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McCain Camp Rips 'Outrageous' Madonna

By JOEL RYAN
posted: 301 DAYS 3 HOURS AGO
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CARDIFF, Wales (Aug. 24) - Even at 50, the queen of pop just can't stop courting controversy.
As Madonna kicked off her international "Sticky and Sweet" tour Saturday night, she took a none-too subtle swipe at the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president.
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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55551345), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554699), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554691), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554681), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554671), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554662), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554651), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554611), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554595), contact WireImage.com

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    Madonna kicks off her highly anticipated Sticky & Sweet Tour promoting Number One album Hard Candy at the Millennium Stadium on August 23, 2008 in Cardiff, Wales..Madonna "Sticky and Sweet" Tour Opening.Millennium Stadium.Cardiff, United Kingdom.August 23, 2008.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com..To license this image (55554414), contact WireImage.com

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Amid a four-act show at Cardiff's packed Millennium Stadium, a video interlude carried images of destruction, global warming, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, Zimbabwe's authoritarian President Robert Mugabe — and U.S. Senator John McCain. Another sequence, shown later, pictured slain Beatle John Lennon, followed by climate activist Al Gore, Mahatma Gandhi and finally McCain's Democratic rival Barack Obama.
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds condemned the segment.
"The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time," Bounds said. "It clearly shows that when it comes to supporting Barack Obama, his fellow worldwide celebrities refuse to consider any smear or attack off limits."
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The rest of the show had the usual Madonna fixtures: sequins, fishnets, and bondage-style outfits drawn from the 3,500 items of clothing reportedly whipped together by 36 designers specifically for the tour. Dancers sauntered across stage in top hats and tail coats, and Madonna tried her hand at break-dancing and pole-dancing.
Some 40,000 fans — many in pink cowboy hats and boas — were treated to a heavy metal version of "Borderline," while "La Isla Bonita" served as backdrop for a flamenco routine. The show, billed as a musical mishmash of "gangsta pimp," Romanian folk, rave, and dance — was an homage to Madonna's continuous reinventions over the past three decades.
She took a playful take on her variegated career, mocking dancers dressed as her previous incarnations — including the "Material Girl" and "Blonde Ambition" — before they sank into the stage to the tune of "She's Not Me." Madonna finished off the concert with her thumping "Give it 2 Me" from her new urban-inspired album, "Hard Candy."
If the world's top-selling female recording artist is still writhing, shaking and shimmying with the best of them, her personal life has recently been unsettled. Earlier this summer her brother Christopher Ciccone published a gossipy memoir, and she has faced speculation about her relationship with New York Yankee slugger Alex Rodriquez and rumors that her marriage to British filmmaker Guy Ritchie is on the rocks — which she hotly denies.
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Madonna's tour was eagerly anticipated in Britain, where the pop superstar has made her home, and fans weren't disappointed.
"We enjoyed it to the max," said Ruth Henson, 24, who works in human resources in London. "Madonna, considering she's now 50, is so fit. She did a really good job."
Following Cardiff's opening concert, "Sticky and Sweet" moves across Europe, hitting London's Wembley Stadium on Sept. 11 and Paris on Sept. 20. From there, it goes to North America in October before wrapping up Dec. 18 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
It is Madonna's first tour since striking a deal with concert promoter Live Nation Inc. worth an estimated $120 million over 10 years. The partnership gives Live Nation a stake of future music and music-related business she generates, including touring, merchandising and albums. Madonna's last tour was her 2006 "Confessions" — in which she staged a mock crucifixion only a few miles (kilometers) from the Vatican.
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Farman22

09:27 PMSep 01 2008

Myeager - Couldnt agree more. Why people see Madonna and other actors for direction or confirmation demonstrates a clear lack of thinking. If we coud only get another Reagan! Someone who understands what the role of government is, can bring a sense of nationalism and can address foriegn enemies. With all the challenges that exist, McCain is the clear answer

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MYeager2

08:59 PMSep 01 2008

I WAS KIDDING. MADDONA'S ALRIGHT, BUT THAT PAST 'COMMENT' IS TO SHOW HOW EASY IT IS TO RAMP THE PUBLIC UP. IF SOMEONE BOTHERS YOU OR YOUR CANDIDATE, TURN THEM OFF. NO CELEB SHOULD HAVE INFLUENCE ON ANYTHING AS SERIOUS AS VOTING, OPINION FINE. BUT THE DAY A PUBLIC FOLLOWS A CELEB FOR INFO ON HOW TO RUN A COUNTRY, THEY COULD END UP WITH ANOTHER REAGAN.

