Words (and in this case, colors) have meanings, FRiend. Especially when you see what (and whom) is behind it, and why.
Yes. I want it to be known, for the record, as a long-time Republican activist and donor, that I, personally, was behind the selection of the color red for states voting for Bush, because I am also, privately a communist. Now please excuse me while I peel a rotten potato for breakfast, repair the fuel dipstick on my Trabant, and deign to criticize some minor aspect of our Worthy Leader’s support for Planned Parenthood.