With any luck this will be the last time Tony (D)iFruscia leaves the republican party. Kevin Landrigan reported yesterday that (D)iFrusica, who lost his seat in the primary last Tuesday has officially declared himself an independent. Mr. (D)iFruscia–and oddly enough Harrel Kirkstein (spokesman for the New Hampshire democrat party) agree that this is another example of the Republican party pushing people out that don’t meet their extremist views.
Those extremist views include lower spending and fewer taxes and fees. Mix in some personal responsibility and stir it with a big old stick from the tree of liberty and you have a beverage that Tony DiFruscia could never hold down. He was simply not a republican, and it finally caught up with him. (His greatest contribution seems to have been to work against any Republican who was actually a Republican.)
Mr. (D)i Frusica is not new to the break up scene. Back In April of this year, (D)iFruscia had reportedly expressed a desire to become an independent, but my guess is that the House democrat leadership was afraid the Republicans might not let him caucus with them through the remainder of the session and they would lose a valuable asset inside the enemy camp. (Not that they didn’t have others) That point is now moot. DiFruscia is now out, and nothing could make us happier.
What may prove daunting for (D)i Fruscia and the left is that any number of registered independents had a hand in unseating him in the primary. But we are content to let them believe it is the "extremists" in search of party purity and not the growing discontent of the general populace with elected officials who spend too much or pretend too much to be something they are not. That will make their confusion after November 2nd that much more entertaining to watch.
