Mount Virtus

"Happy to come back to Michigan, but I miss the mountains!"

Ben on Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About Ben
  • Mount Virtus?
  • Writer / Editor For Hire
  • What I’m Thankful For
  • Colorado Ballot Reviews
    • Colorado Ballot 2008
    • Colorado Ballot 2010
    • Colorado Ballot 2012
  • Archives
  • Passion and Purpose:
    The Rise & Fall of Al Gansee
Home Colorado Politics Rehashing the Bruce Brouhaha

1/19/2008 By Ben 2 Comments

Rehashing the Bruce Brouhaha

Up to this point, I haven’t taken time to comment on the Douglas Bruce brouhaha. So here it is: I’m glad to see good, intelligent, respected voices from my side able to distinguish between the free market, limited government views he espouses and the shameful behavior he has demonstrated. A few of them are highlighted below…

Today, Jessica Corry writes in her latest Diary of a Mad Voter:

On Monday, Colorado state Rep. Douglas Bruce didn’t just kick a newspaper photographer. When he refused to apologize, he also launched a blow to his beloved limited government movement. While the first mistake was forgivable, the second is not.

As was widely reported by media around the nation, including USA Today, Bruce became upset after a news photographer crouched before him during the chamber’s morning prayer continued to take his picture. He responded by swiftly kicking Rocky Mountain News photographer Javier Manzano in the knee.

A simple apology for the childish outburst could have been enough. We all lose our tempers every now and then. Surrounded by a barrage of media-types, he may have become overwhelmed. Instead of apologizing, however, Bruce feebly attempted to defend his actions by saying, “I think the Rocky Mountain News photographer ought to apologize to the House and to me and to all the people whom he disrupted. He needs to get a lesson in manners and decorum.”

If Bruce were just an ordinary freshman legislator, it’s more likely than not that the political damage resulting from the outburst would have only hurt him. But Bruce is anything but ordinary….

There’s more to read from Jessica, but what about others?

Former state senate president and Backbone America chief John Andrews gave a strong and measured response.

Blogger El Presidente offered his advice: “suck it up, be a man, and apologize for this crazy outburst.”

The Colorado Index gave a little tongue-in-cheek jab about Doug Bruce’s “circus.”

Michael at Best Destiny asked: “Must we suffer fools?”

The conservative Rocky Mountain Politics affirmed: “It is official, Doug Bruce is an embarrassment!”

There may be more such posts and comments from Colorado’s conservative blogging community. I didn’t perform an exhaustive search.

Regardless, now let’s move on to other topics, shall we?

Filed Under: Colorado Politics Tagged With: conservative bloggers, Douglas Bruce, Rocky Mountain News

Comments

  1. Snaggle-Tooth Jones says

    1/19/2008 at 2:41 pm

    And SJT sez, much ado ’bout nothin’. This incident will be forgot in 6 months.

  2. Snaggle-Tooth Jones says

    1/22/2008 at 12:39 am

    I mean, STJ.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Inside

  • About Ben
  • Archives
  • Colorado Ballot Reviews
    • Colorado Ballot 2008
    • Colorado Ballot 2010
    • Colorado Ballot 2012
    • Colorado Ballot 2014
  • Mount Virtus?
  • Passion and Purpose:
    The Rise & Fall of Al Gansee
  • What I’m Thankful For
  • Writer / Editor For Hire

About Me

Ben DeGrow
Grateful and growing Christian, devoted husband and father of 3, public policy analyst, returned to Michigan by way of Colorado, conservative writer, lifelong learner, Detroit Tigers fan.

Recent Posts

  • Top Books I Read in 2020
  • The All-New Christmas Music Countdown: Bigger, Better and Brighter Than Ever
  • Does the USA Face Future Divorce?
  • Resources for Veterans and their Families Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak
  • How To Keep Your Children Engaged While Learning from Home

Colorado News

  • Colorado Senate News
  • Complete Colorado
  • Independence Institute
  • Loveland Politics
  • The Colorado Observer

National News and Politics

  • Drudge Report
  • Hot Air
  • National Review
  • Politico
  • Real Clear Politics
  • Reason
  • The Washington Times
  • TownHall
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Weekly Standard
  • World Magazine

Blogs Extraordinaire

  • American Thinker
  • David Harsanyi’s Blog
  • E!! The True Conservative Story
  • EIA Intercepts
  • Evangelical Outpost
  • Hugh Hewitt
  • Instapundit
  • LaShawn Barber
  • Lileks
  • Little Green Footballs
  • Michelle Malkin
  • NRO's The Corner
  • Power Line
  • Red State

Completing the Blogroll

  • Alarming News
  • Black Five
  • Blogs of War
  • Eduwonk
  • Flypaper
  • Fraters Libertas
  • Historical Conversations
  • IMAO
  • Jay P. Greene
  • Mike Anderson
  • Mullings
  • Professor Bainbridge
  • Right Thinking
  • Right Wing News
  • Right Wing Nuthouse
  • Shot in the Dark
  • Talking Points Memo
  • Virginia Postrel
  • Volokh Conspiracy

Christian Commentary et al.

  • Kevin Pierpont
  • Sharper Iron

Conservative and GOP Sites

  • Backbone America
  • Cal Thomas
  • Colorado Republican Party
  • Colorado Republican Study Committee
  • Dennis Prager
  • Denver Metro Young Republicans
  • Free Republic
  • Heritage Foundation
  • Jefferson County Republican Party
  • Mackinac Center for Public Policy
  • Mark Steyn
  • Michael Medved
  • Rush Limbaugh

Colorado Blogs

  • American Kestrel
  • Bob Agard
  • Colorado Charter Schools
  • Colorado Peak Politics
  • Colorado Pols
  • Colorado Right
  • Conservative Libertarian Outpost
  • Coyote Gulch
  • Ed Is Watching
  • Free Colorado
  • Jeff Crank Show
  • Mark Hillman
  • Patient Power
  • PirateBallerina
  • Protein Wisdom
  • Reagan Girl
  • Rocky Mountain Alliance 1.0 (Archive)
  • Rocky Mountain Alliance 2.0 (Archive)
  • Rossputin
  • Stop the ACLU Blog
  • The Spot (Denver Post)
  • We Stand Firm

Other Sites

  • Technorati
  • Word Press

Rocky Mountain Alliance 2.0

  • Reclaim the Blue
  • The Business Word
  • The Daily Blogster
  • View from a Height

To Contact Me:
bendegrow-at-gmail.com

Copyright © 2021 RSS Feed · WordPress · Log in