A young teenage girl was about to finish her first year of college. She
considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat but her father was a
rather staunch Republican.
One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his
opposition to taxes and welfare programs. 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. She didn't
have time for a boyfriend and didn't really have many college friends
because of spending all her time studying.
He asked, "How is your friend Mary." She replied that Mary was barely
getting by. She had a 2.0 GPA, never studied, but was very popular on
campus, went to all the parties all the time. Why she often didn't
show up for classes because she was hung over.
Dad 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 angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair, I worked
really hard for mine and Mary has done nothing".
The father slowly smiled and said, "Welcome to the Republican Party".
