Madonna Rolls Out Adolph

The McCain campaign has done a wonderful job of turning celebrity support into a negative for Barack. Each endorsement, or criticism, from a Hollywood type, feeds the storyline of Barack as an empty suit - he's famous, but is he ready to lead? Madonna now falls into the trap set by the McCain campaign.

McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds angrily condemned the segment of Madonna's concert in Cardiff on Saturday that appeared to draw a comparison between McCain, Hitler and Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe.

"The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time," Bounds said in a statement reported by Fox News.

Just another vile celebrity who is a friend of the Obamas. Is this the crowd we want to give the keys to the country?

"It clearly shows that when it comes to supporting Barack Obama, his fellow worldwide celebrities refuse to consider any smear or attack off limits."

Madonna's apparent swipe at McCain came during a performance of the song "Get Stupid", when the Republican contender's image was flashed up alongside images of destruction and global warming as well as Hitler and Mugabe.

Even as Madonna crudely compares McCain to Hitler, she glorifies the heroism of the untested, unproven Obama.

Towards the end of the song, pictures of Beatles star John Lennon, former US vice-president Al Gore, Indian Mahatma Gandhi and McCain's Democrat rival Barack Obama appeared.