Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
Donald Trump, Russians, truth spoil Hillary Clinton’s DNC carnival
Turns out Donald J. Trump is right. The system really is rigged! At least the Democratic Party's system is. Published July 25, 2016
Donald Trump: #LoveWins
Say whatever you want about real estate developer Donald J. Trump, he is the candidate of "love." Published July 22, 2016
Ted Cruz puts his political career ahead of his country — and it backfires
In the end, it was all about Ted Cruz. Delivering an unvetted speech before the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, Ted Cruz -- as is always his custom -- carefully calculated just how to do it so it would benefit himself the most. And it backfired. Published July 20, 2016
Donald Trump and his family: A new Camelot is born
Behold! A new American political dynasty is born! Goodnight, Camelot. Move over Bushes and Clintons. Meet the entire Trump clan. Published July 20, 2016
Melania Trump speech refreshing change from Obama attitude
Becoming an American citizen, Melania Trump told Republican delegates on the first night of the convention, was "the greatest privilege on planet Earth!" Boy, what a refreshing and starkly different attitude to have in the White House. Published July 19, 2016
Melania Trump: Tough, strong, confident, glamorous, gorgeous — and legal
To hell with The Donald. Let's hear it for The Melania! You can't say the guy doesn't like immigrants. Published July 18, 2016
Donald Trump’s simple, great message
From the moment he descended his glass escalator and transformed U.S. politics with his hostile takeover of the Republican Party, Donald Trump has been a big-picture, broad-brush candidate peddling a very simple, clear message. A simple message from a simple man. Published July 18, 2016
Donald Trump should stick to gunslinging strategy, pass on boring Mike Pence
By picking Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, real estate mogul Donald J. Trump would take a serious departure from the instinctual campaign style and gunslinging strategy that has served him so well and allowed him to pull some of the most unlikely spectacular political surprises in recent political times. Published July 14, 2016
Obama tramples on high ideals of America, fuels Black Lives Matter racism
There can be no dispute that Barack Obama was forced to wade through unprecedented bigotry in his speedy ascent to the most powerful perch in the world. His predecessor, George W. Bush, called it the "soft bigotry of low expectations." Published July 11, 2016
On Hillary emails, Comey’s evidence clashes with Comey’s conclusions
So it turns out that while you can indict a ham sandwich, indicting our top diplomat for "extremely careless" handling of national secrets at a time of war against the most determined and diabolical enemy we have ever faced -- well, that is just a waste of time. Inconvenient. Awkward. Published July 5, 2016
Bill Clinton’s plane romp not his fault
Former President Bill Clinton is just doing what Bubba does. What Bubba has always done. Published July 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi cover-up a warning for American voters
Lady Hillary Clinton's orchestration of a sprawling and fantastically dishonest cover-up of the terrorist attack on her State Department post in Benghazi on the anniversary of 9/11 is a clear reminder of just how totally indifferent the Clintons are when it comes to their responsibility to the voters they serve, the people they command and the country they represent. Published June 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s history of lying is a warning to American voters
If eight years of a Clinton presidency were not enough to teach you about the slow-rolling train wreck soap opera of dazzling indifference, monumental selfishness, convoluted lies and shameless coverups, then just maybe you deserve to live with yet another monstrous mistake. Published June 28, 2016
Obama’s whitewashing of the Orlando massacre
Truly, there is no reserve of cynicism vast enough for decent, freedom-loving Americans to fully comprehend the diabolical motivations of President Obama and the henchmen he has running his administration. Published June 22, 2016
While Obama defends Muslims, terrorists get guns
Weeks before killing 49 infidels in Orlando, Omar Mateen walked into a Florida gun store trying to buy body armor and a thousand rounds of ammunition. Suspicious about a Middle Eastern-looking guy jabbering a foreign language into a cellphone, the gun-store clerk denied the man service. Published June 19, 2016
Obama blames guns, not terrorism, for Orlando massacre
Well, thank goodness we have President Obama on the case. He will get to the bottom of it and finally put a stop to all this murder, madness and mayhem. Published June 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton makes history on Bill’s coattails
In one reference right out of the gate, Hillary Clinton both grasped for history and played the woman scorned card. Published June 8, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump’s crusade sets back struggle for a fair judiciary
Anyone who treasures integrity in the federal judiciary cannot help but cringe every time Donald J. Trump complains about the federal judge handling the class-action lawsuit against him on the grounds that the judge is of Mexican descent. Published June 5, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump again proves he is master of the media
Politically speaking, nobody ever went broke beating up the media. Add this truism to the long, long list of techniques and tactics that Donald Trump instinctively understands at a deep guttural level that nobody in media or politics seems to grasp. Even now, a year into Mr. Trump's Presidential Spectacular. Published May 31, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Hillary Clinton fights to overcome a sordid history
Clutching her pearls, Hillary Clinton is stricken. Horrified! Disgusted that Donald Trump would dare to remind voters about all the depraved debauchery she and her lecherous husband inflicted on the innocent American citizen for all of those years. Published May 24, 2016
