Michigan Business Tax Stumps Dick DeVos, over at BFM. (Sorry, BFM isn’t on leftyblogs yet) ...

DeVos swears up & down that Amway doesn’t bring what’s “made in china” here to Michigan. So what’s this? The DeVos campaign hit back, with this little bit: We do not ship anything we manufacture in our China plant back to the U.S. Period, end of story. The bear does not change the story one bit, because WE DO NOT MAKE BEARS. So DeVos’ defense is, I do im...

Short but sweet: 1. Dick DeVos wants to eliminate the Governor’s ‘Cool Cities’ program.2. Dick DeVos claims he turned around a city.3. Dick’s son Rick DeVos was considered the “driving force behind the DeVos family’s partnership with Rockford Construction in redeveloping the Cherry Street Landing area.”4. Rick, a neo/theo-con like his dad, wants** to ...

Oh yeah … Today I got my Dick DeVos campaign letter, and I couldn’t be more pleased … Click on thumbnail for larger view Notice the third paragraph: We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation. Dick, you ‘da man! Do you think he composed it himself? ...

5 Birthday Presents For Dick DeVos Yesterday was Amway Dick’s birthday, and I’ve been a-rackin’ my brain on what to get him. What do you get a guy like DeVos? Since I can’t afford to get him anything he might want, I decided to focus on the things he needs. A day in the life — My first gift to DeVos would be a day in the life of this guy, who sits at the...

This DetNews comment from Roger Crozier: As a true Republican, I believe in small, minimalist government. State Government isn’t the cause of Michigan’s economic difficulties and it certainly isn’t the cure (see Frank Beckman column stating the same). All industrial sectors in Michigan are doing well, EXCEPT the domestic automotive industry. Problem, that is what drives Michiga...

This is an excellent comment on the DetNews forum, by someone calling him/herself “state worker“: After reading the comments here, I have been compelled to respond. There are certain facts that can not be denied and these facts have appeared in this very newspaper and others across our state, but many people seem to not be taking them into account. Fact: When Granholm took office, the...

Just a few notes before I head off to another glorious day of work … You can catch my live blogging with George over at George Bullard’s Detroit News blog. Thanks to George and the Detroit News editorial staff for inviting me to live blog the debates. I encourage my readers to make the Detroit News political blog a regular stop and participate in the comment section. Michlibbers w...

Governor Granholm and Dick DeVos made a joint appearance at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday. Both were asked to speak for 15 minutes. The Governor talked about many things, including her bi-partisan accomplishments, jobs plan, and her plan to create universal access to private health care. Dick DeVos continued his “Michigan Sucks” campaign, complaining about how we’re the...

The Granholm For Governor Truth Squad has published a complete transcript of the 2nd debate. Thanks to Wizardkitten for the link. The sad thing about a transcript is that it doesn’t truly capture the style of the speaker. Amway Dick ’sounds’ much better in print. For example, this is what Dick said in his opening statement: I saw the Governor of the State of Michigan look stra...

DeVos: “The governor needs to remember that the governor’s not the governor and … the governor is the governor and not the judiciary. Uh, if it’s not constitutional, that’s something that the judges should decide. The governor should decide if it’s good policy, or not. And should make a decision.” Today’s featured website: Teflon Amway - 20 Year...

Devos still looks shifty. Literally, shifty. He shifts back & forth. And he talks like a toon. He’ll be clipping along at a normal page, andthenallofasuddenstartgoingonlikehehassomekindofdisorder – and … then … he … lowers … his … voice, … and. says. it’s. tragic. ugh. And the audacity of saying that he’d be fired if he performed...

Metro Times has a great (I’m biased) article about Dick DeVos. The article is based primarily on an interview with Russ Bellant, a writer who has chronicled the “arch conservative movement” in America. The article is long; those of you with an aversion to vertical scrolling won’t like it. So here’s the important stuff: 1. Dick DeVos contributed a lot of money to put...

First question, Mr. DeVos, Should there be a law against lying in campaign ads, and would your opponent be in trouble with this law? What the hell is that? Is this how this debate is going to be? Next: How much impact can a MI Governor have on the state’s economy? @Dick - whoa, he practiced this question, much more smooth on the delivery, he’s not on the defensive here. You can sur...

      MSU is SCREWED! Remember how Dick dicked the Tigers? Well, heads up Spartans, Dick has his eyes on you! “you are invited to join Dick DeVos, Mike Bouchard, Congressman Mike Rogers, Saul Anuzis, Betsy DeVos, State Rep. Candidate John Knowles, and Lt. Govenor Candidate Ruth Johnson to a tailgating event hosted by the Michigan Republicans at the MSU vs....

      Beggarman Businessman Dick is at it again. This time he’s asking you to cough up the bucks to “Sponsor a DeVos TV ad of your own”. In his latest solicitation, Dick claims that Governor Granholm has launched a “series of bitter ads”, though he fails to identify the ads or the false statements. As usual, Dick just makes a claim, and t...

The latest email from DeVos’ campaign coordinator underscores the fact that DeVos has no ideas and no positive messages, but he does have tons of money. “Your help is needed in Shiawasee County to ensure that we do not have 4 more years of Jennifer Granholm as our governor.” ¿Que? That’s it? That’s all you’ve got? “WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW !” ...

Photo By Luann Johnson Searching For Dick I thought I’d play a little search engine game tonight last night, so I put the SEs up against each other and did some searching on Dick DeVos. Search engines were ranked on my notorious* Sweet:Suck:Neutral indicator. This indicator measures the top 10 results in each search, and should be a fairly good predictor of which search engi...

So we’re watching preseason Lions V Broncos, and Dick DeVos commercial comes on. The first one that I’ve seen on network tv. At first I didn’t realize it was a DeVos commercial. I was innocent. I was free. Then, it hit me. “Seems nobody is serious about the job problem here”, a middle age man says in a nasal whine. A bunch of stepford senior citizens nod ...

Dick Alert! Once upon a time, a poor little rich boy named Dicky decided he wanted to be President like his friend Georgie. "First I will have to be Governor like Georgie was." He said. "Then I can buy my way into the White House." But buying his way into the Governor’s seat wasn’t as easy as Dicky had first thought. "No one likes me." he said...