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Hitler and McCain: Madonna's photo montage angers GOP presidential nominee
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Jewish World 

Pop diva and Kabbalah devotee Madonna drew fire on Sunday from John McCain's campaign after the queen of pop began a world tour with a concert that grouped an image of the Republican presidential hopeful with one of Adolf Hitler.

Images of destruction and global warming flashed on to a screen during a video interlude at Madonna's concert in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday night. Those were followed by pictures of Adolf Hitler, Zimbabwe's authoritarian ruler Robert Mugabe - and McCain.

"The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time," McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement reported by Fox News.
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Bounds added: "It clearly shows that when it comes to supporting Barack Obama, his fellow worldwide celebrities refuse to consider any smear or attack off limits."

A later sequence at the concert showed slain Beatle John Lennon, climate activist Al Gore, Mahatma Gandhi and finally Obama, McCain's democratic rival.

Once the interlude was over, Madonna threw herself into a rave-inflected rendition of "Like a Prayer." She finished off the concert with her thumping "Give it 2 Me" from her new album "Hard Candy."


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      2.   Madonna Comparison 13:17  |  JordanisPalestine 25/08/08
      3.   Freedom of Speech 15:36  |  Chris Linthwaite 25/08/08
      4.   Madonna Comparing McCain To Hitler 15:37  |  Katherine 25/08/08
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      6.   McCain, a loadstar 18:47  |  allang 25/08/08
      7.   McCain, a loadstar 19:17  |  allang 25/08/08
      8.   Chris #3 19:18  |  Lev 25/08/08
      9.   GREAT PUB:ICITY 19:20  |  TOBIA 25/08/08
      10.   Chris Linthwaite 19:24  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      11.   Who cares what Madonna thinks 19:32  |  Gregor 25/08/08
      12.   You can judge a man by his friends! Obama has some weird ones! 19:40  |  Voice of Reason 25/08/08
      13.   As reported, a true devotee 19:49  |  Gregor 25/08/08
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      15.   Imagine reaction, if Obama`s image montaged with Idi Amin Dada, 20:27  |  Pssd off American. 25/08/08
      16.   I love it! 20:59  |  Akiva P 25/08/08
      17.   Madonna on McCain 21:45  |  Jim 25/08/08
      18.   query 21:50  |  potobac 25/08/08
      19.   Madonna hates America 22:18  |  Kathy 25/08/08
      20.   Maddona 22:21  |  Ms 25/08/08
      21.   Hitler and McCain:Madnna`s photo montage angers GOP presidential 22:39  |  martin list, m.d. 25/08/08
      22.   McCain`s got no idea... 22:40  |  Silvienne 25/08/08
      23.   Is Madonna still alive? How old is she? WOW! 22:40  |  American 25/08/08
      24.   #15, Pssd off American... 22:41  |  Silvienne 25/08/08
      25.   POW McCain served his country ? Madonna? Bare her costumed tits? 23:32  |  common sense 25/08/08
      26.   Hypocrisy galour! 00:15  |  Czarkazem13 26/08/08
      27.   Re: #14 Dvid Turner 00:23  |  Czarkazem13 26/08/08
      28.   madonna 00:29  |  Leon Hutt 26/08/08
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      32.   Madonna & McCain`s Secret Love Child 00:58  |  R Fenderson 26/08/08
      33.   McCain should sue her for defamation.... 01:21  |  Esther 26/08/08
      34.   2 old or 2 tired . . . . 02:40  |  revoltop 26/08/08
      35.   Hollywood and idiots like Madonna humiliating Judaism?s 03:25  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 26/08/08
      36.   Hollywood and idiots like Madonna humiliating Judaism?s 03:25  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 26/08/08
      37.   madonna is the fallen star who spreads her venom(poisonous)words 03:34  |  glenna 26/08/08
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      39.   Re;#21.Because of great President like a Bush U.S will stay for e 03:41  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 26/08/08
      40.   Letter I sent to Madonna`s website 04:41  |  Michael Gans 26/08/08
      41.   not very KABBALISTIC of MADONNA, I`m ripping down my posters 06:05  |  american 26/08/08
      42.   MAYBE SHE WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR NEO-NAZI VOTE? 06:07  |  david 26/08/08
      43.   Bravo Catholic girl. Good for her 06:21  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/08/08
      44.   #27 Esther... 07:15  |  Che Vive 26/08/08
      45.   Democrats need to have a chalk talk 07:25  |  Rusty Shackleford 26/08/08
      46.   #14 Dvid Turner 13:12  |  Jim 26/08/08
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