for your amusement :Howard shadowed by giant 'rat' in own seat

[the Kelly Gang]

The Prime Minister, John Howard, was today ambushed in his own electorate of Bennelong by a person dressed in a rat suit claiming to be The Lying Rodent.

The 'rodent' and his minders followed Mr Howard and his daughter Melanie on a street walk through West Ryde, in Sydney's west, this morning.

The local Democrats candidate Peter Goldfinch joined in the heckling while a posse of banner-carrying Young Liberals tried to silence them.

Security guards pushed away the troublesome protesters as Mr Howard walked along the street, but their cat calls of "lying rodent for PM" could be heard loud and clear.

Meanwhile, other protesters loudly asked the Prime Minister whether Australia's involvement in Iraq had made the nation more of a terrorist target.

Their question went unanswered as Mr Howard greeted bemused shopkeepers, families and people on the street

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/18/1095394047306.html
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the "Lying Rodent" tag comes from a fellow MP George Brandis who said to a staff member when Howard was caught out in another of his lies..that fleeing asylum seekers from Iraq had threatened to toss their chidren off a leaking boat.." now I have to save the lying rodent's arse again" !!