Resting Hands

The most insecure, self-conscious politician in history.

Politicians are not the kind of people to be uncomfortable in their own skin. Running for elected office requires a certain level of self-assured confidence bordering on cockiness. The chronically self-conscious and insecure don’t do well on the public stage.

And then there is Kamala Harris — without question, the most insecure and self-conscious politician in history. It’s why she cackles inappropriately, avoids eye contact, and never seems to know what to do with her hands.

When you spend hours combing through photos of the Veep to make Photoshop images of her, you can’t help but notice how awkward and uncomfortable she is when she can’t hide behind a table or podium. In these instances, Kamala assumes one of two poses — either she hugs herself tightly or clasps her hands together in a death grip.

I refer to the latter as Kamala’s resting hands, and once you notice it, you can never unsee it.

In 2021, the newly inaugurated Veep appeared on the cover of Vogue. The magazine shot multiple cover photos, including the image released online showing Kamala in front of a bordello bedsheet in her resting hands pose. The magazine itself used a cover photo showing Kamala with her arms wrapped tightly around her as she posed in front of a … um … bed, I think.

These two photos are Kamala Unplugged. Her self-conscious insecurity is hard to miss.

When I saw the new Vogue cover released last week, I knew photographer Annie Leibovitz took charge of posing the insecure Veep.

There is no way in hell Kamala Harris would choose to sit exposed like that without her hands and arms covering her middle.

Leibovitz might be a lunatic leftist, but she’s no dummy. She knows Kamala’s traditional resting pose highlights her insecurity. So she placed her in a pose that telegraphed more confidence and strength than Kamala could hope to convey on her best day.

The resulting cover photo looks so unlike Kamala Harris that it could be mistaken for an AI-generated image.

The American media is desperate to convince voters that this babbling, cackling bundle of insecurities is a confident and commanding leader, but let’s be honest, she gives them very little to work with.

Stephen L. Miller has repeatedly pointed out on Twitter that Kamala can never make eye contact with the person she’s talking to. She looks up. She looks down. She looks away. She rarely, if ever, looks directly at the other person.

The very last thing Kamala Harris oozes is confidence.

I suspect that Kamala knows that she is in over her head and has been since she glided to her Senate victory thanks to California voters who would elect a homeless addict if he had a D after his name.

Kamala also knows that without the American corporate media holding her up on their shoulders, she would be losing by 10-15 points.

She is a media creation born from a desperate hatred for Donald Trump.

She isn’t up for this. She never was.

And without the media carefully steering her campaign, Kamala would be curled up in the corner, her hands clasped tightly across her chest, cackling maniacally.