by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
My little hometown for some reason had a unusual connection to a number of successful writers and artists. I would guess there are at least half a dozen such people. Among them is Washington Times reporter — and recent author — Charlie Hurt.
Now, let me get some things out of the way. Mr. Hurt is a demonstrable success in his chosen profession. I, alas, to date, am not. And in person he’s a reasonable enough fellow. So, on a personal basis I am rather indifferent to him and wish him only the best professionally.
Having said all that, I would like to note something. Mr. Hurt’s new book “Still Winning” is apparently some sort of apologia of Trump. He has close family ties in my hometown so I thought I’d cruise on by his book signing. That’s where I got this picture:
There’s a scene in one of The Pirates of the Caribbean movies where Capt. Jack Sparrow realizes he’s not going to hook up with the two women he’s with and goes through all the things about them that bugged him during the night before.
I overheard Mr. Hurt made it very clear to someone that he thought Trump was joking when he made his recent “chosen one” comment. It took a lot of willpower on my part not to laugh at this statement. All I want to say is, “Charlie, he wasn’t joking. You and I both saw the footage, he was not joking.“
Anyway, other than that, I don’t care. Good luck Charlie Hurt.
