For about a year now, Dick Devos has been putting on a pretty face and dangling all kinds of treats in front of the state of Michigan.
With the election drawing nigh, here's a reminder not to forget about the Man behind the Mask ... and hey! If YOU have a scary to share about Count Amvay, drop it into the old plastic pumpkin o' pain!
Sometimes you just have to shut the heck up and let the people who can say it better, say it better. Here's Brian Dickerson of the Detroit Free Press telling undecided voters to ask what sort of fellow spends $35 million dollars of his own money to become governor of Michigan. He discards ego as a motivation and concludes:
What is unique (or at least unusual) about DeVos is his combination of business acumen and religious zeal. Lots of people who have made a killing in the temporal world talk about their religious faith. But DeVos has put his money where his mouth is -- or rather, where his mouth has been in the past, and would be today if he were not running for public office in a state where religious zeal makes a lot of voters nervous.
For more than a decade, DeVos and his wife and the tax-exempt foundation they control have funneled millions of dollars to conservative Christian groups that seek to promote school prayer, public assistance for religious education, the criminalization of abortion and the prohibition of embryonic stem cell research, among other causes.
DeVos says he is running for office to promote an economic agenda. But as governor he would be in a position to advance nearly every one of the social agenda items that have preoccupied his adult life -- and there's simply no reason to believe he has suddenly lost interest in doing so.
Trick or treat, Michigan. Be sure to check that candy you got at the Devos Mansion real, real carefully ... could be something that'll make you sick (or worse) in there.
If you're fond of movies and haven't seen these yet, you mightwant to see Dick Devos dressing up as George W. Bush and the cult classic Dickenstein: The Making of a Michigan Monster (free scary Dick Devos bloodsucking Amway Guy mask for the first 100 visitors!)