Donald Rumsfeld...

[Shankar Unni]

Dave Korn wrote:

> ... a man whose self-admiration was in great disproportion to any of his
> visible skills, except of course for his skill for self-admiration ...

A perfect lead-in for: 
http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf ("Unskilled and 
Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own
Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments").

(Ig-Nobel winner in 2000: 
http://www.improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2000).