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Freaks and beer goggles in cities'

The wife of a north Queensland politician is learning the perils of ill-considered Facebook postings.

Townsville City Council deputy mayor's wife Tegan Crisafulli labelled the people of Mackay "ugly" and "freaks" after attending an Amateur Cup race meeting on Saturday.

In a return spray, Mackay Amateur Race Club president Kerry Woodman has suggested Ms Crisafulli may have had her "Carlton beer goggles" on, the Mackay Mercury reports.

On Sunday Ms Crisafulli posted on Facebook that she'd had a great day.

"I still can't believe how many freaks were there," she continued.

"I've never seen so many ugly people in the same place at the same time."

Ms Crisafulli even suggested a photographic competition to decide on the ugliest person at the race meeting.

Her comments drew flak from several who attended the meeting.

Mr Woodman said women there were dressed up and looked terrific.

"Maybe she was looking through her Carlton beer goggles because from what I saw on Saturday the women looked spectacular," Mr Woodman said.

Ms Crisafulli told her local newspaper in Townsville the comments were light-hearted, and her husband, David, supported her, although questioning her judgment.

"She wakes up beside me every morning and my head is rougher than anything I saw on that day," the deputy mayor said.