Madonna Bans Sarah Palin From Shows

Madonna stated on stage during her show in East Rutherford, N.J. on Saturday that U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin isn't welcome at her shows.

"Sarah Palin can't come to this party," Madonna said. "She is not in my show. She will never be in my show."

She later went on to say, "Here's the sound of Sarah Palin's husband's snowmobile when it won't start," and then made a screeching noise with guitar feedback.

Madonna had previously been criticized by a spokesperson for Republican U.S. presidential candidate John McCain's campaign for footage she's using during her Sticky & Sweet tour that shows McCain interspersed with images of figures like Adolf Hitler, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Gandhi, Mother Theresa, John Lennon and Al Gore.

According to the newspaper USA Today, McCain's image is shown closer to more "villainous types" like Hitler and Kim, while Obama's image is closer to people like Lennon, Mother Theresa and Bono. The footage also includes shots of starving children and scenes depicting global warming.

McCain campaign spokesperson Tucker Bounds called the footage "outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time."