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*[[John Kerry]]

*[[John Kerry]]

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

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

*[[Al Gore]]

*[[Al Gore]]

:*privileged youth, poor graduate student. Claimed to be behind the legislative efforts that lead to the creation of the [[internet]]<ref>http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp</ref>

:*privileged youth[citation needed], poor graduate student[citation needed], claimed to help with the creation of the [[internet]]<ref>http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp</ref>

*[[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

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

*[[Richard Dawkins]]

*[[Richard Dawkins]]

:*lasted only 2 years teaching at [[University of California Berkeley]], a mere lecturer at [[Oxford]] until a wealthy ally donated a professorship for him

:*lasted only 2 years teaching at [[University of California Berkeley]][citation needed], a mere lecturer at [[Oxford]] until a wealthy ally donated a professorship for him[citation needed]

*[[Stephen Jay Gould]]

*[[Stephen Jay Gould]]

:*[[Antioch College]] graduate (geology major), his work is riddled with contradictions

:*[[Antioch College]] graduate (geology major)[citation needed], his work is riddled with contradictions[citation needed]

*[[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[citation needed], passed over initially for Law Review[citation needed], passed over for [[Solicitor General]] in 1993[c,<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>

*[[Robert McNamara]]

*[[Robert McNamara]]

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

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

*[[Henry Kissinger]]

*[[Henry Kissinger]]

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

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

*[[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]]

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

*[[Jon Stewart]]

*[[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 making a few guesses about [[linguistics]] some of which turned out to be partially correct[citation needed]. 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. [citation needed]

*[[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]][citation needed], but was unable to earn a doctorate even in that[citation needed]

*[[Michel Foucault]]

*[[Michel Foucault]]

*[[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[citation needed], exaggerations and disregard for actual [[science]]. [citation needed]

*[[Bertrand Russell]]

*[[Bertrand Russell]]

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

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

*[[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]].[citation needed] Had the gall to sue the University that terminated him.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul25/0,4670,EmbattledProfessor,00.html</ref>

*[[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.]]

*[[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.]]

:*privileged youth, rise to the top based upon family name and inherited connections. Currently publisher of the ''[[New York Times]]''.

:*privileged youth, rise to the top based upon family name and inherited connections.[citation needed] Currently publisher of the ''[[New York Times]]''.[citation needed]

*[[Charles Darwin]]

*[[Charles Darwin]]

:*poor student

:*poor student[citation needed]

*[[Carl Sagan]]

*[[Carl Sagan]]

:*insisted that there must be life in outer space

:*insisted that there must be life in outer space

*[[Stephen Hawking]]

*[[Stephen Hawking]]

:*Was fundamentally wrong about Black Holes. Never won the Nobel Prize. Like Sagan, is a major supporter of the idea of extraterrestrial life.

:*Was fundamentally wrong about Black Holes[citation needed]. Never won the Nobel Prize[citation needed]. Like Sagan, is a major supporter of the idea of extraterrestrial life.[citation needed]

*[[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]].[citation needed] 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>