THE STATEMENT IS TRUE, BUT THE PREMISE IS FALSE: Frank Luntz on Scott Walker: “Our Most Intelligent Presidents Have Often Been Our Worst Presidents.” Graduating from college, or not, says little about your intelligence. College screens out the subnormal IQs — or, at least, it used to — but one needn’t be particularly intelligent to graduate. For that matter, our Columbia- and Harvard-educated President today, though one of our worst presidents, shows no particular evidence of being especially bright.