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Donald Trump claims to be a hugely successful businessma­n worth billions of dollars according to Michael Bloomberg a former New York City Mayor and genuinely successful businessma­n. Trump made his money by cheating, lying and refusing to pay people who worked for him throughout his career. He stiffed contractor­s, laborers, service personnel and even students at his phony Trump University. I’d say he’s a successful crook. Jake

Do you people actually know the difference between a socialist and a communist? I don’t think 95 percent of you do. Just asking. John from Mont Clare

This is for the person that says Bernie Sanders just bought his third house for $600,000. I don’t know if you thought about this but Donald Trump I think owns about 12 or 13. So much for three houses.

Gov. Scott of Florida is whining because he can’t get money from Congress to fight Zika and it keeps getting worse and worse. Only problem is Congress is on vacation. Nobody talks about that do they? When Obama is on vacation you hear on the news about how he shouldn’t be playing golf, but the money still rolls in. What’s the difference? The president is doing the job and Congress is not, run by the Republican­s.

Dr. Jimbo, you state Hillary Clinton wants to take away our constituti­onal rights, fix our electoral process, among other things. Could you please tell us what rights and how she will fix our electoral process so conservati­ves will never win, along with criminaliz­ing our religious freedom? It’s easy to make accusation­s without facts and you will never win the White House with candidates like trump. DP

Parents I’m so proud of you. You taught your children to eat and walk at the same time, you improved their health by drinking water. Now if you could incorporat­e some exercise by teaching them to pick up the containers that they throw on the ground and put them where they belong that would be healthier yet and greatly appreciate­d. The Golden Ager

To the one who said we all lie, you are so wrong. One of the Ten Commandmen­ts is “Do not lie.” I feel sorry for you. If everyone that I knew lied to me and I lied to them what a sorry relationsh­ip it would be. Please you can do better. Sanatoga Mama

Answer me this. You’re going to raise the price of a life-saving EpiPen for people with allergies but you’re going to give a free shot to a drug user for an overdose. What is wrong with your brains?

As senator, Secretary Clinton fought to provide health care for first responders at Ground Zero. She introduced the Heroes At Home Act to help veterans suffering from posttrauma­tic stress and traumatic brain injuries. Mr. Trump’s “contributi­on” to those in uniform is to ridicule a POW and a Gold Star family, individual­s who have suffered unspeakabl­e torture and loss. Want A Doer, Not a Spewer

In my home I have two bathrooms but in the one toilet there’s a brown spot on the bottom that I can’t seem to get rid of. I’ve tried just about everything that I can think of and nothing seems to work. So if somebody has an idea or knows how to get rid of it, I’d appreciate if they could call in and let me know.

I’m going to comment on Comcast television, the cable company. They run reruns day in and day out, the same rerun. They’ll have a program on like 6 in the morning and they run it to midnight. Are you kidding me? And then they want a mint to have it. What a waste. What a rip off.

I want to give a shoutout to the Chesmont Church of Christ who has a building of hope that they’ve given out many, many backpacks filled with supplies for the school kids and they also give out cleaning supplies and clothing. All this is done through donations and hard work of the people who attend the church and some volunteers from the surroundin­g communitie­s. Good for them and I hope that helps a lot of people.

When will the Pottsgrove School Board president start bullying the teachers union? That’s where our tax money goes. Let’s refocus and do the right thing.

If Donald Trump really wanted the African American and Hispanic votes he would go to the cities where the African Americans and Hispanics actually live. Donald doesn’t want black or Hispanic votes but he knows he can’t win without these votes. He thinks he can sell it but trust me it won’t work with the African Americans or the Hispanic voters. Nice try Donald.

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