2 ▁November ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁a ▁party ▁directive ▁not ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁She ▁said ▁her ▁first ▁instinct ▁when ▁she ▁saw ▁the ▁pam ph let ▁was ▁to ▁laugh ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁par ody ▁of ▁some ▁things ▁that ▁had ▁occurred ▁during ▁the ▁election ▁campaign ▁and ▁compared ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁pr ank ▁by ▁the ▁sat ir ical ▁comedy ▁team ▁The ▁Ch aser . ▁ ▁The ▁Prime ▁Minister , ▁John ▁Howard , ▁had ▁to ▁spend ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁last ▁pre - e lection ▁public ▁address ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Press ▁Club ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁November ▁answering ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁sc andal ▁rather ▁than ▁discuss ing ▁his ▁policies . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Party ▁had ▁not ▁author ised ▁the ▁leaf lets , ▁Howard ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying , ▁" What ▁more ▁can ▁I ▁do ? ▁I ▁have ▁condem ned ▁it . ▁I ' ve ▁dis soci ated ▁myself ▁from ▁it . ▁I ▁think ▁it ' s ▁stupid , ▁it ' s ▁off ensive , ▁it ' s ▁wrong , ▁it ' s ▁un true . ▁For ▁heaven ' s ▁sake , ▁get ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁proportion ." ▁ ▁A LP ▁response ▁▁ ▁Labor ▁leader ▁Kevin ▁Rud d ▁said ▁the ▁bog us ▁election ▁fly er ▁showed ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Party ▁had ▁to ▁offer ▁vot ers ▁so ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁election ▁was ▁des per ation ▁and ▁dirty ▁tact ics ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁still ▁had ▁questions ▁to ▁answer ▁over ▁the ▁incident . ▁ ▁Muslim ▁community ▁response ▁▁ ▁The ▁Sydney - based ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Australian