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Examples of not-quite-intellectuals who promote [[liberal]] arguments include:

Examples of not-quite-intellectuals who promote [[liberal]] arguments include:

*[[John Kerry]]

*[[John Kerry]]

:*privileged youth, weak student at [[Yale]], no original work

:*privileged youth, weak student at [[Yale]], no original work

:*privileged youth, poor graduate student, tried to claim credit for the [[internet]]

:*privileged youth, poor graduate student, tried to claim credit for the [[internet]]

*[[Bill Clinton]]

*[[Bill Clinton]]

:*may have virtually flunked out of the pre-med program at [[Georgetown University]], never released his grades, failed to earn a degree at [[Oxford]], no original work or ideas

:*no original work or ideas

*[[Laurence Tribe]]

*[[Laurence Tribe]]

:*dropped out of a graduate math program, passed over initially for Law Review, passed over for [[Solicitor General]] in 1993,<ref>Tribe admitted he was being considered, but he was not nominated.  "Under Clinton, Crimson tide washes over Washington," The Boston Globe (Mar. 4, 1993).</ref> plagiarism later found in his work<ref>"Joseph Bottum, books and arts editor of the Weekly Standard, presents overwhelming evidence to support his claim that Tribe's 1985 book, God Save This Honorable Court, was largely copied from a 1974 book called Justices and Presidents by the University of Virginia's Henry J. Abraham. Bottum's case rests on the relentless citation of example after example where it is clear that Tribe has copied both the substance and, in many cases, the exact wording of Abraham's text. Most damning is Tribe's repetition of errors, like slight misquotations of original sources, in Abraham's book."[http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/007975.php]</ref>

:*dropped out of a graduate math program, passed over initially for Law Review, passed over for [[Solicitor General]] in 1993,<ref>Tribe admitted he was being considered, but he was not nominated.  "Under Clinton, Crimson tide washes over Washington," The Boston Globe (Mar. 4, 1993).</ref> plagiarism later found in his work<ref>"Joseph Bottum, books and arts editor of the Weekly Standard, presents overwhelming evidence to support his claim that Tribe's 1985 book, God Save This Honorable Court, was largely copied from a 1974 book called Justices and Presidents by the University of Virginia's Henry J. Abraham. Bottum's case rests on the relentless citation of example after example where it is clear that Tribe has copied both the substance and, in many cases, the exact wording of Abraham's text. Most damning is Tribe's repetition of errors, like slight misquotations of original sources, in Abraham's book."[http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/007975.php]</ref>

:*described as a "whiz kid," he wrote or did nothing of significance, mishandled  [[Vietnam War]]

:*described as a "whiz kid," he wrote or did nothing of significance, mishandled  [[Vietnam War]]

*[[Henry Kissinger]]

*[[Henry Kissinger]]

:*fluent in relatively few languages for a diplomat, had no insights or noteworthy work, mishandled [[Vietnam War]] and [[Soviet Union]]

:*had no insights or noteworthy work, mishandled [[Vietnam War]] and [[Soviet Union]]

*[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]

*[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]

:*repeatedly passed over for the [[Nobel Prize]] due to a lack of achievement, allowed multiple leaks from [[Los Alamos]]

:*allowed multiple leaks from [[Los Alamos]]

*[[Jon Stewart]]

*[[Noam Chomsky]]

*[[Noam Chomsky]]

:*famous for making a few guesses about [[linguistics]] some of which turned out to be partially correct. He has not done any work in linguistics in 30 years and just spends his time promoting left-wing politics outside his supposed area of expertise.  

:*famous for his work in [[linguistics]]. He spends his time promoting left-wing politics outside his supposed area of expertise.  

*[[John Maynard Keynes]]

*[[John Maynard Keynes]]

:*dropped out of [[math]] to pursue the less rigorous [[economics]], but was unable to earn a doctorate even in that

:*dropped out of [[math]] to pursue the less rigorous [[economics]], but was unable to earn a doctorate even in that

*[[Rachel Carson]]

*[[Rachel Carson]]

:* Started the [[environmentalist]] movement with her book [[Silent Spring]] which was found to be full of errors, exaggerations and disregard for actual [[science]].  

:* Started the [[environmentalist]] movement with her book [[Silent Spring]] which was found to be full of errors, exaggerations and disregard for actual [[science]].  

*[[Bertrand Russell]]

*[[Bertrand Russell]]

:*claimed to be proving the completeness and consistency of math, a goal [[Godel]] proved was impossible. Advocated unilateral nuclear disarmament.  

:*Advocated unilateral nuclear disarmament.  

*[[Ward Churchill]]

*[[Ward Churchill]]

:Offended millions of Americans by comparing those that died in 9/11 to Adolf Eichmann, notorious organizer of the [[Holocaust]].  Had the gall to sue the University that terminated him.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul25/0,4670,EmbattledProfessor,00.html</ref>

:Offended millions of Americans by comparing those that died in 9/11 to Adolf Eichmann, notorious organizer of the [[Holocaust]].  Had the gall to sue the University that terminated him.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul25/0,4670,EmbattledProfessor,00.html</ref>

*[[Carl Sagan]]

*[[Carl Sagan]]

:*insisted that there must be life in outer space

:*insisted that there must be life in outer space

*[[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]  

*[[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]  

:*worked on the House Judiciary impeachment staff investigating [[Richard Nixon]].  Hillary's work was so poorly conceived and drafted that a member of the Committee, [[William Dixon]] said Hillary "paid no attention to the way the Constitution works in this country, the way politics works, the way Congress works, the way legal safegaurds are set up."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=foWUM2R1K0wC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=hillary+nixon+olson&source=web&ots=06xJC-jwnM&sig=P6LflOsDROMR16cn_WGvXg4iZHU#PPA122,M1 Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton], By Barbara Olson, Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2001, pp. 122-123.</ref>

:*worked on the House Judiciary impeachment staff investigating [[Richard Nixon]].  Hillary's work was so poorly conceived and drafted that a member of the Committee, [[William Dixon]] said Hillary "paid no attention to the way the Constitution works in this country, the way politics works, the way Congress works, the way legal safegaurds are set up."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=foWUM2R1K0wC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=hillary+nixon+olson&source=web&ots=06xJC-jwnM&sig=P6LflOsDROMR16cn_WGvXg4iZHU#PPA122,M1 Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton], By Barbara Olson, Regnery Publishing, Inc, 2001, pp. 122-123.</ref>

* they genuinely fail to understand certain abstractions, such as:

* they genuinely fail to understand certain abstractions, such as:

:* how guns save more lives through deterrence and prevention than they harm

:* how guns save more lives through deterrence and prevention than they harm

:* how arms limitations treaties always help a dishonest adversary

:* how arms limitations treaties always helps a dishonest adversary

* they expect superficial, flawed logic to persuade others, such as:

* they expect superficial, flawed logic to persuade others, such as:

:* claiming that inequality in outcome implies discrimination

:* claiming that inequality in outcome implies discrimination

:* demanding equal treatment for genders in all situations

:* demanding equal treatment for genders in all situations