Does anyone on this forum doubt Ted Cruz's intelligence?

[Lincoln Republican]

Does anyone on this forum doubt Ted Cruz's intelligence?

[Türkisblau]

Why does this matter?

[ChainsawJedis]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[The Other Castro]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[Bakersfield Uber Alles]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[ShamDam]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[Mr. Illini]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[Lincoln Republican]

Good answer, but does anybody have any original input?

[Skye]

After election season is over, I'll let you know.

[Sumner 1868]

I truly don't care, as I want him to lose the nomination, and especially the general election either way.

[SteveRogers]

Define "intelligence." There are many types of intelligence, and ivy league degrees are evidence of some of them but not others. I do not doubt that he may have aced all his exams in law school or that he was an extremely capable attorney or that he possesses a certain type of cleverness that lends itself well to playing political games.

But I reject the notion that he's any sort of off-the-charts genius as I've seen you insinuate in other threads. And there's a difference between intelligence in the sense of book-smarts and the wisdom required to apply all that knowledge to the world around you in a sensible, logically-consistent, pragmatic, and constructive manner. I want my president to have the latter more than I want them to have a Harvard J.D., and based on Ted Cruz's professed worldview I don't believe that he has that. 

[Ebsy]

I believe Ivy League schools are just as capable of turning out stupid people as any other school.

[Lincoln Republican]

Define "intelligence." There are many types of intelligence, and ivy league degrees are evidence of some of them but not others. I do not doubt that he may have aced all his exams in law school or that he was an extremely capable attorney or that he possesses a certain type of cleverness that lends itself well to playing political games.

But I reject the notion that he's any sort of off-the-charts genius as I've seen you insinuate in other threads. And there's a difference between intelligence in the sense of book-smarts and the wisdom required to apply all that knowledge to the world around you in a sensible, logically-consistent, pragmatic, and constructive manner. I want my president to have the latter more than I want them to have a Harvard J.D., and based on Ted Cruz's professed worldview I don't believe that he has that. 

Excellent answer.  Thank you.

Just one thing, it was Harvard Law Professor  Alan Dershowitz, who had Cruz as a law student, who made the comment about Cruz being "off-the-charts brilliant".

I am sure you are aware of that, but just to clarify.

[TomC]

Define "intelligence." There are many types of intelligence, and ivy league degrees are evidence of some of them but not others. I do not doubt that he may have aced all his exams in law school or that he was an extremely capable attorney or that he possesses a certain type of cleverness that lends itself well to playing political games.

But I reject the notion that he's any sort of off-the-charts genius as I've seen you insinuate in other threads. And there's a difference between intelligence in the sense of book-smarts and the wisdom required to apply all that knowledge to the world around you in a sensible, logically-consistent, pragmatic, and constructive manner. I want my president to have the latter more than I want them to have a Harvard J.D., and based on Ted Cruz's professed worldview I don't believe that he has that. 

Excellent answer.  Thank you.

Just one thing, it was Harvard Law Professor  Alan Dershowitz, who had Cruz as a law student, who made the comment about Cruz being "off-the-charts brilliant".

I am sure you are aware of that, but just to clarify.

Well, now I doubt Alan Dershowitz's intelligence...

[BaconBacon96]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[pbrower2a]

He's more mad than dumb. That's the scary part.

[King]

Nobody says he's dumb, but he's a man of incredibly low character.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[Lincoln Republican]

I am hearing a lot of echoes, but very little originality for some strange reason.

[Beet]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[Blair]

Ted Cruz is not an idiot. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he is doing, and that is the scary part.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Ted Cruz was a freaking Harvard Law School graduate.  He has to know what he's doing!  Just like Bobby Jindal (who is also heavily educated himself) he is taking advantage of the ignorance of Republican primary voters.

[136or142]

Somebody once said about FDR something like: "He has second rate intelligence but first class judgement."

Ted Cruz is the exact opposite.

Of course, his comment on Galileo being the one to discover the world is round and a number of his other statements raise questions about whether he actually is anywhere near as intelligent as his promoters claim he is.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Define "intelligence." There are many types of intelligence, and ivy league degrees are evidence of some of them but not others. I do not doubt that he may have aced all his exams in law school or that he was an extremely capable attorney or that he possesses a certain type of cleverness that lends itself well to playing political games.

But I reject the notion that he's any sort of off-the-charts genius as I've seen you insinuate in other threads. And there's a difference between intelligence in the sense of book-smarts and the wisdom required to apply all that knowledge to the world around you in a sensible, logically-consistent, pragmatic, and constructive manner. I want my president to have the latter more than I want them to have a Harvard J.D., and based on Ted Cruz's professed worldview I don't believe that he has that. 

Excellent answer.  Thank you.

Just one thing, it was Harvard Law Professor  Alan Dershowitz, who had Cruz as a law student, who made the comment about Cruz being "off-the-charts brilliant".

I am sure you are aware of that, but just to clarify.

Well, now I doubt Alan Dershowitz's intelligence...

He didn't say "off the chart" in which direction.