Hard of hearing

Maybe it's time for U.S. Rep. Bob Latta to have his hearing checked. Otherwise, how do you explain his hearing loss during a meeting with constituents this week?

Mr. Latta was in Fremont gathering ideas for the House GOP caucus. At one point during the two-hour session, an audience member asked the Bowling Green Republican whether President Obama is "American or is he African." Mr. Latta, a Bowling Green State University graduate with a law degree from the University of Toledo, appeared to slip the question but later explained he simply had misunderstood the straightforward query.

Later, a woman from Tiffin suggested Democratic leaders in Washington should be impeached, and a man, Rob Voska of Green Springs, Ohio, added loudly that they should be "shot in the head." Mr. Latta, who told attendees that "Washington better start listening to the people back home," apparently didn't follow his own advice, ignoring the woman and claiming he didn't hear the man.

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