President Bush visits a primary school classroom. They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks President Bush if he would like to lead the discussion of the word 'tragedy.' So the president asks the class for an example of a tragedy.
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him that would be a 'tragedy'."
"No," says President Bush, "that would be an accident."
A little girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains President Bush. "That's what we would call a 'great loss'."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searches the room. "Isn't there someone here that can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally, at the back of the room a small boy raises his hand. In a quiet voice, he says: "If Air Force One carrying you, Mr.President, were struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a 'tragedy'."
"Fantastic!" exclaims President Bush. "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a 'tragedy'?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it certainly wouldn't be a 'great loss', and it probably wouldn't be an 'accident' either.
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A teacher in a small Southern town asked her class how many of them are Republicans. Not really knowing what that meant, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all but one of the kids raised their hands.
The teacher asked Johnny why he has decided to be different?
Johnny says, "I am a Democrat."
The teacher asked "why"?
Johnny said that "My father is a Democrat and my mother is a Democrat, so I am a Democrat."
The teacher was angry because this was the South. She wanted to teach Johnny a lesson. "What If your mother was a moron and your father was an idiot, what would that make you"?
Without even thinking Johnny said, "That would make me a Republican"!