It is official, Douglas Bruce is an embarrasment! In case you have missed coverage of the action, the embarassment began with Doug Bruce refusing to take the oath on time, ie at the start of the session. It then grew when he demanded special treatment by being allowed to be sworn in during session and given time to address the full chamber, both of which would be completely unprecedented for midterm appointees.
Today, it all came to a head. Because he was acting like a little child who wanted it played his way or he would take his ball and go home, Doug had to be invited onto the House floor by Rep. Kent Lambert, a fellow Republican, and Doug sat on the sidelines and impatiently waited to be sworn in according to his demands. House Speaker Andrew Romanoff refused to give into Doug's petulant demands. It got so bad, the House Republicans voted 22-1 that Doug either take his oath or they would push to rule his seat vacant and seek a new appointee.
Remember in all this, the voters of House District 15 were not being represented in the State House. They have a right to be represented and Doug Bruce felt his ridiculous demands were more important than those citizens getting represented.
To add insult to injury (almost literally), during the prayer in the House, Doug kicked a Rocky Mountain News reporter who was taking his picture. First off, that is legally called assault and Doug has no right to assault another person for taking his picture in a public venue like that. That reporter was within his legal rights and Doug broke the law. No, I do not think he should go to jail since the actual kicking was minor, but it still is illegal. Second, it is completely immoral in my view. Doug likes to tell people he is Christian these days, but the bible teaches quite clearly that "By their fruit you will recognize them" (Matt 7:16) And in Galatioans 5:22, it lists what the fruit is and it says things like patience, kindness, gentleness, self control; in other words none of the things you see Doug exhibit in this case (and I would challenge you to cite examples of those things in Doug's behavior at the Capitol as this year goes on).
So we are left with the following choices: either Doug is not a Christian, or he is a lousy one who needs a LOT of growth. Maybe those of us who are Christians should start demanding Doug to demonstrate some fruit of the Spirit and stop being an embarassment and a bully! Remember, the Pharisees loved to tell everyone how religious they were to advance their cause, but we know the truth about them. Doug, stop talking and start transforming your life to coincide with your professed faith. God doesn't care about tax cuts!
To see the kicking incident for yourself, go to either www.rockymountainnews.com or http://cbs4denver.com/politics/bruce.photographer.kick.2.629381.html
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