Madge Sticks It to McCain, Is Sweet to Obama

Gets political during tour video montages

By Elizabeth Wolff, Newser User

Posted Aug 25, 2008 11:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – Is Madonna using her Sticky & Sweet world tour to strike back at John McCain’s celebrity ad? During a remix of “Like a Prayer,” a screen flashes images of destruction followed by shots of Hitler, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, and then McCain, reports the New York Times. Barack Obama makes a cameo in another montage including images of Gandhi, John Lennon, and Al Gore.

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Madonna performs on stage at the premier of her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in Wales, Saturday. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., holds his hand to his heart during the National Anthem at Arizona Diamondback -Florida Marlins baseball game yesterday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Britney Spears makes video cameo in Madonna's performance of "Human Nature" during her Sticky and Sweet tour. (diegostrawberry)

Madonna performs "Like a Prayer" during her Sticky and Sweet Tour at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff (23.08.08). (zaylabee)

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Madge Sticks It to McCain, Is Sweet to Obama