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• Position: Letter to the editor

There is one truly progressive candidate running for President in '08--Dennis Kucinich. All of the other big names, such as Clinton, are merely corporate shills and panderers to Big Oil, Big Pharma, and the Israeli lobby.

But Will Durst sees fit to mention three times that Representative Kucinich has no chance, even though the election is a year and a half away ("Scouting Report," April issue). With that attitude, we may as well give Clinton the nomination.

You call yourselves The Progressive ? Give me a break. One more piece of nonsense like Durst's and my next correspondence will be to cancel my subscription.

Durst is no Molly Ivins. He should stay home, watch the Red Sox, and retire his typewriter.

Serafino Bueti

Winsted, Connecticut

As soon as I read Will Durst's piece, I had to sit down and write you. Once again, I feel betrayed by the "progressive" media.

Can someone tell me why a magazine entitled The Progressive would dismiss with contempt (albeit humorous contempt) a guy like Kucinich, whose progressive bonafides are pretty much beyond reproach and have stood the test of time? I have a great sense of humor, but I have become increasingly frustrated with the way folks like Kucinich and Nader have been treated by the left media.

Kucinich is a long shot, but by dismissing him so completely, you help convince people who might agree with his proposals...