Top 10 Most Overrated People of the 20th Century

Liberal hero whose policies are most often invoked by Jack Kemp, but whose personal views were to the right of Pat Buchanan. ***

Feminist hero who won her popularity by standing firm by her womanizing husband. ***

Vietnam whiz-kid who scientifically managed the war effort straight to defeat. The patron saint of Washington hacks who fail-up the career ladder. ***

Totalitarian bureaucrat hailed for winning the Cold War, now ignored as TV pundit amongst the ashes of his now-dead empire. ***

Mediocre writer adored by people who like the author and couldnt care less about the writing. ***

Hailed as one of the best talkers in America by Talk magazine, he may say things well, but what he says is the stuff of college pot-heads. ***

Talented painter who made a self-indulgent mess on a canvas and kept doing it because the chattering class was afraid to admit they didnt get it. ***

French intellectual whose brilliant insight was to market himself by making everything he said and wrote slightly incomprehensible. ***

Because of two speeches one a bit of sophistry on abortion the other some rhetorical fluff to the 1984 Democratic convention he managed to convince the press that he didnt have to actually do anything as Governor of New York. ***

Sky is falling scientist regularly sought for insights about the future, even though none of his predictions have ever been right. ***