The people who lose to Ben Stein must be total morans...

[BolivarianHero]

How the fuck can you be outsmarted by a guy who believes the world is 6000 years old, that evolution is a lie, that wise and decent people appear on the Family Research Council's website, and that the Nixon resignation was worth crying like Marian Hossa over?

[BuyingThyme]

1. Welcome to DU! Who lost to Ben Stein?

:hi:

[Forkboy]

2. "crying like Marian Hossa"

:rofl:

[BolivarianHero]

10. The people of Detroit prayed for Marian intervention...

Unfortunately, Godsby was with the Penguin Tribe and the prayers of Red Wings fans fell upon deaf ears.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. He has the ability to memorize lots of facts. I guess he's an idiot savant of sorts. nt

[Ian David]

4. Ben Stein doesn't believe that shit. He just PRETENDS to believe it.

Because he's a boot-licking bully that wants to suck-up to the chrisTo-fascists that pull the strings.

[tularetom]

6. That's even worse than the morans who DO believe it

He has no self respect if he won't stand up for the truth.

[Ian David]

7. The only one who hates Ben Stein more than I do is Ben Stein. n/t

[JVS]

5. Ben Stein knows his trivia. The man got a good education, and unlike chimpboy he paid attention.

[lapfog_1]

8. I used to "play along at home"

To "win Ben Stein's money" and it was a draw... Ben beating me as often as I beat Ben.

Ben is actually quite bright. I have no idea how he believes half of what he says he believes in, but it's not a lack of either intelligence or knowledge on a wide range of subjects. He knows quite a bit of world (western) history and geography. I usually did better than him in science... but not always.

BTW, my IQ is north of 160.

[BolivarianHero]

9. Me too...But I'm around 135 - 140...

But knowing more about him and about American politics than I do now, it makes me feel so inadequate...

[lapfog_1]

12. He is bright.

Very bright. One of the few hard core wingers that is...

I have no idea what warped his thinking. It's one of those things. When he did his movie about evolution (which I didn't watch), I was always thinking "how can Ben Stein believe this crap... he is as smart or smarter than ME. It's so obvious."

Kinda of shakes one's belief in themselves.

[catzies]

11. Yeah, well I was on that show & tied him & won his money. He was quite nice.

Kimmel was a prick.

That show's been off the air for about 5 years now. Maybe you should update your pop culture refrences. Just a thought.

[BolivarianHero]

13. I know it is...

But I saw him listed at the FRC Values Summit in one of the Sanford threads.

[lapfog_1]

15. However, you were one of a few that did.

Congratulations. I probably watched you win. I liked the show because the questions were hard.

I couldn't watch "Who wants to be a millionaire" because very few contestants ever got to a round where the questions were hard. The IRS guy that won the million without ever using a lifeline impressed me... mostly because *I* got the last two questions wrong. He didn't even break into a sweat.

But that was rare. Just like people beating Ben Stein.

Doesn't surprise me that Kimmel was a prick. He gave off that vibe.

What year did you win?

[dysfunctional press]

14. when is he on? what is he on?

are they old reruns of the comedy central game show?