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CREW Releases Report 'Addicted to Porn: Members of Congress Accept Political Contributions from Porn Purveyors'
3/10/2005 11:30:00 AM
WASHINGTON, March 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report Addicted to Porn: Members of Congress Accept Political Contributions from Porn Purveyors. The report details how 15 Members of Congress, including 11 Representatives and four Senators, all of whom revile pornography, have accepted campaign contributions from corporations and executives who derive substantial profits from selling pornography.
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CREW's executive director Melanie Sloan stated "it is one thing to be silent on the issue and accept porn purveyor's contributions. However, these Members of Congress attempt to slap pornographers with fines and legislative restrictions with one hand and turn around and accept porn profits with the other. Our report details the hypocrisy of this 'skin caucus.'"
Some of the findings of the report:
Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) -- who equivocates pornography with crack cocaine -- accepted $17,000 from porn peddlers.
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) -- who has long campaigned against the growing coarseness of our culture -- along with renown gambling addict William Bennet, handed out "Silver Sewer" awards to those who made immoral videos, and who has criticized MTV for having porn stars on the air, accepted over $16,000.
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who leads the charge against indecency, accepted over $56,000.
Arizona Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who claimed to be the "anti-porn" presidential candidate in ads that ran prior to the South Carolina primary, pocketed $46,000 from corporations and executives who profit from porn.
Melanie Sloan, CREW's executive director referred to Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) as "the biggest hypocrite of all" for having written a letter to former Vice President Al Gore demanding that he return a contribution from an adult entertainment web site and for sanctimoniously ranting at Viacom executives that they cared more about profits than morality, despite accepting $47,000 in porn profits.