"John McCain says the failure to pass the bailout bill is due to Obama's lack of leadership. If that's true, why did the House Democrats vote 3 to 1 in favor of it, while the House Republicans voted 2 to 1 against it? Once again, McCain is lying, blaming his own failings on his opponent." - Chambersburg, Pa.

"To today's Hagerstown caller: I've been watching this, and I've had the time and I've listened to these two candidates speak, and I have never seen anybody in my life flip-flop as much as Obama has. He has gone from anti-gun to gun, anti-abortion to abortion. ... Right away he wanted people out of Iraq. Now he's gonna wait a little while. ... I've been around a while, and I've listened to some candidates, and I have never heard anybody flip-flip as much as Obama. That's because he wants to please whatever crowd he's addressing." - Waynesboro, Pa.

"Could somebody tell me where I could dispose of a PC monitor?" - Hagerstown

"I would just like to ask who's gonna bail me out, the one who made wise decisions chose a mortgage within their bounds, but yet are still having financial difficulties trying to reach these demands due to these higher tycoons that's getting bailed out. Now they're the reason we have higher gas prices, our economy, our food prices, everything is so much higher. Nobody's gonna bail me out. My mortgage is less than $100,000."

"If the savings are so great by letting some of the inmates do mowing and mulching for some municipalities, then why, for heaven's sake, does the state pay certain people to mow and mulch the state lab at Hancock, instead of using inmates' labor? It could be quite a savings." - Hancock

"This is regarding The Herald-Mail's new format as of Monday, Sept. 29, 2008. What's most interesting is page E4. I don't know if anybody was awake at the newspaper when it was put in, but the www.bostonheraldpersonals.com - it's interesting that the Boston personals are in the Hagerstown paper. Curious and amusing. You all need to hire proofreaders for many reasons, but this is the most startling example of all." - Smithsburg

"I just have a comment about the new form of the paper. It's great - smaller in width is making is easier to handle, but because it is smaller, everything else in it is smaller, and for a senior citizen ... it makes it kind of hard to read, and I had to use a magnifying glass this morning just to read the cartoons and some of the other stuff in there." - Falling Waters, W.Va.

"I'm calling in regard to the format of your new paper. Your format is very nice, but to many of us who have eye problems, the smaller print is most objectionable." - Hagerstown

"Obama's gonna lose the election because of one word - one word only: Race. Here we are in the 21st century, and people say they care about the country, but they don't, really. They care about race." - Hagerstown

"I'm calling in on the movie 'Tropic Thunder.' I'd just like to thank Phyllis Landry from the Arc of Washington County for writing the good letter she wrote to the editor. Come on, people, have a little bit of compassion. If you had a brother, sister, if you have a child like I do that is mentally retarded, it's a very, very hurtful word. Have a little compassion."

"This is to The Herald-Mail. How much smaller do you want to make the print for some of us people to read? Before it's over with, everybody will need bifocals to try to read the print if it gets any smaller. How about putting it back to the way it was before, and quit changing the paper so much, and especially the size of the print." - Hagerstown

"I'm calling in response to the discussions about the cheating spouses, and I just wanted to add to that how it's also amazing how ... some of our political people, you know, promote having affairs, instead of being more Christian-like and showing more mentorship and Christianity and values to their community." - Leitersburg

"I'm agreeing with the person that wrote in about the stink bugs. They are horrible, and I think Washington County needs to do something to stop the problem. My son killed 40 in his home yesterday, within a matter of minutes, and they were swarming his windows. He lives in a log cabin, and they are horrible. They fly down and hit you in the head." - St. James area

"Vote country ahead of party, what a novel idea. I think I'll write in Joe Lieberman for president." - Hagerstown

"Before you vote on Nov. 4, remember this. Whether they like it or not, politicians work for you, not the other way around. You do the hiring, you do the firing, and you, not they, decide which public servants warrant trust and which politicians warrant dismissal in the voting booth. And remember, if they don't trust you, you should not trust them. Trust is a two-way street. Go to the polls this election day, and take all your friends with you. Remember the Second Amendment." - Sharpsburg

"I think it's really something in the world today, in the area that we live, of how most of the American people act alike in a lot of ways in a lot of situations. For example, after 9/11/01, a lot of Americans united. You know, they seemed to come together, of showing respect and caring for one another. But it's been seven years now since 9/11/01, and American people, most of them, went back to their self-centered ways." - Greencastle, Pa.

"Could someone answer my question? How can McCain treat Obama the way he does? He slurs him, he just pokes fun at him, he turns his back on him on the TV." - Boonsboro