PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
I contend that the assignment of the words "Red" and "Blue" to Republicans and Democrats is by no means accidental.
Instead, it is associated with the 'brain-washing' that has made the Left so successful with the less introspective...
...certainly it is not because their ideas are better.
And without control of the Main Stream Media...it would not have been possible.
1. "The choice of colors in this divide is counter-intuitive to many international observers, as throughout the world, red is commonly the designated color for parties representing labor, socialist, and/or liberal interests [5] [6], which in the United States would be more closely correlated with the Democratic Party. Similarly, blue is used in these countries to depict conservative parties which in the case of the United States would be a color more suitable for the Republicans. For example, in Canada party colors are deeply ingrained and historic and have been unchanged during the Twentieth Century. Red states and blue states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. "It's beginning to look like a suburban swimming pool,'' the television anchor David Brinkley noted on election night 1980, as hundreds of Republican-blue light bulbs illuminated NBC's studio map, signaling a landslide victory for Ronald Regan over the Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter. Other staffers, Time magazine wrote, called it ''Lake Reagan.''
Mr. Carter's bulbs were red."
Ideas & Trends; One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State - Page 2 - New York Times
3. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsDe-8cOSYY]NBC News Decision 1980 Reagan Wins - YouTube[/ame]
4. "The former system made more sense and was deliberately changed by media partisans who didnt like to suggest Democrats should be associated with the color red....Whats a little more surprising, however, is how easily Republicans fell in line, apparently without realizing the reason they went from blue to red overnight. Theres even a Republican-leaning opinion site called RedState.com. How shortsighted and gullible can you get?
That made even more sense because Reagans convictions were decidedly and unabashedly anti-red.
There were deviations at some other networks, but the standard remained Democrat-red and Republican-blue for three more presidential elections. It was understandable. There was little confusion about it. It all made sense.
Democrats were at least soft on communism and socialism in the post JFK-LBJ world. Republicans tended to be anti-communist. It was all perfectly understandable, accurate and had both historical precedent to support it as well as contemporary parallels in other countries.
Some Democrats, perhaps those not belonging openly to the Progressive Caucus, might be a little self-conscious about being red. Republicans are not. But the fact remains that todays Democrats are pushing a political agenda that is traditionally, historically and practically red all over.
I propose to you its time we real Americans, the rest of us stopped being manipulated like this."
How red states turned blue and vice versa
Instead, it is associated with the 'brain-washing' that has made the Left so successful with the less introspective...
...certainly it is not because their ideas are better.
And without control of the Main Stream Media...it would not have been possible.
1. "The choice of colors in this divide is counter-intuitive to many international observers, as throughout the world, red is commonly the designated color for parties representing labor, socialist, and/or liberal interests [5] [6], which in the United States would be more closely correlated with the Democratic Party. Similarly, blue is used in these countries to depict conservative parties which in the case of the United States would be a color more suitable for the Republicans. For example, in Canada party colors are deeply ingrained and historic and have been unchanged during the Twentieth Century. Red states and blue states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2. "It's beginning to look like a suburban swimming pool,'' the television anchor David Brinkley noted on election night 1980, as hundreds of Republican-blue light bulbs illuminated NBC's studio map, signaling a landslide victory for Ronald Regan over the Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter. Other staffers, Time magazine wrote, called it ''Lake Reagan.''
Mr. Carter's bulbs were red."
Ideas & Trends; One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State - Page 2 - New York Times
3. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsDe-8cOSYY]NBC News Decision 1980 Reagan Wins - YouTube[/ame]
4. "The former system made more sense and was deliberately changed by media partisans who didnt like to suggest Democrats should be associated with the color red....Whats a little more surprising, however, is how easily Republicans fell in line, apparently without realizing the reason they went from blue to red overnight. Theres even a Republican-leaning opinion site called RedState.com. How shortsighted and gullible can you get?
That made even more sense because Reagans convictions were decidedly and unabashedly anti-red.
There were deviations at some other networks, but the standard remained Democrat-red and Republican-blue for three more presidential elections. It was understandable. There was little confusion about it. It all made sense.
Democrats were at least soft on communism and socialism in the post JFK-LBJ world. Republicans tended to be anti-communist. It was all perfectly understandable, accurate and had both historical precedent to support it as well as contemporary parallels in other countries.
Some Democrats, perhaps those not belonging openly to the Progressive Caucus, might be a little self-conscious about being red. Republicans are not. But the fact remains that todays Democrats are pushing a political agenda that is traditionally, historically and practically red all over.
I propose to you its time we real Americans, the rest of us stopped being manipulated like this."
How red states turned blue and vice versa