I've been told by a reliable source that a picture of Dick DeVos once appeared on his daughter's Facebook page very briefly before it was deleted. The picture showed DeVos on a boat while on vacation, very drunk and wearing a pink feather boa. It's a shame that person who saw the picture didn't make a copy before it disappeared from the internet, because that's the image of Dick DeVos more people need to see.
What we do have however are videos of Dick DeVos speaking at the Heritage Foundation discussing ways to be stealthy when dismantling public education in your state, and how great it is that Michigan is a "freedom to work" state. If you're wondering how both of these movements have been so successful in Michigan, the answers are right there. Another video shows Dick DeVos talking about how creative Michigan conservatives are, even claiming that conservatives are responsible for creativity like Art Prize. In 2008 Dick DeVos talked about how Republicans had to do better to win in future elections. Specifically, he promises to continue being involved in the political process in 2010, to still be in the game, but he would not run for office. Past 2010, he doesn't rule out another run in politics.
Many of us know Dick DeVos is the man behind bringing freedom to freeload to Michigan. He's also the man, with his wife, Betsy, who are behind destroying public education in our state. Unfortunately, no one in the Michigan Democratic Party yet has figured out in the era of SuperPAC politics that the front man is not the guy you need to make stupid parody videos about when facing a tough battle to unseat an incumbent. An incumbent very well funded by Dick DeVos, and thanks to the recent changes to campaign finance in Michigan, will be even better funded by Dick DeVos.
Dick DeVos calls himself an entrepreneur. Dick DeVos didn't create Amway, or whatever it's called now, his daddy did. His daddy made all of that money that Dick throws at the Republican Party in Lansing to get them elected, and once elected makes sure they vote the way he wants on legislation, like Freedom to Freeload by throwing even more money at them. Dick's level of entrepreneurship goes as far as being born into a rich family and failing business school twice. Dick DeVos created bigger profits for himself by off shoring jobs to China and contributing to the economic downturn in Michigan that he then blamed on Governor Granholm.
It's become increasingly difficult for the Koch Brothers and ALEC to make a move quietly without the media buzzing about it. Michigan Democrats need to put the same level of pressure on Dick DeVos. Sure, he has lots of money to spend in elections, but if more people know what kind of garbage he's using his money to do to this state, electing Republicans will become more difficult. The SuperPAC system of politics isn't going anywhere, and the groups that create the flavor of elections through constantly hitting home with a simple message are what influences voters now. 2010 was the election about Obamacare that swept Republicans into Lansing in all branches of our government. 2014 needs to be the election about Michigan being a Right to Work state. Remember how mad we all were about that a year ago? We need to remind people how mad they were, and they need to stay mad about it until November when they vote. It's simple, and it's the truth. Dick DeVos is the man who funded Right to Work becoming law in Michigan by intimidating and writing checks to politicians in Lansing. We're really mad about Right to Work, and Dick DeVos is the man responsible for making it happen. Play that message and vamp until November. It's not a drunk vacation picture in a pink feather boa, but it's what will motivate people to get out and vote.