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NEW YORK – After kicking off the North America leg of her Sticky & Sweet tour in New Jersey over the weekend, Madonna crossed the Hudson and performed two nights in a row to sold-out audiences at the Madison Square Garden.

And what would a Madonna concert be without her political commentary?

The 50-year-old singer continued to slam the Republican bet for vice president, Sarah Palin at The Garden when she sang her hit I Love New York, which had a line that goes ‘Get off my street!’

“You know who can get off of my street? Sarah Palin! I’m gonna kick her ass if she don’t get off of my street!” Madonna said as the crowd, which included P. Diddy, Rosie O’Donnell and designer Michael Kors, screamed in approval.

Madonna began her tirade against Palin during her show Saturday at the Izod Center. “Sarah Palin can’t come to my party. Sarah Palin can’t come to my show. It’s nothing personal,” the New York Post quoted her as saying.

That was not the only time when the singer showed her political color.

Halfway through the show, a montage of images that juxtaposed Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain with Adolf Hitler and Kim Jong Il was shown on the giant screens onstage. Sen. McCain’s campaign reportedly said Madonna’s actions were “outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time.”

On the same montage, Sen. Barack Obama’s images were interspersed with photos of Oprah, Mahatma Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and Bono.

Politics aside, the show was, as expected, a visual spectacle.

The singer emerged onstage sitting on a queenly throne accompanied by the sound of her song Candy Shop.  The audience, just like in her two previous concert tours I watched, just stood up and started dancing. Most of them remained standing throughout the duration of the show.

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Eddy Luna  - About Madonna   |75.213.31.xxx |2008-10-26 20:44:29 It is interesting to learn that madonna is a democrat, who wants to listen to her? Reply | Quote 0   0

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