Too cool for subject

posted by [identity profile] miwahni.livejournal.com at 11:54am on 25/11/2009
How do people like that manage to attract such a following? We had one - Pauline Hanson - who in her maiden speech to Parliament announced that Australia would eventually become "overrun by Asians" and for the sake of Aussie jobs she wanted immigration halted. Scary scary stuff. Full transcript here; it does make fascinating reading, especially if one bears in mind that
a) she was originally a member of the Liberal party (John Howard's govt) but was thrown out for her racist views,
b) she only lasted one term in parliament,
c) she ended up in jail for electoral fraud, and
d) she staged an abortive comeback in the last federal election that saw her polling last in her chosen electorate.
So, it's not just the US that spawns these crackpots and gives them a following.
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