218 I Can Read You Like a Book D
will want to use it to put their kids in a Jihad-focused school, or
removal of violent video games from children’s hands.
Her stress surfaces in a move I typically see in heavy people.
It’s a shifting of weight from one foot to the other in an adaptor I
call the elephant shuffle.
Despite her quirks, Hillary Clinton has created an image that
many Americans seem to prefer. She can call someone from the
right “heartless,” because the hard right has a difficult time con-
necting with average people. But here’s the irony in terms of her
body language: while her message is one of warmth and caring, her
demeanor shows neither.
Ann Coulter
When she’s among friends, being interviewed by conservative
acolytes, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter projects confidence, and
her wit flows with very little hesitation in voice or body. Even there,
however, when she isn’t in the middle of a strafing run on Democrats,
you’ll see her run her hand through her hair and fidget a little with
her fingers, which she usually keeps laced as a control mechanism.
Years of being “the girl” among a bunch of college Republi-
cans and later inside the Washington, D.C., Beltway has given
her a strategy that clearly uses her gender and physical attrac-
tiveness to her advantage. Lets face it: how many other ultra-
conservatives do you see who have pitched battles in a little black
dress? When she is among her admirers she tilts her head occa-
sionally with a soft, amused smile, and she pushes her long, silky
