Jon F on Nostr: As I was approaching the polling place at Batemans Bay a liberal operative offered me ...
As I was approaching the polling place at Batemans Bay a liberal operative offered me a pamphlet for what sounded like Andrew 'Coniston'. I corrected him and said, no, and I don't one for Andrew Constance either. One of the Labor hummingbirds told me the Libs had bused in a bunch of devotees of the Brethren religious cult to work on the booths in this very marginal electorate.
That might explain why the drones don't even know the candidate's name. It also suggests to me that there is an undercurrent of American-style right-wing religious activism bubbling away in the dark cauldron of our politics, hoping we can follow Trumpistan down the treacherous path to theocracy.
(edit: fixed typo)
#auspol
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