Amway Republicans

[cranston36]

Who is the Republican Party putting in the field for 2006 and the Michigan Governor’s office?
Well – actually Dick (Dick) DeVos, President of Amway, has chosen the Republican Party to be his personal vehicle.
Dick is the son of Richard (Dick) DeVos and Helen Van Wesep.
In 1949, Richard (Dick) DeVos and Jay Van Andel formed the Ja-Ri Corporation and began distributing products on a direct sales basis. In 1959, he founded Amway Corporation with a man by the name of Van Andel.
Dick (Dick) DeVos worked for Daddy and inherited his position at Amway by working ‘hard’ as a salesman.
What is Dick (Dick) DeVos selling Michigan and what has the Republican Party bought? The Ada Christian school web site states that Richard (Dick) DeVos, Dick’s father produced "Selling America," a tape recorded talk he gives now and then, and that he has written three books: “BELIEVE!” , “Compassionate Capitalism”, and most recently “Hope From My Heart: Ten Lessons for Life” which he wrote after his heart transplant.
What his son, Dick, who is running for Governor has done, isn’t exactly clear. It appears he went to work for Dad, then worked for Dad and then pretty much took Dad’s place at Amway.
In the year of our Lord 2000 the Grand Rapids Christian Schools built the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Arts and Worship – so you can guess that the Christian Crowd will be pulling the lever for DeVos.
Clearly Michigan needs something more than an salesman.

[longship]

1. AmWay == Rapture Right

AmWay are a bunch of Christian fundementalist knuckleheads.

They are the same thing.

[louis-t]

2. DeVos is running for governor for one reason

Actually two. First is to deliver elimination of SBT. State Repugs wrote a bill to eliminate it, Dem Gov. Granholm gave it her support, Repugs dropped the bill. Why should they give it to a Dem? DeVos was gaining on Granholm so they decided to wait and see if he could get elected. Shows how "important" this is to the right. "We could get it done now, but let's wait a year so we can get credit for it." Second is to continue the "legacy" of former governor John Engler. Engler spent years travelling around the state saying "I lowered 22 taxes, I lowered 23 taxes" (he also raised a few). When he left office, the state was $1 billion in debt. Engler had given the biggest manufacturing companies in the state huge tax breaks hoping they would stay. Instead, most of the largest companies took their tax refunds, gave a few bucks to the Repug party, and promptly left the state. (Engler was rewarded for his efforts in the form of a cushy job as head of a manufacturing group.)Engler had tried to hide most of the debt, but an audit done after Granholm took office showed, in Granholm's words, "It's worse than we thought and it's worse than we were told."

[MichiganVote]

3. This guy has done NOTHING outside of Scamway.

Absolutely nothing. He has never had to start up a business w/o considerable assets already at his disposal and Scamway was already profitable. Even hsi wife has had more of a public life than this lightweight.

Please Michigan...granted the choice isn't great but DeVos???? Give me a break. Since he has to buy the office to even get to first base, what is he really capable of doing. Its not as if Scamway is going to donate a bail out to Michigan.

[European Socialist]

4. Most of Michigan hates Repukes, and especially Scamway Repukes.

[meow2u3]

5. You mean "Scamway Republicans"