Every day, the One Nation circus sounds more and more like bad karaoke.
Pauline’s discordant screeching echoes through parliament and the media as she sings loudly to the sounds coming through her headphones – headphones which conveniently filter out any evidential noise.
At Senate estimates, Pauline appeared all guns blazing and directed at the head of ASIO, asking him whether he believed the terrorist threat was “being brought in” courtesy of Middle Eastern refugees.
But Duncan Lewis seemed to be reading from a different song sheet.
“I have absolutely no evidence to suggest there’s a connection between refugees and terrorism,” Mr Lewis unequivocally replied.
There was also “no evidence” to suggest children born to refugees in Australia were more likely to convert to radical Islam, Mr Lewis said, which should have been a relief to Pauline as her children, or at least some of them, were fathered by a refugee.
Pauline was equally disappointed when Mr Lewis said that ASIO did not have security concerns about Muslim women wearing the full burqa.
Undeterred, Pauline pushed on, asking the ASIO chief whether all the perpetrators of terrorist attacks and thwarted attempts in Australia since 2014 were Muslim to which he answered “no”, a right-wing extremist plot had also been foiled.
“But I’ve got to stress, senator – this is very important – ASIO does not make its inquiries or its assessments on the basis of somebody’s religion.
“We are only interested in people who are exhibiting or offering violence, and to the extent that there is violent extremism.”
Pauline was pissed off. She really needed some mileage out of Manchester to aid in her Muslim bashing.
Speaking of which, Pauline is claiming a win on her facebook page with the axing of Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s ABC TV show. It seems she is a selective fan of the political correctness she despises when it impinges on her racist tirades.
She has linked to a facebook feed from Stand up for Australia – Canberra which prefaces its link to the article with “Nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye (and good riddance).”
This page belongs to far right-wing extremist Daniel Evans – a thoroughly nasty piece of work.
One Nation seems to abound with nasty people. Sean Black, a media and policy adviser to Senator Malcolm Roberts, was taken into custody in Brisbane on Wednesday.
He was later charged with three counts of common assault and three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm. Details of the allegations against him cannot be reported for legal reasons.
And then there is James Ashby who seems impervious despite the many possibly illegal things he has done like stealing Peter Slipper’s diary, not declaring the gift of a plane from a property developer, and suggesting that invoices be fraudulently inflated to scam more money for Pauline and presumably him.
One of the most ludicrous examples of Pauline not having a clue was her request that James Ashby fill in for her at Senate Committee hearings on the NBN.
It had to be explained to her that only people elected to the Senate could be members of a Senate committee.
It is patently obvious that Pauline is subservient to Ashby as shown by his various interviews last week where he described Pauline as “confused” when asked about the very different stories regarding the plane and the fact that she meekly stood in the background as this staffer fronted the media about the tapes of him conspiring to commit fraud.
Pauline’s confidence in and reliance on this person shows how poor her judgement really is. She is out of her depth and easy bait for unscrupulous people who take advantage of her ignorance and naivety.
In ways Pauline is a dictator – she was furious with PHON Senator Peter Georgiou saying, when asked if he supported a ban on Muslim immigration, “If they are Muslim and they’ve passed the checks that the Australian government has on it, then I don’t see it as an issue.” Far too reasonable for Pauline’s bunch of bullies who are baying for his blood with her promising to pull him into line.
But it is Ashby choreographing the show and selling the tickets as Pauline and her band of no-talent amateurs take the stage (when James lets them).
Some people just shouldn’t be handed the microphone.
