The EQ of Liberalism
8-16-11

There’s a big difference between being intelligent and being devious. Both can lead to tremendous success and indeed intelligence plays a large part in being successfully devious. But being devious has no roll in being intelligent.

When I hear that Liberals think Barack Obama is extremely intelligent, I think it’s time to provide them a little more perspective.

Some twenty years ago, I found myself being told I was wrong by so many people so often that I was being consumed by self doubt. I was finding it difficult to make business decisions involving investment risks.

I had a friend who, when disagreeing with me about politics back then, asked if I ever considered the possibility that I could be wrong. I was shocked and said of course. I continually engaged in introspection, that internal debate that we humans employ to form judgments. Didn’t he?

In order to help me to decide if I should continue to find my own way or if I should simply submit to the status quo that I thought was wrong, I submitted myself to an IQ test at a MENSA membership drive.

The results gave me the confidence to invest in my own business and ignore the voices of defeat around me. Those voices are still there and in fact have become amplified.

Some time ago while listening to WGY radio in the morning, the host interviewed an author of a book that challenged the validity of intelligence. His book was about an Emotional Quotient, or EQ, that he thought was more important to human development. He used the tragic example of Bobby Fisher the chess genius, to bolster his flawed theory. People of all stripes are capable of losing their minds so I found his book to be a waste of paper. But the real tragedy of promoting such a theory is that it empowers people to base life’s decisions on their emotions, without engaging in a moment of introspection.

That, in my opinion, explains why we have so many Liberals in elected positions today. It is just so quick and easy to manipulate peoples’ emotions in order to win an election. But it’s no way to run a country.