[Da Coyote]

Oops, methinks I performed an Obama....that’s blue states, not red states, methinks.

Why, oh why did we pick it that way?

[windsorknot]

Why, oh why did we pick it that way?

Think of it this way: red blood is healthy, oxygenated blood. Also think "red-blooded" Americans.

[treetopsandroofs]

“Oops, methinks I performed an Obama....that’s blue states, not red states, methinks.
Why, oh why did we pick it that way?”

We didn’t. It used to be the other way, but suddenly in 2000 it was too obvious for the red Commie Democrat Nazis to be associated with the color RED.