Iacocca Ad for DeVos Trips Over Amway
Former Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca is currently starring in a new television ad for Republican gubernatorial nominee Dick DeVos. When I first heard about Iacocca's appearance in a DeVos ad, I was actually excited. I thought this would be the beginning of end for the debate on whether or not DeVos sent Michigan jobs to China and a signal that DeVos as starting to put some political distance between himself and Amway.
But then I saw the actual ad itself.
Quite frankly, the Iacocca ad may as well have been put out by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm's re-election campaign. In the ad, Iacocca specifically talks about DeVos' leadership in Amway.
Quite frankly, it boggles my mind that DeVos is still willing to talk about Amway. His company, quite frankly, is built on hundreds of thousands of broken promises; promises that were made to folks who wanted to create a better live for themselves and became independent distributors for Amway to make that happen - only to be left with nothing more than a few cases of soap for their trouble.
When Iacocca was making televised pitches for Chrysler cars, he didn't talk about how many product recalls his company had. So, why in world would he want to make an ad that was obstenstibly in support of DeVos' candidacy; only to talk about his leadership in Amway?
It truly boggles my mind.
