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Asunto: [ResearchSexWorkMig] McCain pledges to fight sex trafficking and child pornography - Int Herald Tribune
McCain pledges to fight sex trafficking and child pornography
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/08/america/mccain.php
John McCain is trying to appeal to religious conservatives with pledges to prosecute sex traffickers, fight Internet child pornography and make religious freedom a priority in U.S. diplomacy.
In a speech Wednesday followed by tough questions from the audience about the war in Iraq and his temper, McCain said the issues he cited, particularly the fight against sex trafficking, would be important in his White House.
"Most of the victims of human trafficking in the United States, and in most other places in the world, are the most vulnerable among us: destitute women and children who are sold into bondage as sex slaves," McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, told a crowd at Oakland University here in Rochester. Later he added, "We must view this evil form of 21st-century slavery every bit as important as drug trafficking."
Human trafficking, the transport of victims from one nation to another for forced labor or prostitution, has become an important issue to the Christian right. The Central Intelligence Agency estimates that as many as 800,000 people around the world are enslaved each year, including 200,000 in the United States.
In part because of the concerns of the right, President George W. Bush has devoted more money and attention to the issue than his predecessors did. Conservatives, who are distrustful of McCain on a number of fronts, are pushing him to follow Bush's lead.
One of those conservatives is the Reverend Richard Land, an official with the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States and one known for its conservative streak. He wrote last month to McCain and to the Democratic aspirants, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, urging them to speak out about human trafficking. Land has also spoken to McCain about promoting religious freedom overseas and cracking down on child pornography on the Internet, which McCain has focused on as a member of the U.S. Senate.
On Wednesday, Land pronounced himself "delighted" with McCain's speech. "He was ringing all the Southern Baptist bells," Land said by telephone. "This shows that Senator McCain is making it clear it will be a priority commitment, and that's very important to my constituency."
After his speech, McCain was hit with a fusillade of tough questions, including a query about whether his temper - he acknowledged he gets angry - would pose a problem in the White House.
"The next question is about this issue that has become something of a concern to some of your colleagues in the Senate, and is concerning many Republicans as well, and that is the question of your temper," a member of the audience began.
"How dare you ask that question!" McCain shot back in a mock rage, generating laughter. The man continued, "I have a quote from a colleague of yours, Senator Thad Cochran, Republican of Mississippi, somebody you may be familiar with, and with regards to you, he said, and I quote - "
"I'm familiar with the quote," McCain interjected, a little wearily.
But the man plunged forward, sharing Cochran's often-repeated words about McCain - "the thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine" - and continuing so long into Cochran's discourse that the generally friendly audience began booing the man.
"Look, I will confess to you, my friend, that I get angry," McCain finally replied, listing things he said made him irate: the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pork-barrel spending projects, corruption.
McCain then ticked off a list of Democrats with whom he likes to work. "And if I had some problem as such as has been described, my friends, I would not be able to work with Joe Lieberman and Russ Feingold and Ted Kennedy," he concluded.
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