John Howard tells people offended by Abbott to 'get a life'

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Former Prime Minister John Howard has told anyone offended by Tony Abbott's controversial comment that a Liberal Party candidate had "sex appeal" to "get a life"

John Howard says "get a life"

while the comment riled many, Mr Howard has branded it "absolutely harmless".

"You've got to have a sense of proportion," Mr Howard told The Australian Women's Weekly this morning.

"Really, that's all I say. Really. Come on. He said what he said and I think the reaction of some people who tut-tutted about it is out of proportion and ridiculous ... Get a life."

The marginal seat of Lindsay, where Abbott was campaigning when he made the comments, is currently held by Labor's David Bradbury, who made headlines in the first week of the election campaign when he lost his cool in a radio interview with SmoothFM.

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John Howard says "get a life"

As spoken by Mr 1950s himself.  Why is he relevant to this debate today?

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Malcolm Fraser declared that Tony Abbott is a dangerous politician, perhaps one of the most dangerous in Australia’s history. 

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Really?

Malcolm Fraser??

mmmmmmmmmmm

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mmmmm I think so Gil.

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http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/malcolm-fraser-tony-abbott-a-dangerous-politician/

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Lot of mmmmmm going on today

Now what was it that Malcom told us....life wasn't meant to be easy

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wasn't that Keating

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I could be wrong but I thought  it was said before Keatings time?

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Malcolm Fraser said life wasn't meant to be easy.