Yeah, that still bugs me as well. Red has been the color of Communism since it’s inception in the mid 1800s, and the media flipped color schemes to D-blue R-red in the 2000 election.
Well, I’m ready to forget about the totally failed political movement of Communism and reclaim the color red as Patriotic; as in red, white and blue (red comes first); red for the color of the blood shed to preserve our Union and Constitution; red for the red soils of the South, and the red hills of the North in Fall; and red for bold proclamation that all men are created equal.