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45 Comments
Bruce showed nothing but disrespect for military members and veterans while he was on the County Commission.
And today’s Gazette’s opinion page
http://www.gazette.com/opinion…
which states “Bruce respects and admires the brave men and women who work in our military” is a crock.
It was a joke and an insult he was on the Veterans’ committee – Good riddance.
On the flip side, this just gives Bruce more free time to scheme and practice his place kicking (and hang out at ColoPols).
Wouldn’t the more responsible approach have been to maximize the number of committees he’s on so that he’s too busy and tired to carry on for hours on the floor?
Is it possible that the Kicker is amongst us at this very moment? And here I thought that Brophy was the only current legislator who spent his time in here. (Well, Brophy and occasionally Steve Johnson…)
reading Pols in their office or even on the House floor.
The posts here influencing legislation.
I don’t go there often,
its such an amateurish website.
But I saw the interesting-est opinion piece,
arguing that Boeing ought to get more sole-source contracts,
because they build the best helicopters.
No need to let Sikorsky or Lockheed compete;
no need to find out the state of the art.
Just trust Darleen Druyun to pick the best contractor.
Haiku day? 🙂
You people are making it hard for me today trying to defend Doug and Doug. But, this is exactly what I mean. You think having influence in the State and in the Congress is more important than standing on principle. Doug and Doug have judgment, convictions, and principles that you Republicans and Democrats aspire to have but fail.
I assure you that I do not aspire to whatever principles the Dougs may hold.
I’ve seen posts alleging that Bruce has co-sponsored “meaningless” resolutions in the past. Was that wrong?
These take-no-prisoner “principles” are what distinguished the Bolsheviks from other Communists. It’s the mark of extremism and has no place in a free society.
It’s always someone else’s fault–with you and little Dougie. Very nice “principles” you’ve got there.
Would want you to be putting him in the same column as Bruce. You might want to check with him on that!
We’ll keep them both. My respect for Lamborn’s Libertarian values skyrocketed when Bruce endorsed Lamborn for Congress in 2006. Lamborn was told he would lose some endorsements if he accepted it. I don’t remember which state senator or house member it was that withdrew his endorsement of Lamborn because of Lamborn’s embracing Doug Bruce’s ideology. Lamborn isn’t afraid of Republicans. He’s afraid of Libertarians. You should know that. Look at Lamborn’s support for Bruce’s slam on your gal, Lathen. He got two birds with one stone on that. Lathen was a HUGE Crank supporter in 2006. She was his campaign manager for awhile. Lamborn was getting at another CRANKYRepublican and getting at CRANK as well with his support for Bruce. 2 birds. 1 stone. Same column as Bruce.
It figures…….
If Lamborn comes out in defense of Bruce, I would be surprised. Bruce’s actions has nothing to do with libertarian values or not-Bruce’s actions are all about Bruce. He’s a liar and he’s not consistent about anything other than making it all about himself.
Also, maybe I missed something, but I don’t remember any commentary from Lamborn regarding Bruce’s lies regarding Lathen. What I do remember is that his letter was proven to be a lie and he got rebuked for it. Do you remember that?
I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t because your memory is also faulty in the area of Lathen’s involvement in Crank’s campaign. I don’t remember the guy’s name-but his manager was a guy.
Two examples; two areas in which you’re wrong. Are you just not knowledgable or are you a liar? Hopefully it’s not the latter, or else you would be in the same column as Bruce.
You know how the story ended. You don’t know how it began. Would Lathen lie to you about her being Crank’s campaign manager? Ask her yourself. Yep. You don’t know Bruce and Lamborn’s history either.
I’m starting to think you’re a combination of the two options.
Let me educate you (if that’s possible). Amy Lathen was not the campaign manager for Jeff Crank. Amy Lathen managed John Newsome’s campaign.
So again, you’re wrong. If this is the reality you live in, it explains a lot about you’re posts.
Again, I ask you to clarify-are you and idiot or are you a liar?
Are you willing to admit that Doug Bruce lied in his letter to the vacancy committee?
Are you willing to admit that Doug Bruce lied about his kick?
Are you willing to admit that Doug Bruce hasn’t been consistent about his resolution policy?
If you can’t, I don’t trust your perception on anything else and I guess I’ll join with others who will be ignoring you.
As you pointed out earlier, it is quite possible than Lipsynchers4Doug is a lying idiot and/or an idiotic liar. In fact, its not only possible, it is approaching near certainty.
then you know that the evidence is convincing!
And what exactly is the point of being in the state legislature or Congress if not to exercise some influence in those bodies? Forgive me if I’m missing something here about the purpose of elected officials in a system in which constituents are represented by those they elect.
They’re both anti-reproductive choice. They’re both anti-marriage equality. They’re both anti-separation of church and state.
They do agree with the libertarians on two issues: regulation of firearms and some economic regulations (i.e., OHSA regs, labor laws, etc.)
