Not that it matters to anyone, but all the elitist liberals who cited the study showing that Bush has half the IQ of Bill Clinton have a nice big plate of crow to eat today... You see, the institute that supposedly conducted the study doesn't exist, nor does the study! It was all made up, because some leftists just couldn't handle the fact that a Republican is now President. Now, I'll be the first to admit that Clinton's bulb is brighter than Dubya's, and when it comes to Bush speaking in public, I think most of the nation holds its collective breath and hopes that he won't commit a monumental verbal faux pas. But to create a study out of thin air and get major newspapers to publish articles about it as if it were fact, that's just plain pathetic. Anyway, here's the story, if anyone cares.

Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001 newsmax.com

'Doonesbury' Admits Being Stupid Enough to Believe Anti-Bush Hoax

Not many people have an IQ low enough to believe a left-wing lie that President Bush has half the IQ of Bill Clinton, but "Doonesbury" cartoonist Garry Trudeau was that foolish. Now he's finally admitting his stupidity.

Long after the hoax had been exposed, the apparently ill-read Trudeau used it as the basis for his comic strip Sunday.

But even his "apology" is as smarmy as his cartoon.

"Trudeau takes full responsibility, acknowledging the use of fictional material from an outside source instead of simply making it up as he usually does," his Web site says.

"The creator deeply apologizes for unsettling anyone who was under the impression that the President is, in fact, quite intelligent," says the statement, showing once again that "Doonesbury" is nothing more than leftist propaganda.

Trudeau told editors in an e-mail that a "usually reliable" source had informed him of a "study" from a non-existent "Lovenstein Institute" of Scranton, Pa., that cited so-called "world renowned" authorities using something called the "Swanson/Crain system of intelligence ranking."

Incredibly, the obviously phony "study" had also duped a columnist for London's liberal Guardian newspaper and spread to newspapers in Australia and New Zealand.

Of course, far more people saw the lie perpetuated in Trudeau's comic strip than will ever read the "apology" at his Web site. Not that he'll lose any sleep over that.