[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by GGG

That has to be a fake quote doesn't it

No however it is a selective quote in that it was edited. Here's the article that has that quote in it

http://www.motherjones.com/toc/1998/11/letters-0

Here's the entirely, I'm not defending Betsy DeVos, but I hate the practice that people have that they take quotes and modify them or cut sections out or try to use it to promote views. Look at the whole thing and make your own decisions

"I know a little something about soft money, as my family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican party. Occasionally a wayward reporter will try to make the charge that we are giving this money to get something in return, or that we must be purchasing influence in some way.

In fact, shortly after this summer's historic budget agreement, some on the left began shopping a rumor that President Clinton was planning to line-item veto a provision that, they hypothesized, had been somehow sneaked into the agreement to benefit my family's company, the Amway Corporation.



For a moment, the Democrats got very excited, believing they had an opportunity to claim that we bought access. It was all hogwash, and upon being confronted with the facts, they had to scrap their plan. I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect some things in return.



We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues. We expect a return on our investment; we expect a good and honest government. Furthermore, we expect the Republican party to use the money to promote these policies, and yes, to win elections.



People like us must surely be stopped."


(Roll Call, September 6, 1997)