[Salem]

[Personal Letterhead]

President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500                28 July 2003

RE: Professor Daniel Pipes Nomination to the United States Institute of Peace ~

Dear President Bush:

        I am writing in regard to your nomination of Professor Daniel Pipes to the United States Institute of Peace. Recently, in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, under extreme pressure from opponents, his nomination was tabled because "a quorum was not present" and the other Congressmen involved voted to kick it back to you to withdraw the nomination.

        This is inexcusable. Daniel Pipes is eminently qualified for this position, and among those who are observers and supporters, he has always maintained an extremely objective and balanced approach to the problem of militant Islam. Yet, his detractors can only revert to the juvenile, schoolyard tactics of unjustified namecalling and abusive argumentum ad hominem attacks against him and his work, unable to prevail against his superior ideas.

        Our friends, sons, and daughters in our military are deployed overseas in harm's way because of militant Islam. Yet this war will only be truly won in the arena of the war of ideas. This nation's tolerance is being used against it to ultimately destroy it by extremists who protect terrorism, as they worship at the alter of political correctness run amuck.

        I ask therefore that you sustain your nomination of Daniel Pipes, and not back down in the face of the likes of CAIR, the MPAC, the neo-left, and other terrorist sympathizers who have been working to derail the nomination of Mr. Pipes. America needs to stand behind qualified individuals like this who are not afraid to speak the truth concerning the oppressive and totalitarian ideologies which are at the root of the terrorist attacks against us, and the overall war on terror.

        My Deepest Respects and Regards,

        [Signed]

CC:

        Senator Gregg
        Chairman - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
        428 Dirksen Senate Office Building
        Washington, DC 20510-6300

        Republican National Committee
        310 First Street, SE
        Washington, DC 20003

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[veronica]

Great letter. BTTT...

[SJackson]

Contacts in post 2, also

President George W. Bush
or SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461

It's worth noting that phone calls and faxes are better than EMail, which I'm told the White House largely ignores.

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I would like to, with much pomp and fanfare, officially close this thread. All thanks and gratitude to every hardcore regular FReeper who took the time to contact any and all particulars who were instrumental in putting Pipes into this position, after such opposition to it from the enemies of America.

Score:

FREE REPUBLIC and the free world: 1

CAIR and the Islamonazi left: 0

Veronica, you may officially retire your tag line. It was a winner!

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