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Get Stupid is the name of a video interlude played on Madonna's 2008-2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour that raised controversy due to its references to the United States presidential election, 2008, showing images of Adolf Hitler along with images of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Many top news sources reported on the video and it's statements.

Video Interlude
The video interlude appeared in Madonna's 2008-2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour. It was the introduction to the fourth act of the show, Rave. The video reflected Madonna's political ideas, mainly the 2008 presidential election. The video first showed images of destruction, global warming, Adolf Hitler, Robert Mugabe and war with Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Following that were images of protesting, peace, Gandhi, John Lennon, Al Gore, and Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. The video ended with Madonna saying "let's go" and an image of Barack Obama. The video was done in music video style, with images of Madonna posing and singing to the camera along with political and world-awareness images.

Controversy
The video was interpreted as comparing John McCain with Hitler, which caused a lot of controversy in the political world. Reports of this video appeared on news channels and in news articles around the world. John McCain's campaign released an angry statement about the video:

"The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time [...] 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 also made many statements about John McCain's Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Madonna said she would kick Sarah Palin's ass if she didn't get "off my street" while singing the song I Love New York at a show in New York City. Also at shows in New York City, Madonna said:

"Sarah Palin can't come to my party. Sarah Palin can't come to my show. It's nothing personal"

The McCain campaign did not make any statements about the Sarah Palin comments.