Political Straight Talk

TB Bechtel, a City Councillor from Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia, was asked on a local live radio talk show, just what he thought about the allegations of torture of suspected terrorists. His reply prompted his ejection from the studio, but to thunderous applause from the audience.

“If hooking up a terrorist prisoner's nuts to a car's battery cables will save just one Australian life, then I have just three things to say:

“Red is positive, black is negative, and make sure his nuts are wet.”