Hitler and McCain: Madonna's photo montage angers GOP presidential nominee

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.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." (By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press)