But they share most of those positions with “Libertarian” poster boy, Ron Paul…
Bruce will get himself kicked off every committee and will find himself ostracized and completely without influence. And that’s gonna happen sooner than he wants and longer than some of us can stand.
Bruce was on the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee and he thought it was a good idea for a legislator in that position to refuse to thank our military? Since he obviously has zero interest in making any concessions in working in any way shape or form with other legislators on either side of the aisle, why did he want to even be a legislator?
His buddy Libertarians4Doug’s strange idea that there is way of participating as a legislator without ever having to give an inch on anything shows that he, like Bruce, has no conception of what a democratically elected representative legislature is or how it functions.
People who are that opposed to the whole idea of representative government really ought to stay out of it, maybe get a talk show or something. By now it’s pretty clear that Bruce is simply not capable of serving as a legislator in any meaningful way. He doesn’t have a clue as to what a legislator’s job entails.
I had this exact conversation with a friend last night who told me the Boulder Daily Camera made the “you are what you eat” argument against Bruce, and looking at today I couldn’t agree more.
With all due respect to the El Paso County Republican vacancy committee for this particular House District, was Douglas Bruce really the best choice you had before you?
I would think in a GOP stronghold like Colorado Springs, there would have been a lot more viable candidates. I can’t help but be amused to think Mr. Bruce waited three days before being sworn in so he could run for four additional terms. It seems he will be lucky to get the Republican nomination in 2010.
The only principle of Mr. Bruce that I do applaud is rejecting the notion that every bill, passed by the General Assembly, needs to have the safety clause attached to it. I cannot believe that every piece of legislation is an “emergency!”
Bruce was appointed with 66 total votes (of 100).
The emergency clause is over used and kind of silly looking on the bottom of bills, he’s not the first to notice. That being said, it is a little rich to have someone that brags about getting around a cons. amendment, i.e. term limits, wasting so much time everyday. The floor is not really the place to take care of this problem. Today alone, so far, he has wasted something like 20 min. The time is wasted, he’s “posturing” pure and simple. The motions shouldn’t take anymore than a minute from move to lose. The military tribute only took an hour and 15 minutes…
But unfortunately, Berkely Bruce was the only one that was generally considered to be qualified for the position. Reportedly, he promised members of the vacancy committee that he would not do anything that would embarrass the Party. He didn’t even wait to be sworn in to break that one.
if he was the only one considered to be qualified, what does that say about his two opponents before the vacancy committee?
And active in the party, but with no public service experience to draw on. Bruce had experience as a Deputy D.A. as well as County Commissioner. So on paper at least, he was more qualified than the others.
Bruce is very qualified, hate to say it, and his views are generally consistent with the GOP. A real conservative. But does he have to talk and walk around like that? Otherwise he’d be golden.
Well, this also could be secretly related to the shift that moved Morgan Carroll off of Military affairs where she was a big fighter for Buckley, so that Middleton could bet sat to bolster the vacancy appointment following the Garcia incident that also was a part of a chain of dominoes beginning on Health that eventually moved enough people around so Ferrandino this week shifted from the Labor seat that Cerbo had held to an Appropriations seat that I think will fit him very well but has resulted in Middleton and not Carroll being the counterweight to Bruce and that might effect the balance on the Aurora vs. the Springs funding allocations but when Bruce is your negotiator in a funding deal you have…
Wait, where is everybody going? I was just getting started. Ok, maybe it is more simple…
Occam’s Razor: Bruce is an idiot and the Republicans want to pretend they didn’t force him on the rest of us.
He’s a little fish in a big pond, and if he’s not careful, he’s “gonna gat ate”
How have you been Susie, it’s been a while? Glad to see you’re back!
Still recovering from the ELPC caucus debacle.
How do you explain the argument that Doug Bruce’s refusal to back the resolution honoring the military was based on a principled stand against “wasting time,” with Bruce’s vote for other such “time-wasting” resolutions in the past, including Martin Luther King Day?
Just please explain that. Thank you.
Douglas Bruce is God. By definition, God can do no wrong. If Bruce doesn’t like the military, that means the military is not worthy of being respected by Bruce. If Bruce kicks people, it means people deserve to be kicked. Lipsynch4Doug knows these truths to be self-evident.
He is forcing the Republicans to confront the extremists in their midst. And he is bringing the Republican and Democrat grown-ups together in the house as they have to address his antics.
Bruce in the house may turn out to be very good for the Republican party as well as us Dems.
I better go lie down and relax until this feeling passes 😉
“Clinton and Obama are just too right wing” he was quoted as saying…
Republicans for Kucinich as a 527 with a $10 million grant from Bruce Benson. But don’t tell anybody.
Republicans for Kucinich as a 527 with a $10 million grant from Bruce Benson. But don’t tell anybody.