5 Degrees of Dick DeVos

Notice, that’s 5 “Degrees of Dick DeVos”, and not “5 Degrees” of Dick Devos. You see the difference.

Torture — Dick-Cash Number of 2

• Torture is a tool of the Chinese government to suppress civilian dissent and political opposition.
• The Chinese Government worked with Dick DeVos in a $200,000 billion expansion of scAmway into China.

Osama Bin Laden — Dick-Cash Number of 3

• Osama’s brother Shafig attended a Carlyle Investment meeting with President George HW Bush.
• President GHW Bush regularly consulted with Focus on the Family founder Dr. Dobson on religious and family matters.
• Focus on the Family has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Dick & Betsy DeVos.

Dick-Situ

• Hitler was featured in an ad created by Adolph (hmm…) Mongo
• Mongo met with Dick DeVos at a pancake breakfast.

Dick-Cash

• Hitler was featured in an ad created by Jerry Kilgore
• Kilgore’s campaign received three contributions for media expenses from DeVos’ PAC.

Tom Delay — Many Dick Devos Numbers of 1

Dick-Situ

• Tom Delay was a scAmway Representative

• Tom Delay’s first Republican majority Issues Committee fundraiser was held on Dick DeVos’ private yacht.

Dick-Cash

• Tom Delay’s legal defense fund received $5,000 from Dick DeVos

• The Tom Delay Congressional Committee and Delay’s PAC received thousands of dollars from Dick DeVos in 1999, 2000

• Abramoff attended a fundraiser for Tom Delay’s Republican majority Issues Committee, held on Devos’ private yacht.

Bonus Round

Mary Kay LeTourneau – Dick-Cosa-Nostra Number of 4

• Mary Kay’s brother, Joseph Schmitz, is the chief operating officer and general counsel of the Prince Group.
• The Prince Group is the parent company for Blackwater USA
• Blackwater’s founder and Chairman is Erik Prince.
• Erik Prince’s sister is Betsy, wife of Dick DeVos.