The Conservative Fool Of The Day is...Douglas Bruce!

"She called me Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce...I can hear her calling Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce...I can hear her going Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce...I can hear her (clap clap!)..."

Meet Douglas Bruce - a Colorado Springs Republican (the very phrase sends chills down your spine). The right-wing activist was recently chosen by county Republicans to fill a vacant seat in the Colorado House. (Lovely how in Colorado Springs the party apparatus can just choose who fills a seat instead of having the issue be decided in a multiparty election.)

The get-nothing-done anti-tax crusader breezed into his new job with a bang! First of all, the self-serving maniac waited until the unexpired term was more than halfway over to actually take his seat, so he'll be allowed to serve an extra term before term limits force him out. (Funny how conservatives believe in "term limits for thee, not for me.") Then he insisted on taking his oath of office while the House was in session, just to spite political foes who frowned on his delay in taking his seat. This despite the fact that it's standard practice for lawmakers who fill a vacancy to be sworn in while the House isn't in session. Taking the oath while the House is in session delays House business.

Bruce eventually had to back down on that demand, because the Republicans got tired of not having a legislator and threatened to choose someone else instead. But not getting his way only made him even more unhinged!

The crazed blowhard then kicked a Rocky Mountain News photographer for taking his photo during the morning prayer at the start of the legislature's work day. "Don't do that again!" Bruce scowled as he ground his foot into the photographer's knee. However, House rules permit news photographers to take pictures during prayers and all House activities.

Don't believe he did all this? Well, there's video here, so don't deny it, conservos:

http://cbs4denver.com/video/?id=38064@kcnc.dayport.com

Douglas Bruce then later defended his assault on the photographer. He said taking his picture was "coarse and disgusting." Yeah, Doug, I agree that your picture is "coarse and disgusting." He actually had the gall to demand an apology from the photographer. "He needs to get a lesson in manners and decorum," Bruce said. As if it's good manners to kick a photographer for doing their job?

Why do I get the feeling Douglas Bruce is gonna be the Gary Nodler of 2008?

(Source: http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/jan/14/anti-tax-crusader-sworn-kicks-photographer;
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/01/colo-lawmaker-k.html;
http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/denver/rockytalklive/archives/2008/01/doug_bruce_the_gop_bull_in_dem.html)