Madonna Gets Some Heat Over a McCain Slam

Posted by chrissie on August 28th, 2008 filed in Music

Madonna’s Sweet and Sticky Tour is barely underway, and she has already found herself in some political hot water. Well, that is what will happen when you compare a United States Presidential candidate to HITLER. Uh huh. It is no secret that Tinseltown is full of Barack Obama supporters, and Madonna took her support a little too far recently.

But you know Madonna, she doesn’t seem to be all that happy and satisfied with life unless she is pushing the envelope *just that much*. Madonna opened the first night of her tour on the 23rd in Wales and while performing her single ‘Get Stupid’ her big screen was flashing pictures of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe alongside Presidential candidate John McCain.

And *just in case* one didn’t quite get Madonna’s point, she was then flashing scenes of Barack Obama alongside icons of a more peace loving nature such as Mahatma Ghandi and John Lennon. Tucker Bounds, a spokesperson for the McCain trail was outraged and he says

The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time…. clearly shows that when it comes to supporting Barack Obama, his fellow worldwide celebrities refuse to consider any smear or attack off limits….

What? Smearing in an American political campaign? NEVER. I am sure that the saintly John McCain would never stoop so low.
I give her props actually, because clearly nothing illegal was done, and she did it brilliantly enough to toe the line just so ensuring her fans took whatever they wanted from it.

But you know, this is now…what will her next stunt be? Can’t wait to find out!

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