I recall when this color thing first came out, that year "they" had it right. Repub. was Blue, Democrat Red. Am I alone on this recollection? Clinton vs. Romnry I think.
You can find the history of the blue/red political color at wikipedia. Tim Russert was democrat, and he didn't want to associate his party with the socialism's failure (red is traditionally the color of the communist parties). ------------ "The color coding we're familiar with today didn't stick until the iconic (and extremely lengthy) election of 2000, when The New York Times and USA Today published their first full-color election maps. The Times spread used red for Republicans because "red begins with r, Republican begins with r," said the senior graphics editor Archie Tse, "it was a more natural association." The election, which didn't end until mid-December, firmly established Democrats as the blue party and Republicans as the red — denotations which will likely hold fast for some time to come." Maybe "b" is also the natural association for the democratic party. I can think at least one pre-2000 association.
"That wholesome feeling when you think you are contributing but you really have no idea what you are doing."
Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog. During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted to be when she grew up. She said she wanted to be President someday. Both of her parents, Democratic Party members, 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 with pride! "Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said . . . "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that!" "What do you mean?" she replied So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go 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 aren't speaking to me anymore. I