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US Presidents on Presidential Power
Tod Landis writes "Responding to George Bush's statement that he will preserve executive power for his "predecessors", I've assembled a
collection of quotes from those predecessors. Most saw executive power differently..."
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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 was for the redistribution of all wealth. She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican and she expressed that feeling openly.
One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs such as his opposition to placing higher taxes on the rich and creating more welfare programs. In the middle of her heartfelt diatribe, based on the lectures given by far left professors at her school, he stopped her and asked her point blank - how she was doing in school?
She answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know it was tough to maintain. She had to study all the time and never had time to go out to party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend and didn't really have many college friends because of spending all her time studying. Also, she was taking a more difficult curriculum than most students.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Mary."
She replied, "Mary is barely getting by." She continued, "She barely has a 2.0 GPA and all she takes are easy classes. Plus, she never studies."
To explain further, she continued emotionally - "But Mary is so very popular on campus. College for her is a blast; she goes to all the parties all the time and very often doesn't even show up for classes because she is too hung over."
Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0." He continued, "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 the father's suggestion, angrily fired back - "That wouldn't be fair! I worked really hard for mine. I did without and Mary has done little or nothing; she played while I worked real hard!"
The father slowly smiled and said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."