Scottie Hughes

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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Jul 18, 2014
Book Review: 'Assault and Flattery'
Boldly stepping up to the plate is one of the Conservative movements most well known ladies Katie Pavlich and her new book, Assault and Flattery.
Jul 10, 2014
John Boehner Is the Most Intelligent Man in Politics Today
For the past few years, I have felt almost sorry for the Speaker of the House, Rep John Boehner (R- Ohio). I thought of him as a sensitive fellow who needed a good shrink to help him deal with his emotions almost as much as he needed a good tanning consultant. Now, however my opinion has drastically changed.
Jun 12, 2014
Eric Cantor's Defeat: The Surprise That Shouldn't Have Been
Though Majority Leader Eric Cantor's epic defeat was a shock to the country, when you think about it those of us within the Tea Party movement should not have been surprised. We know how frustrated and disappointed voters across America have been with our government.
May 9, 2014
Why the Tea Party is Winning
Tuesday's primaries are just another round of the Republican Party trying to figure out how we are going to be defined for the next two years going into the 2016 Presidential race. Many of the establishment would like to show certain losses as reasons why the Tea Party/conservative wing of the Party should not be given a seat at the table.
Apr 25, 2014
Fast and Furious Benghazi Edition
A blockbuster news event happened earlier this week - one that ought to have caused outrage in all political quarters. One that ought to have made us question not only the Obama administration's competence, but also their motives. How else should we explain $500 million in arms that the United States facilitated to al-Qaeda linked groups in Libya?
Mar 28, 2014
Secrets and Lies About Obamacare
Just as Renault wasn't really surprised that Rick's Café would break the law, none of can be surprised this week that President Obama and the implementers of Obamacare are breaking the law – again. After all, they've played fast and loose with the law creating Obamacare since it was (sloppily) written and (barely) passed almost exactly four (long) years ago.
Mar 18, 2014
The Costs of Barack Obama's Weakness
When George Mallory was asked in 1924 why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he snapped, "Because it is there." Fourteen years later, Adolf Hitler might well have given the same answer if asked why he wanted to annex the Sudetenland.
Feb 26, 2014
The Tea Party Movement Turns Five: A Look Back
On December 16th, 1773, colonists stormed Boston Harbor to destroy shipments of tea to protest actions by an out-of-control government that held a stranglehold on the lives and liberty of American colonists. The event became known as the Boston Tea Party and the one act that lasted but one night remains in the collective consciousness of American history to this day.
Feb 17, 2014
Not All Presidents' Deserve to be Celebrated
Our Country has been blessed to be lead by great men of intelligence, strategy and ethics. However, our Country has also suffered during Administrations, which were plagued by bad decisions and scandal.
Feb 10, 2014
Biden's Third World Country
Last week, our nation's genius Vice President Joe Biden offered a statement that alienated some of his most loyal fans. "If I blindfolded someone and took them at 2:00 in the morning into the airport in Hong Kong and said 'where do you think you are,' they'd say, 'this must be America, it's a modern airport,'" Biden said during a speech on infrastructure in Philadelphia.