Congressman BillyBob (FReeper since deceased) attended Yale with Kerry. He would assure you that the above is a gross over-statement of Kerry's intelligence and a pronounced under-statement of his self-regard.
He is a most unlikable buffoon.
His old Boston Senate Office was in my building. I saw him in action. I would add pompous to your unlikable buffoon. I have no idea how his office staff could stand him: He treated them abysmally. He had one of the two elevators modified so he could have it go straight to his office or the basement.