The Quote & Quiz For 9/29/23

At this week’s second Republican debate, Nikki Haley had the line of the night when she told Vivek Ramaswamy:

“Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber.”

1. Haley was taking a political jab, but in fact, a recent Boston University study found that 1,000 readers of Ramaswamy’s books:

A) Lost five IQ points.

B) Lost 10 IQ points.

C) Lost 15 IQ points.

D) Became unable to follow the instructions on a frozen pizza box. 

2. Ramaswamy graduated with honors from Harvard and then from Yale law school. This proves:

A) His ideas, like cutting off all aid to Ukraine, must be correct. 

B) Despite his fawning support for the closest thing to a fascist ever to lead America, Ramaswamy must understand something profound about Trump. 

C) Nikki Haley just doesn’t get the complexity and deepness of his thought. 

D) Harvard and Yale are overrated. 

3. Ramaswamy is worth almost a billion dollars after growing up in modest circumstances. How did he make his money?

A) Plastics.

B) Pharmaceuticals.

C) Pasta sauce.

D) Writing books.

4. Ramaswamy is trying hard to be the most Trumpy of the candidates and yet he has only seen modest gains among Republican voters. What’s the problem? 

A) Trump voters suspect he’s smarter and less of a huckster than he comes off. 

B) He hasn’t been indicted even once, much less 91 times. 

C) Why settle for the knock off when you can still vote for the real thing?

D) They believe he was one of the 911 terrorists who flew a jet into the World Trade Center. 

5. Haley turned in her second solid debate performance, making her the choice of thoughtful Republicans. When thoughtful Republicans meet for their pre-convention strategy session ahead of the GOP convention in Milwaukee this summer they’ll be streaming into: 

A) American Family Field. 

B) Fiserv Forum.

C) Serb Hall.

D) Frank Kowalski’s rec room on South 26th Street. Frank’s sheepshead group meets there that night, but they’ll still have plenty of room. 

Answers:

1: D

2: D

3: B

4: C

5: D

Grades:

5 Correct: You’re a genius.

4: You’re smart.

3: You’re not dumb.

2: You’re a little slow.

1: You graduated Harvard and Yale.

Thanks to those of you who noticed that I went a week without posting (unusual for me). Nothing bad happened, except that I went to California. Spent time with family where the logistics of writing weren’t favorable. I don’t know how anybody gets anything done amid all that nice weather.

Anyway, see you back here Monday. Really.