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How about a DNA / IQ test ? (Original Post) syringis Jul 2018 OP
How about a psych eval or a senility assessment..... Thomas Hurt Jul 2018 #1
Hi Thomas syringis Jul 2018 #5
Hah! I would love to see that! smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #2
Hi Smirkymonkey syringis Jul 2018 #6
Hi syringis! smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #8
He wants someone who will lie about his IQ MountCleaners Jul 2018 #9
After they forced Obama to show his Birth Certificate Horse with no Name Jul 2018 #3
An IQ test? Maybe. A DNA test? Nope and here's why... WePurrsevere Jul 2018 #4
Done this dance in my family... Thomas Hurt Jul 2018 #7
You're welcome, glad it helped a bit. nt WePurrsevere Jul 2018 #10

syringis

(5,101 posts)
5. Hi Thomas
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 09:58 AM
Jul 2018

How about an orange suit to enhance his nice complexion and a prominent place in the country's most appalling prison?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. Hah! I would love to see that!
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:55 PM
Jul 2018

I am sure it's in the low double-digits! I am just longing to see him publicly humiliated in some way. I suppose that is why I want him to go up against Avenatti. I think he's one of the few people who could really out-punch him and make him look like an ass. The rest of our candidates are too polite. True, they are more qualified, but face it, being most qualified doesn't seem to be pulling in the voters.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
6. Hi Smirkymonkey
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 10:19 AM
Jul 2018

He will never release any IQ test results ! Assuming he ever underwent one, odds are the outcome may be far lower than he's claiming.

I do like Avenatti for the way he's punching Trump's big ass, however, I'd rather not see him running for presidency.

He is undoubtedly a good lawyer, pugnacious, with a clear sense of staging, but as a lawyer myself, this is not my preferred style, far from it. I like to work behind closed doors.

This said, I agree on voters attitude

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. Hi syringis!
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 03:20 PM
Jul 2018

I know, he will never submit to an IQ test because he knows he would come out looking like a loser!

I don't really want Avenatti for president, but I would love to see him primary Trump because I want Trump to go up against another tough guy and get his ass kicked.

I just don't want to see Trump abuse one of our own decent candidates. They will have to go in prepared for it.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
9. He wants someone who will lie about his IQ
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 06:24 PM
Jul 2018

...like they lied about his weight and health.

Lying is the dominant ethic in this administration. The subtext seems to be that lying is okay. We know he's not healthy, and he talks wild sometimes, he slurs his words. I'm having flashbacks to the Reagan era, where we all knew he had dementia but no one admitted it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/us/politics/fact-check-trump-montana.html

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
3. After they forced Obama to show his Birth Certificate
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 08:08 PM
Jul 2018

I am not in Support of forcing any of our pols to prove that type of personal info to these fuckers. That is an offensive request.
Now an IQ test should be mandatory for this job. That’s not an offensive request.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
4. An IQ test? Maybe. A DNA test? Nope and here's why...
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 08:37 PM
Jul 2018

A) she doesn't have to prove jack about what her ethnicity is. It's offensive, an incredibly slippery slope and I'm pretty sure unconstitutional.

B) Admixture (ethnicity) isn't 'soup' yet:
http://www.legalgenealogist.com/2014/05/18/admixture-not-soup-yet/
Especially with Native American genetics:
http://www.rootsandrecombinantdna.com/2015/03/native-american-dna-is-just-not-that.html

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
7. Done this dance in my family...
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 11:24 AM
Jul 2018

Indian Princess myths on both sides of my family, back around the GG grandparent generation. My sister's test showed just a small amount of NA and mine showed none. Mine did show just a bit of European Jewish, my sister's didn't.

Just had not read anything to explain why, though I just guessed it was the intervening generations.

Thanks for posting the articles.

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