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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 06:30 PM
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Bush + Republicans + Amway = Fraud
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Amway's billionaire founders, Rich DeVos and Jay VanAndel, have been the largest soft money contributors to the GOP on and off for the past 20 years. Together, DeVos and VanAndel gave $4,000,000 to a 527, just 45 days prior to the last election. And you can bet that they demand (and get) a bang for every red cent.

Scheibeler's book reveals how GOP donations and corporate promotion have resulted in a trade off for political protection and tax reduction benefits for the MLM. His web site provides a goldmine of documentation to back up his claims, including audiotapes.

By going to the site, you can hear Newt Gingrich promoting Amway at a large event, or you can listen to audio clips of then Texas Governor George W Bush. There is even a clip sent by high-level kingpin distributors from a private meeting within the White House.

Scheibeler tells how some members of the GOP have been paid as much as $100,000 for a single promotional appearance at an Amway seminar. The list of high-paid Republican speakers who have appeared at rallies over the years, reads like a list of who's who in the GOP. It includes former Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and former Vice Presidents Bob Dole and Dan Quayle, along with other GOP heavyweights like Gingrich, Oliver North, Senator Rick Santorum and even the latest SE Regional Chairman for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign, Ralph Reed.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 06:48 PM
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1. Bob Dole was vice President? n/t
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 06:55 PM
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2. Yes, I noticed that error too. n/t
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Liberty Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 12:59 AM
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3. Jay Van Andel died today. News just out.
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