IQ and leadership - Moron or Cretin?

[niplust]

Some previous threads have somehow equated performance on an IQ test with effective leadership.

Why do all of our leaders seem to have IQs that look more like football scores than basketball scores?

It is quite simple actually, most intellectuals make poor leaders. Effective leadership needs decisiveness. Too much intellectual analysis inhibits effective decision-making.

One must simplify to be decisive. Some of the western world's most effective leaders of the 20th century such as Churchill and Regan were C students.

The difference between a good leader and a poor one is not intelligence (whatever that may be) but it is judgement and decisiveness. That is why Bush is far ahead of Chretien. No one can say Bush is indecisive. On the judgement side, it is too early to tell for Bush. Unfortunatley we will only know in retrospect whether he is taking the right decisions now.

On the other hand we already know that Jean Chretien's judgement was called Paul Martin. Now poor Jean not only lacks intellect he also has lost his judgement. Perhaps this is why he cannot afford to lose Ms. Ducros (of "moron" fame). It is she who is telling Jean what to think and say. The irony: Ms. Ducros reporting to a cretin about a moron.

A travesty for Canada! How can anyone respect a nation with a leader like Jean?

How long before the next election?

Cheers

 

[kashmir]

Jean is an unbelievable embarrassment to this country. We could all see it from his early days in the 70's and 80's with Trudeau. His leagacy is set and it is not a good one. But since the Liberals are the only rational choice in this country (at least from Ontario's perspective), and thanks to the British parliamentary system, we are stuck with him. We can at least absolve ourselves of individual repsonsibility for who leads us since we don't actually vote for the PM, just for an MP in our riding.

What I want to know is how did the blubbering idiot get himself to where he is in the Liberal party? He obviously has incredible political acumen, but does that come from intellect, leadership or some other quality?

HELP US!!!!

 

[niplust]

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What I want to know is how did the blubbering idiot get himself to where he is in the Liberal party? He obviously has incredible political acumen, but does that come from intellect, leadership or some other quality?

HELP US!!!!

Jean's longevity is really the explanation. He was the youngest cabinet minister under Trudeau. He left politics when he lost to Turner. Then came back when the liberals disgraced themselves and then just stuck around for the PCs to self-destruct. By then he had so much party power, and had so many Liberals who owed him, he could not be defeated.

Cheers

 

[kashmir]

Jean's longevity is really the explanation. He was the youngest cabinet minister under Trudeau. He left politics when he lost to Turner. Then came back when the liberals disgraced themselves and then just stuck around for the PCs to self-destruct. By then he had so much party power, and had so many Liberals who owed him, he could not be defeated.

Cheers

I think it's more than longevity. Like it or not, I think he has a certain savviness and aggressivenss that clearly works to his advantage. All we see is the public buffoon. Behind closed doors, one-on-one, is where it must work for him. The man is able to get what he wants. Maybe he uses intimidation or fear, or maybe he knows how to grease the right palms. But I think it is more than longevity. There are plenty of old coots out there that don't ge to where he has.

 

[niplust]

I think it's more than longevity. Like it or not, I think he has a certain savviness and aggressivenss that clearly works to his advantage. All we see is the public buffoon. Behind closed doors, one-on-one, is where it must work for him. The man is able to get what he wants. Maybe he uses intimidation or fear, or maybe he knows how to grease the right palms. But I think it is more than longevity. There are plenty of old coots out there that don't ge to where he has.

You are certaily correct. He is a political control freak. In the Liberal caucus, you cannot fart without Jean's prior approval. The Liberals are in power Jean controls the Liberal party. Too many liberals owe him and therefore he has free reign. It is as simple as that.

Cheers