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Article: Wiesenthal Center Condemns Madonna Comparison of Presidential Candidate as Villain Comparable to Hitler
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 25, 2008
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Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news release:
The Simon Wiesenthal Center sharply criticized pop star Madonna's new stage show for a video portion that unfairly portrays presidential candidate John McCain as a villain comparable to Hitler and other perpetrators of human rights.
"As someone who strongly criticized the attempts to label Barack Obama a Muslim extremist, I find Madonna's attempt to compare John McCain with Hitler beyond the pale and an insult to all Americans, Democrats as well as Republicans," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Wiesenthal Center. "There ought to be no place in the political and social discourse of American culture for such deliberate ...