One Day, All the Children in Ms. Jennifer's Class Were Learning About Politics Ms. Jennifer began the lesson, ""We'll start with the liberal party. Liberals believe in equality for all and that everything should be fair."" Now, this sounded pretty grand to all the first graders, so when Ms. Jennifer asked, ""Which of you are Liberals like me?"" The result was nearly unanimous! After all, the teacher must be right, right? That was what the entire class thought, anyhow. The entire class, except little Lucy. The teacher noticed her in the back, chin held high, and hand held down, and asked her, ""Lucy, why don't you have your hand up like the rest of the class?"" Lucy said, ""Well, I believe in the free capitalist market, and my mother is a conservative, and my father is a conservative, so I'm a conservative too!"" The teacher, quite miffed now at this defiance, said, ""Well that's no kind of reasoning at all! What if your mother was a moron and your father was a moron?"" She chewed on her lip for a moment, then replied, ""Well, I suppose I'd be a Liberal.""