name, but Jessica Simpson’s clothing company is a BILLION dollar business. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/50 "2011-06-15T14:34:59Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > nope not suggesting a thing, seriously, did you even read what i wrote? what i said was i have to wait and see how his presidency turns out…hmmmmmm might it be that those words could mean that i haven’t actually come to a final judgement yet? if i knew if you were sucessful or not i might withdraw the obama remark and nominate you instead > > to the mod: ok i’ll stop returning the insults to the dipsh\*ts now You are new here, so you may not realize that your “disclaimer” doesn’t negate your insults. If you can’t converse with a civil tone, your days here will be numbered. So tone it down, please. **Ellen Cherry Moderator** ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/51 "2011-06-15T14:36:20Z")
I’ve met Kelsey Grammer. I’ve tried to talk with him. The man does’t have the intelligence of a doorknob. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/52 "2011-06-15T14:38:03Z")
What, no Glenn Beck? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/53 "2011-06-15T14:44:56Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > Paris Hilton has made a bunch of cash from tv and her perfumes adding to her family $$$ and she just seems like she’s can’t-boil-water-dumb… This reminded me one of my favorite quotes by her, because it displays just how ignorant and out-of-touch she is: “Walmart? Do they make walls there?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/54 "2011-06-15T15:07:13Z")
If the voting is for “Stupidest-seeming person who has achieved financial success” then I have to change my vote to Jessica Simpson. I only saw one episode of her reality show, but it was really, really scary how dumb she was. Some of what I saw could be chalked up to an extremely sheltered life (Eating Chicken of the Sea tuna "Is this chicken I have here? What is it?) but the majority was just dumb as a post. I couldn’t bear to watch the whole thing. If that’s not an act, she should have a legal guardian. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/55 "2011-06-15T15:16:04Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned Snooki and the “Situation” from _Jersey Shore_. This pair doesn’t have two brain cells to rub together, but they’ve made millions by essentially being dumbasses on TV. What a world. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/56 "2011-06-15T15:20:54Z")
[Dubya Bush](http://www.caratulas.com/caratulas/N/nofx/thumbs/nofx-the_war_on_errorism-CD.jpg) - One of my favorite CD images. Nicholas Cage? Keanu Reeves? John Travolta? How about the whole Balwin family? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/57 "2011-06-15T15:22:05Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned Snooki and the “Situation” from _Jersey Shore_. This pair doesn’t have two brain cells to rub together, but they’ve made millions by essentially being dumbasses on TV. What a world. The only people on earth that they may be smarter than are Ronny and Sammy.😃 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/58 "2011-06-15T15:29:50Z")
It’s kind of like television/movie personalities should be exempt, since they’re pretty much only hired for their looks, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/59 "2011-06-15T15:42:48Z")
Arnold Schwartzenegger has to be in the top three succesful dumbasses of all time. Made millions in movies, married a Kennedy, elected Governor, couldn’t do shit on office, fathered a child on the side, getting divorced, alienated his kids, lost his movie deals (for now anyway). This guy totally thinks with his lower brain. Rudy Guliani is also up there. Essentially unsuccesful and unpopular mayor of NYC with no significant accomplishments to his name and then whammo. He played a great father figure for awhile and has milked it ever since. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390/60 "2011-06-15T16:52:01Z")
no weiner mention yet? not sure if he’s a successful dumbass or successful at being a dumbass but ya gotta admit posting your stuff on twitter and then handling it the way he did has to qualify in some sense of the OP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-successful-dumb-asses/585390.md?page=4)