A first grade teacher explained to her class that she was a liberal
Democrat. She then asked her students to raise their hands if they
were liberal Democrats, too. Not really knowing what a liberal
Democrat is, but wanting to please their teacher, hands exploded
into the air like fleshy fireworks. There was, however, one
exception. A girl named Lucy had not gone along with the crowd. The
teacher asked Lucy why she decided to be different.
"Because I'm not a liberal Democrat," Lucy said. The
teacher asked, "Then what are you?"
"I'm a proud conservative Republican," said the little
girl.
The teacher, a little perturbed and red-faced, asked Lucy why she
was a conservative Republican. Lucy proclaimed, "Well, I was
brought up to trust in myself and freedom, 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 calmly pointed out, "That's no reason. What if your
Mom and Dad were both morons? What would you be then?"