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Sound Off for August 18, 2016

So that’s the problem

As long as Democrats are running Columbus, we will continue to have a high crime rate.

Chronic impairment

You have to be mentally challenged to believe Hillary Clinton is going to make your life better.

Vlad and The Donald

What's deeply disturbing is the prospect of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin joining hands and merrily dragging the rest of us down the kleptocratic hill.

Religious test

So if ISIS recruits are ignorant of their faith, does ISIS behead and mutilate them like they did the Bangladesh hostages who couldn't recite from the Qur'an?

Don’t need more comedy

I canceled my subscription to “Mad” magazine. The L-E is quite enough.

Fraudulent claims of fraud

Republicans have inflamed nonexistent voter fraud issues to push through voter suppression laws. Trump's message of cheating is to double down and prevent Democrats from using the polling station at all.

Expensive irony

But for an obvious conflict, the salaried city attorney represents the sheriff. But the sheriff gets to hire an army of lawyers connected with the Sheriffs Association, which costs millions and Council pays the bills.

This story was originally published August 17, 2016 at 3:29 PM with the headline "Sound Off for August 18, 2016."

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