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An embarrassment goes down
An embarrassment goes down
On his first day in office, Colorado Republican Doug Bruce kicked a news photographer and then became the first ever member of the state House of Representatives to be censured by the body -- by a vote of 62-1.
Bruce is an activist -- he was a leading backer for Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (which was designed to starve the state's government) -- and he was appointed to a seat in the legislature in December.
He lost that seat last night, going down in his Republican primary 52-48.
When asked about the race, even his GOP opponent said that Bruce was an embarrassment.
I hate to kick a guy while he's down, but given Bruce's history, I'm sure he'll be causing more trouble for the people of Colorado soon enough.
Hate to say it, but I'm going to miss the guy. Sure he was rude, verbose, and wrong, but he was far more irritating and embarrassing to Republicans than he was to Democrats.
I served the term with him and actually appreciated some of his comments. For instance, while most of his caucus would spin their opposition to public education and talk about more testing, higher standards and eliminating waste, Bruce was honest: "Why would I put money into public schools, i don't have any kids."
Another time he suggested that he would support some spending if we took the money from children's health care, or something like that, but he didn't want business paying for it.
For the other side, it was kind of like that movie where Jim Carrey has to tell the truth.