HOBART can now boast a travelling Brethren sideshow to its list of tourist attractions.
The same car and trailer seen at Thursday’s forest rally was yesterday curb crawling up and down Salamanca Place with what can only be described as three clowns inside.
Yes clowns — you know, pink hair, big noses and all that get up; the only thing missing was the fairy floss.
This farcical sight could be coming to a venue near you sometime during polling day.
What capped off the travelling Brethren circus was an unexpected special guest appearance from Greens Opposition Leader Peg Putt MHA.
Ms Putt and Geoff Law from the Wilderness Society smiled and waved at the mobile evangelical monstrosity, as it spread its ‘extreme danger’ message, with some observers asking: Just who is the extreme and dangerous group here?
Fright masks
In the past week the Brethren have tried to covertly influence voters, and are now parading along the Hobart Waterfront in fright masks.
Perhaps the most amusing aspect was that the bungling Brethren chose St Patrick’s Day to preach their message to a green sea of humanity, who were drinking green beer, outside a myriad pubs and clubs … probably not the best place to sign up members to a right-wing group.
For a group who are on the record as saying ‘we like to fly under the radar’ they seem to have entered the political fray in a big way with some commentators calling them the Tasmanian equivalent of the ‘Election Chaser’.
How can Richard Herr possibly say this campaign hasn’t been interesting?
Where else would you see a Spendometer, Pokie Monster, Butt Man, multiple dirt units and now see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil?
This is Wes Young signing off from his Wallace Ave bunker, Central Lennongrad, waiting for a possible Green invasion.
