"John Kerry is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."
They are not real.
One characteristic of folks like Kerry, who manifest Narcissistic Personality Disorder, is that they are very good at surrounding themselves with people who depend on the narcissist to give them a sense of personality. Most often the people are incompetent, or at least think of themselves as incompetent. The Narcissist uses them to gain his sense of grandiosity. It is extremely frustrating to deal with, since no amount of logic or evidence can break the bond.
I thought that that was Barak Obama.