text: is bill clinton smarter than george w bush coz both were born in 1946 but clinton became the p first? neutral answers + bush had a greater parental background than clinton no, clinton is not smarter than bush because he became president first.  he is smarter than bush because he actually made use of his brain and have an intellectual curiosity that bush does not have or care for.  he actually reads the stuff the intelligence community gives him and ask intelligent questions, unlike bush who takes every word that is fed to him as gospel.