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MYeager2

08:55 PMSep 01 2008

AT 50 YEARS OLD, MADDONA IS STILL SELLING HINTED SEX TO 13 YEAR OLDS AND WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WHEN THE LITTLE GIRLS ( AGED 9 TO 13 YRS ) THAT SHE SELLS BOTH HER 'MUSIC' AND 'SEX IDEAS/OPINIONS' TO GROW UP, THAT THEY WILL TRY HARDER THAN THEIR OWN PARENTS DID TO PROTECT THEM FROM THIS OBVIOUS CHILD SEX ABUSER. THE WOMAN WENT FROM REJECTED PENTHOUSE PHOTOS TO SELLING SEX TO LITTLE KIDS AND HOW THE PARENTS OF THESE KIDS AND HOW THE PUBLIC NEVER JUST REJECTED THIS NO TALENT HYPOCRITE ( DO YOU THUINK THIS 50 YEAR OLD ALLOWS HER OWN KID TO LISTEN TO HER SMUT RECORDS?) IS BEYOND REASON. SHE IS PROBABY THE ONLY PERSON I WOULD EVER HAVE APPROVED CENSURESHIP FOR, THE ONLY. BECAUSE SHE DESTROYED SO MANY INNOCENT KIDS WITH SMUT JUNK MUSIC MADE ON COMPUTERS BY A TALENTLESS CHILD SEX ABUSER.

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Adamv1968

03:26 AMAug 30 2008

i see obama has the ***** vote locked up. crackheads are next on the agenda

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Farman22

08:03 PMAug 27 2008

According to the poll 7% of people say Madonna's views will influence the way they vote. Shite for brains may be giving them too much credit. How stupid do people have to be to actually want to use her opinion on anything? What has she done? Is she educated? What has she ever said that would appear intelligent? I really want to know what you people do for a living and how old you are.

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Farman22

07:19 AMAug 26 2008

Madonna is rumored to be having another child and notably, with another women. Evidently the other woman was impregnated as a result of Madonna belching. Rumor has it when asked, Madonna acted surprised and was rumored to say that she couldn't believe it - this was the first time this ever happened. Adding, "I just love working out" said the aging Madonna, and after all the years of going to the gym and drinking "lots of protein" I never thought this could happen. The CDC is considering placing large warning signs on all concert materials warning people of this and other dangers.

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Farman22

09:24 PMAug 26 2008

A blog I read said the first row smelled very very fishy and the a huge butt plug "came out of nowhere and hit the floor". Madge! you are soo radical for an old broad! Please keep the toys at home. Lord knows what kind of disease you could be spreading just by moving your legs. Instead of trying to compete with Paris Hilton - try competing against another one of your peers - Cher. Your about the same age and you can still be considered a "younger" wild older woman! Go Madge - see you at Costco mate:)

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APotterM

05:53 PMAug 25 2008

lazacka... just to correct you .. McCain didnt fight for anybodys right or freedom whatsoever.. he was part of another invasion (no wonder he supports 100 years o f war on Irak) which ended up with huge anitwar support...why do we mess wiht the real communit threat CHINA ????? or go mess with those guys with real weapons of mass destruction

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LAZACKA

04:07 PMAug 25 2008

ewwwwwwwww.....I just looked at her concert pics, lmfao..doesn't she realize that no one wants to see a 50 year old vagina haning out YUCK!! God Bless those poor saps in the front row who probably got more than they bargained for lol. ew...

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MSPUNKINSC

04:06 PMAug 25 2008

Consider the source, not a pillar of society is she ? Basically a woman selling out all women by whoring herself from the beginning of her career.. Check out her book, which most likely embarrassed her parents to death, and sooner or later her children will see it also....... She feels very free to throw her opinion around while living abroad. PLEASE WHAT A HYPOCRITE SHE IS.

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