Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
Donald Trump needs to talk about Hillary Clinton for rest of campaign
From the start of this crazy, wild election, Mr. Trump's campaign slogan could have been, "Well, you can screw it up." That has been his message and it has worked running against first Republicans, then Democrats and now a cabal of Republicans, Democrats and the dishonest media. Published October 19, 2016
Donald Trump can win despite biased media, Republican traitors
Donald Trump has had a rough couple of weeks. Democrats and the Clinton campaign -- by which I mean the media -- have thrown more slime and dirt at the Republican presidential nominee than any other politician in the history of television. Yet, Mr. Trump is still standing. Published October 18, 2016
Clinton vs. Bush redux in 2016 election
It was always going to be this way: Bush vs. Clinton 2016. From the very start, the media tried to rig this election to be a showdown between the Republican Party's polite and uptight Bush clan and the Democratic Party's shameless and self-serving Clinton mafia. Published October 12, 2016
Donald Trump, in the lion’s den, bites back: Put Hillary Clinton in jail
Well, the stakes just got real around here! Published October 10, 2016
Trump is America’s only hope in campaign designed to bore innocent voters to death
If you run Donald Trump off from the American political scene, you will have ruined your last, best chance to Make America Great Again and be forever condemned to torturously boring political debates the likes of which we saw here Monday night. Published October 5, 2016
Lester Holt the Media Molester and Hillary’s ever-evolving ‘convictions’
Just when you thought the media could not get any more dishonest and unserious, along comes Lester Holt. Published September 29, 2016
Trump solid in debate, but needs improvement
Monday night's debate here was a tremendous victory for Donald Trump, but his performance left plenty of room for improvement. Published September 27, 2016
Donald Trump won, but he needs to be better on his own best arguments
Big picture: Polls show support for Hillary Clinton is collapsing, and she desperately needed to stanch the bleeding. She did nothing during the debate to change the trajectory of those increasingly bleak polls. Published September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton ‘The Machine’ is programmed to take down Donald Trump
Not since Garry Kasparov faced off against Deep Blue has a contest between man and machine been so hotly anticipated. Published September 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton is a failure at fighting terrorism
She really should stick to lying. Published September 20, 2016
Weekend at Hillary’s, a tragicomedy about lying enablers and a White House campaign
The pre-Clinton era slapdash attempted-comedy is not nearly as funny as it was unforgettable for its utterly unbelievable and ridiculously goofball plot. Published September 12, 2016
Obama’s foreign policy — all the surrender, none of the peace
Finally, we have the Obama Doctrine: "Surrender without peace." Published September 7, 2016
Donald Trump’s successful Mexico meeting
Give that man a Nobel Peace Prize! Published August 31, 2016
Anthony Weiner, Clintons and Alt-Right Wing Conspiracy
Before you shed a tear for Hillary Clinton -- ensnared yet again in a web spun by the Vast Alt-Right Wing Conspiracy -- remember this: There is no "femme" without "fatale." There is no martyr without sacrifice. There is no shattered glass ceiling without broken shards of glass. Published August 29, 2016
Donald Trump drives agenda while Hillary Clinton hides behind jokes
Never in modern American political history has a more issue-oriented, serious candidate for president faced off against a more dishonest, platform-less, self-absorbed celebrity who is cashing in on ill-gotten wealth and fame despite serious concerns about mental and physical health. Published August 23, 2016
Donald Trump only alternative to establishment corruption
Is it really any surprise that newspapers and the television and radio have glutted their pages and airwaves with this constant fire-hydrant-force deluge of the most intensely negative coverage of Donald Trump? Published August 17, 2016
Donald Trump’s ‘mental illness’ disguised as CNN reporting
CNN -- which has dropped all pretense of fairness and embraced its slur as "Clinton News Network" -- dispatched its staff shrink to analyze Donald Trump for signs of insanity. Published August 8, 2016
Obama speaks of what he knows, being ‘unfit to be president’
Donald Trump is "woefully unprepared," President Obama said Tuesday. "Unfit to be president." Published August 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton cured Bill’s hesitancy to touch women
He might be long in the tooth, sallow in the face and his finger wag might have a bit more of an uncontrolled tremble to it, but boy does Bill Clinton still have that old drive. Published July 27, 2016
Bernie Sanders remains a loser because the fix was in
If you are going to start a revolution, you probably want to finish it. Either win or die trying. That is why revolutions are always so bloody. Whatever you do, if you start a real movement and then try to sell it away, don't be surprised if you lose control. Published July 26, 2016
