Well, here’s a conundrum in the John Alexander / Kristina Keneally race for the seat of Bennelong: it appears the Liberal candidate (a.k.a. Alexander) doesn’t know how to use a telephone.
Of course, that’s surely not the case. He must know how to use a landline, given this bloke served as a member of Parliament before getting toppled in this dual citizenship debacle.
But that doesn’t explain the cooked thinking behind this pic he shared of himself and his campaign volunteers phone banking for votes.
https://twitter.com/JAforBennelong/status/932890032968425473
If you’ll look closely, you’ll see that none of these phones are plugged in.
They’re just… not plugged into anything. Sitting there, limp. Useless as a fart in a playsuit (or a dual citizen in parliament). How are going to call up the local residents if you can’t even call up a dial tone?
It’s the kind of political blunder that really makes politics fun (apart from when politicians are falling like bowling ball pins because they forgot to check their citizenship).
You can see what happened: someone on Alexander’s team said, “Let’s just get a quick photo for socials,” and gathered the only four people volunteering to sit close together to create a look of support.
“Oh, that’s okay, just unplug the phone and get over here – it’s fine!”
Spoiler: things were not fine.
This is online, so of course Alexander’s getting rinsed.
Hey mate. Plug the phones in…. please….
— Paul Garrett (@PaulGarrettAU) November 21, 2017
Did you get even one dial tone or did you just make the noise yourself?
— Hallwayhighway, Special Snowflake Squawking Bird (@hallwayhighway) November 21, 2017
Stoked to join the campaign John!! pic.twitter.com/DrRsTuB60G
— Sam Regester (@samregester) November 21, 2017
Pretending to hear the concerns of the electorate on an unplugged phone – this photo should be what comes up when you search “What is a Liberal MP” in Google.
— Anouke Blackheart (@anoukeblackh) November 21, 2017
— Bilbro Swaggins 🐀 (@WildBilbo) November 21, 2017
Here you go … pic.twitter.com/T2HaSTK5Hk
— 🇵🇸 Paul A. Thomas 🇸🇾 (@Hey_NicePhoto) November 21, 2017
Via unplugged phones :))) very fitting & absurdly appropriate. Honesty displayed in a photograph with a lie being told in a caption …a never mind the quality, feel the width LNP moment
— Daniel Gratton (@iDGiam) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/cosmiczorro/status/932931236653293569
https://twitter.com/MrSimblaa/status/933102568263139328
https://twitter.com/Bubbles4000/status/933078437572460544
Folks. I have a theory about why it takes so long to get through to Centrelink. https://t.co/nkbIYxXPtg
— Chris Gentle (@crgentle) November 21, 2017
Even GetUp! had a crack:
Political parties are still using landline phones to phonebank? Cute.
— GetUp! (@GetUp) November 21, 2017
And Keneally herself made this shady lil’ update to her Twitter bio.
Ah, politics. It’s all fun and games until someone gets roasted online, and that’s when the joy really begins.
