A young teenage girl was about to finish her first year of
college. She considered herself to be a very liberal
Democrat and her father was a rather staunch Republican.
One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and
his opposition to programs like welfare. He stopped her
and asked her how she was doing in school. She answered
that she had a 4.0 GPA but it was really tough. She had
to study all the time, never had time to go out and party
and often went sleepless because of all the studying. She
didn't have time for a boyfriend and didn't really have
many college friends because of all her studying.
He then asked how her friend Mary, who was attending
the same college, was doing. She replied that she
was barely getting by. She had a 2.0 GPA, never studied,
was very popular on campus and was at parties all the
time. She often wouldn't show up for classes because she
was hung over.
He then asked his daughter why she didn't go to the
Dean's office and ask why she couldn't take 1.0 off her
4.0 and give it to her friend who only had a 2.0. That way
they would both have a 3.0 GPA.
The daughter fired back and said "That wouldn't be
fair, I worked really hard for mine and my friend has done
nothing."
The father smiled and said: "Welcome to the Republican
Party." |