Nixing Nader.

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For months, I had been wondering what had become of "the Nader Team," which seems to have dropped off the campaign radar. Now I know, thanks to your June 2008 issue ("Naderites' Wild Darts," Editor's Note, By Matthew Rothschild). It is holed up somewhere, thinking of creative ways to condemn prominent progressives who fail to mistake its candidate for God. What a pitiable waste of time.

Back in the real world, congratulations on a clear-headed and historically damning outline of Bush-Cheney devotion to torture in a belief that they are above the law--any law, constitutional, moral, and international ("Torturers in the White House," Comment, by Ruth Conniff and Matthew Rothschild, June issue). I hope the International Criminal Court is paying attention.

Bruce E. Johansen

Omaha, Nebraska

Anyone who is intelligent enough to read The Progressive is too intelligent to believe that voting for Ralph Nader is a good idea. I offer the observation that perfect is the enemy of good enough. As in, Kerry wasn't perfect, so we got Bush.

Paul A. Alter

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Nader team's analysis is lucid. The abysmal voting record of elected Democrats demands that progressive commentators assess them harshly as a party complicit in U.S. militarism, a corrupt political process, corporatism, and erosion of liberties. Until the Democratic Party is decried as BS, progressive change will not happen.

Millions may march in opposition to war, but without elected representatives to end the warmongering, our awareness is immaterial. It is obvious that a viable political...