Re: OT Father/Daughter Talk...

There were twin brothers that fought all of their lives. After high school
they went to different colleges. Neither had ever voted but after they
were educated they both became interest in politics, one as a Democrat and
the other a Republican.

The fought even more about politics, to the point they no longer spoke to
each other. Ten years later the one was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
When the other heard of his brother illness he went to see him in the
hospital. The doctors told him that his brother would die unless he would
allow them to operate and remove the tumor, but the brother was afraid and
would not let them operate.

His twin was able to convince him to have the operation. It took seven
hours and they had to remove nearly half of his brain. After he recovered
they both realized how short life can be they become close once again.
They even agree about politics now, but that probably because both of them
are now DEMOCRATS



"Moe" <BubbleleLand@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Scott in Florida wrote:
Father/Daughter Talk: 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 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. 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 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, and 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.' If anyone has a better explanation of the difference
between
Republican and Democrat I'm all ears. THIS explains politics in simple
terms that even a Democrat can understand.
Someone is going to say it, it might as well be me,
"There are exceptions to this story, and your president comes to
mind".


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