Charles Hurt
Columns by Charles Hurt
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
CHARLES HURT: The rise of Donald Trump, the downfall of the ‘experts’
To understand the rise of Donald Trump here in Iowa and around the country, you must first understand that Americans have always been suspicious of experts. The honest, brutal truth is that we actually despise experts. Published January 31, 2016
CHARLES HURT: GOP presidential primary — the greatest show on earth!
It is high time to declare -- honestly and without exaggeration -- that the 2016 GOP presidential primary has officially become the greatest, most interesting, most entertaining election of all time! Published January 29, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome sweeping elite
Beware the latest nasty virus sweeping the East Coast, particularly the most elite citadels of New York City and Washington, D.C. Published January 26, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump’s Corinthians misquote overblown by media
'Two Corinthians 3:17," said Donald Trump, misstating the traditional way American Christians most commonly refer to the Apostle Paul's second letter to the Corinthians. Published January 19, 2016
CHARLES HURT: State of the Union Obama really wanted to give
Even at the end of seven good and prosperous years, a president's final State of the Union address is a tough act. There is no one left to blame. By this point in a presidency, he owns the current state of the union. Imagine what it must be like after seven terrible years. Published January 12, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Debunking ‘conservative’ concerns about Donald Trump
First, they told us that Donald Trump's whole campaign was conjured up by disgraced ex-President Bill Clinton as a way to toss a smoke grenade into the middle of the Republican presidential primary and smooth the path to the White House for his wife, Hillary. Published January 10, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Obama’s gun plan: Crocodile tears and a ‘crazy list’
When all the hectoring is finished, the professorial lecturing is done, all the political posturing is over, all that is left are tears. And crocodile tears at that. Published January 5, 2016
CHARLES HURT: Bill kills Hillary Clinton’s sexism accusation against Donald Trump
He has been her meal ticket into national politics. He has been the sex predator in the White House whom she ruthlessly covered for. He has been her own personal dog in heat. Published December 29, 2015
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump’s ‘Art of the Schlong’ portrays Hillary Clinton as Joan of Arc
If you think "The Art of the Deal" was a yuuuuuuuuuuge success -- and it was -- just wait until Donald Trump comes out with his latest masterpiece, "The Art of the Schlong." Published December 22, 2015
CHARLES HURT: CNN turns GOP debate into aggravating, irrelevant snoozefest — as planned
Stop the madness. These debates cannot go on. Published December 15, 2015
Dan Bilzerian, ‘King of Instagram,’ likes what he sees in Donald Trump
Black-bearded Internet outlaw Dan Bilzerian, the so-called "King of Instagram", it is safe to say, is not a regular on the national GOP political scene. Until now, that is. Published December 15, 2015
CHARLES HURT: Armed Iranian doctor rushes to shooting victims — as American as it gets
On Dec. 2, as Islamic terrorists in combat gear strode into a San Bernardino Christmas party and began methodically executing Americans for their religious beliefs, the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces started ruminating on all the political angles and consequences. Published December 8, 2015
CHARLES HURT: Obama still wearing race-hustler glasses after worst U.S. terror attack since 9/11
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked ..." Published December 6, 2015
