We've been receiving e-mails from people we don't know in opposition to Ralph Nader's decision to run for President. Here are some of them:

• I can only assume that Nader's decision to run for President again is based either on a tremendously over-inflated ego or he is a puppet of the Republicans who welcome him into the race in the hope that Bush will win again. There is no logical reason for Nader to run - his protestations about the "liberal inteligentsia" being out to stop him is ridiculous. He has demonstrated - four years ago, and again now, that he is irrelevant except as a spoiler. There is not a single spark of hope of him winning anything except ridicule. No money, no funding, little chance of even getting on a state ballot make this attempt nothing short of idiotic.
  
• Why is Ralph Nader running? You could say ego. And you would be right. You could say bile and meanness. And you would be right. You could say "because he can" (like why a dog licks himself). And you would be right. But the most powerful reason, in my judgment, is that he wants Bush to win. That way the ultra-libs will be further energized, and keep sending him all those lovely checks. Ralph Nadar is only interested in Ralph Nadar. He is a wolf in wolf's clothing. I'd sooner vote for Osama Bin Laden; at least he isn't a hypocrite.

We liked these too:

• Nader, you're going to ruin it again. You screwed up last time and now we're living with George Bush. Get behind the Democratic candidate -- now - - before the damage is done! Thanks.
  
• Mr. Nader, please I do not want GW Bush re-elected. Please do not run in November.

We don't feel threatened by Nader's run this time. We don't think many people will vote for him, least of all the Democrats. We doubt the press will give much coverage to his campaign. We don't intend to give him much coverage here either. We think he's best ignored.

Update: Calpundit shares our view.

But can the rest of us make a pact to just ignore him? He's not even worth criticizing or mocking anymore, and we've all got more important things to do than giving him the attention he craves. Like unelecting our current president, for example. OK?

Maybe some creative blogger will come up with a graphic of Nader that says "Nader-Free Zone."