Father / Daughter Talk

I just wanted to share this e-mail that was being forwarded to me. Just let me know what you think about this. Actually my husband and I decided not to talk about politics until the election is over. We decided to stop reading the news because we believe that the medias are bias. We won't talk about it, but We'll pray about it! Here's the story;

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like
so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal
Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of
higher taxes to support more government programs; in other words
redistribution of wealth.


She was deeply ashamed that
her father was a rather staunch Republican,
a feeling she openly
expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and
the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had
for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought
should be his.


One day she was challenging her father on his
opposition to higher taxes
on the rich and the need for more
government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by
her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her
father.

He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a
4.0 G PA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting
that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly
studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other
people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and
didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her
time studying.


Her father listened and then asked, "How is your
friend Audrey doing?"


She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy
classes, she never studies, and she barely has a
2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast.
She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she
doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."


Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's
office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your
friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and
certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."


The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily
fired back, "That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've
worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a
lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree.
She played while I worked my tail off!"


The father
slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the
Republican party."