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away enamored of him, regardless of political leaning. One man
who met him on a golf course said, “It was like talking to someone
you have known all your life, and like he was focused on only me while
we spoke.” He is never distracted openly and intently focuses on
whomever he is speaking to. This has kept him alive. He fills the air
and takes distance away, in part through solid eye contact, but in
equal part through solid use of illustrators and regulators, as well as
a persistent smile. He is smiling—whether his face is smiling or
not—and there is a certain childlike enthusiasm in his voice even
when denying infidelity. He has a natural charisma and the ability to
make everyone feel as though he is connected to him or her. I read
a bipartisan poll (for what it’s worth) that answered the question
“Who would you rather have a beer with: Bush or Clinton?” Guess
who won. You never noticed his body language, even as he whipped
the American psyche with his figurative riding crop as he declared,
“I did not have sexual relations with that woman....” His charm
takes us away from the body language that would tell the truest of
stories. The strategy is a perfect fit.
Hillary Clinton
In analyzing Senator Hillary Clinton, I found riveting contrasts in
body language between her and the person she criticized as “heart-
less,” pundit Ann Coulter. It is as natural for Senator Clinton to use the
word “heartless” to define an enemy soldier of the right as it is for Ann
Coulter to use the word “Godless” in describing the elite of the left.
Both are sensationalist ways of inciting the emotion of the typical.
