Recording artist Madonna performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena as she tours in support of her album, “MDNA” October 13, 2012 in Las Vegas
*Madonna’s own fans turned on her in New Orleans over the weekend when she told the crowd at her concert to vote for Barack Obama.
“I don’t care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama,” she said, before a chorus of boos rang out amid cheers.
She then walked it back a bit.
“Seriously, I don’t care who you vote for as long as you take responsibility for the future of your country … Do not take this privilege for granted. Go vote,” she continued.
This is not the first time Madonna has drawn criticism for making a political statement during her MDNA tour: in May, she attracted the ire of French politician Marine Le Pen for superimposing a swastika over her face as part of a video montage, while in September she confused fans at a show in Washington DC by sarcastically calling Barack Obama a “black Muslim.”
Madonna really did not NEED to make a political statement at her concert ” Just Shut up and sing”
It seems that whenever anything goes down and people react in a diverse manner, the media always choose to highlight the negative. I saw the story earlier and finally decided to watch the video with some degree of trepidation. Come to find out there were just as much, if not more, cheers than boos.
As an Obama surrogate, you would think EUR would know better than to allow themselves to be unwittingly used in a manner that could be detrimental to his re-election campaign.
I did not watch the video…
I do not believe for half a second that Madonna would have more than a handful if any Romney supporters at her concert! Madonna is waaaaaaaaaay out there! She is / has been historically wild!
Madonna is very rich…. she is definitely not in the 47%. So if she wanted to protect her fat purse… she could vote for the other guy.