Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
CHARLES HURT: Bathroom fight draws GOP away from the real issues
Note to professional politicians: Voters really don't care what bathroom Bruce Jenner uses. That is between him, her and their psychiatrist. Published April 24, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Ted Cruz fails to heed own advice, get out of race he can’t win
What strange bedfellows and broken pretzels politics do make! Mere weeks ago, Sen. Ted Cruz pressured Gov. John Kasich to get out of the race for the Republican nomination because he had no mathematical chance of winning. Published April 19, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Clarence Thomas smeared in HBO’s ‘war on women’ movie
Twenty-five years later, HBO this week debuts a movie called "Confirmation," a drama rehashing all the lurid -- yet entirely unsubstantiated -- smears used in the great effort to destroy the character of one of America's first black Supreme Court justices. All because he was conservative. Published April 14, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Paul Ryan is no knight to save Republican presidential nomination
Here in Washington, nothing ever goes "bump" by itself. Which leads us to the question, "What is Paul Ryan up to?" Published April 12, 2016
CHARLES HURT: It’s time for Trump to get back to winning
Losing sucks. Especially if you are not accustomed to losing and Donald J. Trump has built his whole campaign on being a winner who wins. Published April 7, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Recent ‘conservative’ presidents expanded government
In the past 28 years America has elected two presidents from the "conservative" party, the one that claims to stand for lower taxes, responsible spending and limited government. Both have been named Bush. Published April 5, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders have little in common
In this brief cessation of hostilities between enemy forces on both sides of the political divide, it is a good time to take stock of where primary voters have taken the two parties. Published March 29, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump reveals inner statesman, terrifies naysayers
The race is over. Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. Published March 22, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump may be flawed, but Washington is worse
Their delusions swarm unabated. Published March 20, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Marco Rubio is the tea party heartthrob who turned establishment shill
Like the Titanic before it, the U.S.S. Jeb! set sail with such great puffery and fanfare that the passengers on board the gilded ship sipping from champagne flutes were filled with confidence and optimism about the wondrous journey to follow. Quite bullish they were! Published March 15, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump forcing Republican Party to attack itself
In 2012, we watched as the GOP establishment forced a flawed and flimsy candidate onto Republican voters. It was like trying to stuff a cat into a trash can. Published March 8, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Mitt Romney works to kill GOP White House hopes — again
Finally! The key to sparking fire in the belly of Francois Mitterand Romney has been located! Published March 3, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump’s winning streak baffles GOP losers
It is true. You simply cannot trust a politician as far as you can throw them. Published March 1, 2016
CHARLES HURT: GOP establishment looks to Marco Rubio to save it from Donald Trump
The Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome treatment facilities simply cannot handle the patient load. By Super Tuesday, there will be no beds left and white people wearing Brooks Brothers suits and tassel loafers will be wandering the streets of New York and D.C. with bloodshot eyes. Published February 23, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Party masters cracked whip to get Dem voters to fall in line behind Hillary Clinton
Black and enough Hispanic voters who do not exist in Iowa and New Hampshire dutifully came out for Hillary Rodham Clinton to give her a win over Sen. Bernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont. Clinton was also aided by some of the party's biggest special interest groups such as unions that work inside Las Vegas casinos. Published February 21, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Pope Francis hurling stones at Donald Trump from glass Vatican
Looks like Pope Francis needs to go to confession. At the very least, the pontiff should seek an audience with real estate mogul Donald J. Trump to ask for forgiveness over slandering him and denouncing his Christian faith. Published February 19, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Another ill-advised (but self-serving) kamikaze stunt by Ted Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz is one of those people who constantly wrestles with the Constitution -- and always wins. In his latest declaration to mount the barricades in defense of the Constitution, the Texas senator said he will "absolutely" filibuster any nominee the president puts forward to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Published February 16, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Racial profiling Clintons rev up DNC machine, the last plantation in America
Hillary Clinton's "firewall," they call it. They don't even wink and nod anymore. But they all know what they mean by it. Published February 11, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump built a juggernaut and had the media pay for it
Why does the mainstream media heap such scorn and disbelief on Donald Trump over his promise to build a great wall along the border with Mexico -- and make Mexico pay for it? After all, Donald Trump has built a winning presidential campaign -- and made the media pay for it. Published February 9, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Ted Cruz wins Iowa, but he won’t be the GOP nominee for president
Well, that's settled. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will not be the 2016 Republican nominee for president. Published February 2, 2016
