Madonna Attacks John McCain

And Then Maybe Wishes She Hadn't

Most conservative politicians ignore celebrities when the diss them. After all, who cares what some actor or rock star thinks about anything? Not so John McCain when Madonna compared him to both Hitler and Robert Mugabe. McCain hit back.

Madonna had started off her "Sticky and Sweet" tour before a crowd in Cardiff in Wales when, during a performance of Get Stupid, she had the image of John McCain flashed up on the screen with that of Adolf Hitler, Robert Mugabe, and images of destruction and global warming. Just to drive the point home, this was followed by images of Barack Obama, Gandhi, John Lennon, and Al Gore. The message was obvious; John McCain bad, Barack Obama good.

The usual response from a conservative politician is to yawn and ignore the slight. Madonna, after all, has been given to doing silly things for decades. Her stereotypical MTV video consists of her writhing in bed, wearing trashy lingerie, and touching herself while singing something suggestive. Being the subject of her ire could be seen as a badge of honor. And besides, it was done in front of an audience of Welsh people who are not qualified to vote in the American Presidential election.

But John McCain, the pugnacious fighter jock and Varsity boxer, decided to hit back. And there was a method to his hitting back.

Tucker Bounds, a McCain campaign spokesman, was tasked with delivering the riposte. He 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."

Get it. "Fellow worldwide celebrities." The McCain Campaign, having compared Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears, has now used the occasion of Madonna's attack to compare their opponent to another famous bimbo, which is to say, Madonna.