One time there was a young teenage girl that was about to finish her first year of college. She considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat and her father a rather staunch Republican. One day she was challenging her father's conservative beliefs and his opposition to programs like welfare.
When there was a pause he calmly asked 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 all of the studying. She didn't have time for a boyfriend and didn't really have many college friends because of all her studying.
The Dad then asked how her friend Mary, who was attending the same college, was doing. The girl replied that Mary 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. The father then asked his daughter why she didn't go to the Dean's office and ask that they take 1.0 off her 4.0 and give it to her friend that only had a 2.0. That way they would both have a 3.0 GPA.
The girl fired back and said "that wouldn't be fair, I worked really hard for mine and my friend has done nothing."
There was a long awkward silence, then after a moment, the daughter replied, "Okay, Dad, I get it. Now you can be sure I will never vote
Democrat again." |
