A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is a liberal Democrat. She
asks her students to raise their hands if they were liberal Democrats too. Not
really knowing what a liberal Democrat was, but wanting to be like their
teacher, their hands flew up into the air.
There was, however, one exception. A girl named Lucy had not gone along with
the crowd. The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.
"Because I'm not a liberal Democrat."
"Then," asks the teacher, "What are you?"
"Why I'm a proud conservative Republican," boasts the little girl.
The teacher, a little perturbed and her face slightly red, asked Lucy why she
is a conservative Republican.
"Well, I was brought up to trust in myself instead of relying on an intrusive
government to care for me and do all of my thinking. My Dad and Mom are
conservative Republicans, and I am a conservative Republican too."
The teacher, now angry, loudly says, "That's no reason! What if your Mom was a
moron, and your dad was a moron. What would you be then?"
She pauses, and lets out a smile. "Then," Lucy says, "I'd be a liberal
Democrat."
(note: before I get a flood of e-mail complaints about this one, Remember, IT's
ONLY A JOKE!!! If you're a Democrat, then feel free to substitute Democrat
for Republican and visaversa. We didn't write it, we're just passing it on.)