Friday, September 08, 2006


Multilevel Governing


Here in Michigan we have two people running for governor — the incumbent, Jennifer Granholm (D) and the challenger, Dick Devos (R).

Granholm’s been having a bit of a tough time in her bid to be re-elected. In the view of many, Michigan’s economy has been underperforming, and the state legislature (both houses) is held by the opposing party.

Her challenger, Richard “Dick” DeVos (yes, an adult male named Richard who encourages people to call him Dick, sigh…) has been a tough competitor — the scion of one of the state’s wealthiest families who has been able to personally fund a long media campaign.

The source of that wealth, though, may be the thing that ends up dooming him. Richard DeVos, you see, is an Amway salesman, and anyone who has ever had the misfortune of being ambushed by a long-forgotten high-school classmate or confused cow-orker wielding a four-color brochure and some dubious cleaning products will tell you the last thing you ever want to do is to let one of those #@!*ers into the house. Keep ‘em on the front porch and make sure you mention a convenient pre-existing appointment starting 15 minutes after they start their script. You’ll all thank me later. That goes double for you, Michigan.


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