{"id":319,"date":"2011-09-01T06:13:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T11:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2011-09-01T06:13:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T11:13:17","slug":"welcome-to-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/welcome-to-the-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"welcome to the GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>A young woman was finishing her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the “redistribution of wealth.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proc laimed 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.<\/p>\n

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, 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.<\/p>\n

Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey doing?”<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

Her father th en 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.”<\/p>\n

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily fired back, “That wouldn’t be fair! I have 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!”<\/p>\n

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, “Welcome to the Republican Party.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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