Stuff I Think You Should Know

My first political post...

...hopefully to be soon joined by many more.

I'm just wondering...

Who decided that states that voted for Bush are "red" and those that voted for Kerry are "blue"? I don't remember there being this whole red/blue nonsense back in 2000, I remember "Bush states" and "Gore states". Correct me if I'm wrong, but this year is the first I've heard of this. Just curious as to why red was assigned to Bush and blue to Kerry.

But I have a theory.

I'd like to think it's because the genius Democratic strategy of "Dixie, Shmixie" assumed that only "Red"necks lived in the South, and Kerry would not need these states to win the election. Um, oops? But that's not my theory. I bet it's because wicked genius Karl Rove somehow knew that many Democrats, after the reality of democracy set in on November 3rd, would suffer from PEST. You know, blue, as in depression, heh heh?

Anyway, that's my take on that issue. More stuff you should know later. When I, uh, think of it.