Bad Brad doesn't mince message
2004-04-02 22:35
Johannesburg - "Bad Brad" Wood lived up to his name on Friday and motorists did a double-take over his newly-unveiled election posters.
Without mincing words, Wood's Organisation Party basically told criminals they would not stand a chance should the party come into power.
Wood gained fame as the bad-tempered housemate in M-Net's reality-TV show Big Brother. On Friday, he was excited about the reaction he had had to his posters.
"Our posters are hectic. We are going to be in trouble."
For the sake of "decency", the Organisation Party did muddle up letters of a controversial word printed on their poster - "Criminals! It's time you get fcuk'd".
The words are printed in red and appear under a picture of the blond party leader.
Wood said that while putting up the posters, a father stopped next to him and complained that he used the route to drive his children to school.
People wanted signed copies
"I asked if he thought his children didn't swear and said he should take another route and leave my posters alone."
Wood also received calls from people asking for signed posters for their offices.
The Independent Electoral Commission's code of conduct for political parties only extends to issues that have an influence on the freedom and fairness of the voting process.
The commission would not comment on the "decency" of the words on the poster.