Doug Bruce!!!

Apparently our favorite person behind TABOR is up to his antics again.  I feel very sorry for the people who chose to have this fool fill a vacancy in the House.  Legislators in Colorado are generally very moderate and considerate (for the most part) as compared to many other states.  This moron has decided that he is more important than any other member in the House.  Hmm…  I don’t think so Brucie.

 This from the Rocky:

Cantankerous anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce is refusing to be sworn in as a state lawmaker Monday unless the Democratic majority allows him to take the oath before the full House.By custom, lawmakers who are filling vacancies, as Bruce is, are sworn in during private ceremonies in an empty chamber.

But in an impassioned four-page e-mail to House leaders, Rep.-elect Bruce wrote that he wants to be sworn in during a full House session and granted 90 seconds “to speak to MY NEW COLLEAGUES (not to an empty chamber).”

Bruce, a Colorado Springs Republican, wrote that refusing his request would inconvenience the “many people” he’s already invited to a 10 a.m. swearing-in.

House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a Democrat from Denver, declined what he called Bruce’s “unprecedented” request.

“I’m happy to accommodate any member’s schedule,” Romanoff said, adding that he’s offered Bruce four different times – outside House session – to be sworn in.

“But I’m just not willing to delay to the business of the House to indulge a member’s vanity,” the speaker said. “I’ve never heard of a new member demanding an audience for his swearing in.”

Would someone please just put this joker out of our misery?  Please?

UPDATE:  Bruce backs off after his fellow republicans refuse to back him.  Then he kicks a photographer.  From the Denver Post…