Dick is making friends already.
Dick DeVos Tuesday angrily responded to accusations by U.S. Sen. Carl Levin that Amway Corp. under DeVos' leadership undermined federal efforts to tear down trade barriers with China.
"I don't have a clue what he's talking about and he doesn't have a clue either," said DeVos, Republican candidate for governor, during a meeting with Press editors and reporters. DeVos was president of Amway, now Alticor, Inc., from 1992-2002. He called the comments from Levin, D-Detroit, "irresponsible, absolutely irresponsible."
Well, Dick, if you don't have a clue, then how do you know that Carl doesn't have a clue? Could be that you are the one who is clueless here, yes?
Carl Levin- the longest serving Senator in Michigan history, been in office since 1979- his opinions are called "irresponsible" by DeVos.
Alrighty then. Guess we can cross "diplomacy with Washington" off of Dick's list of things to do.
Apparently Dick has "just about had enough" in an interview he gave to the GR Press. Sounds like he needs to "tone it down" lest he be described as "pushy" and "too aggressive".
DeVos goes on to cry about the campaign.
Granholm, he said, does not deserve to be reelected. "You've got to have a lot of guts to run for reelection when you haven't performed," he said. In addition, he accused the governor of engaging in "the politics of personal destruction" with attacks on him.
But Dick hasn't attacked the Governor. No, not Dick. Pay no attention to all those ads that ran immediately after he said he wouldn't get in the mud. Pay no attention to the fact that he hasn't yet produced any evidence that he is either a "leader" or a "jobs creator", either. Just listen as Dick cries about his sad predicament.
Also Tuesday, DeVos decried the tone of the governor's campaign, saying she has indulged in the "sort of politics people in Michigan rightly object to."
Ads that criticize DeVos for investing in China as president of Amway Corp. are an example of Granholm's "cynical manipulation," he said.
Granholm and Democrats are "playing on fear, possibly playing on an undercurrent of racism," DeVos said.
But Dick isn't playing on fear. Those shots of the empty buildings are supposed to suggest growth, right? That certainly isn't cynical manipulation.
Right.
Dick is all about business. He will show "labor" who is the boss.
His election as a businessman would send a powerful message to prospective businesses, especially in a "labor-dominated" state, he said. "That's the world I live in, the world I understand. That's the language I speak," DeVos said.
Do they point the finger and complain a lot in business? Because that is the language Dick is speaking here.
Bet prospective businesses would just love that. We will be oh so popular with Dick at the helm.
Not.