Obama is more Nobel than George W. Bush

George W. Bush. Ain't nothin' to say.

Why did Obama win the Nobel Prize? Because he isn't George W. Bush.

Without getting into why the rest of the world thinks more highly of Obama than Bush, or why *I* do, let's simply compare them on one criterion: Intelligence. Obama is a smart man. Bush is what's been called "not intellectually curious."

"Intellectually curious" means seeking out new information, a desire to learn, the willingness to admit when one is wrong and correct those misconceptions, the ability to integrate new facts into one's world view.

Here's an example. George W. Bush learned to sing "Old MacDonald had a farm" by heart as a very young child and STILL believes "farm" is spelled "e-i-e-i-o."