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Goat Blower
10-25-2010, 10:14 AM
I recently asked my friends' little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President of the United States . Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there. So I asked her, "If you were President, what would be the first thing you would do?" She replied, "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people." Her parents beamed.
"Wow...what a worthy goal," I told her. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my driveway, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"
I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party." Her parents still aren't speaking to me.

A//// Guy
10-25-2010, 10:21 AM
LOL awesome!

Murlo26
10-25-2010, 10:28 AM
Lol, pretty much sums it up.

goodhart
10-25-2010, 10:35 AM
LOL that's great!

TkrPerformance
10-25-2010, 10:37 AM
funny

Matt D.
10-25-2010, 10:52 AM
Steve Hill for president

mlomker
10-25-2010, 10:52 AM
That'd make a great commercial.

polishmafia
10-25-2010, 10:56 AM
LOL awesome!

Alpha D
10-25-2010, 10:57 AM
I recently asked my friends' little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President of the United States . Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there. So I asked her, "If you were President, what would be the first thing you would do?" She replied, "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people." Her parents beamed.
"Wow...what a worthy goal," I told her. "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my driveway, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"
I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party." Her parents still aren't speaking to me.

Wow im as neutral as it gets when it comes to politics. I dont even understand the political aspect of this story. But wow what a powerful story, quote, illustration whatever you want to call it. I will try and use that sometime.

Goat Blower
10-25-2010, 11:01 AM
Steve Hill for president

I just re-read this and it looks like I wrote it. My bad. This is a cut and paste from an email my wife sent me, but it's kinda similar to the explanation I give to some people, this is worded better than I could.