Erikhawkes:

I think this is exactly the kind of hyperbole that Heath was thanking Mr. Donaldson for keeping out of the debates he hosted, but I could be wrong. On the other hand I do think this whole “The Democratic Party is a bunch of socialist commies” has gotten kinda played out. I mean first off if you are socialist then you are different from a communist, one believes in private property and the other thinks that everything should be owned by the state. I mean i realize that it went on for a few decades but the cold war is over and i think we have greater threats to worry about than “the commies” and the world will be better off when “better dead than red” goes out of fashion.

It is through discourse and honesty that discord is avoided, democracies/republics are about discussing ideas and letting hot heads become cooler minds. When empty rhetoric and anger prevails (FROM EITHER SIDE), that will be a time worse than any we have yet to see and will truly be a sad day. Governing through fear or hope is setting our country up for disappointment, when will politicians learn to stop treating the American people as if we are 3rd graders who need to be lectured and start treating us like the adults most of us claim to be? We can handle the truth, it will just be a new and innovative thing in our political process and we will need some time to get used to it.

Having watched all three debates I agree with Heath and think that the people of New Mexico are better informed because of the way Mr. Donaldson directed the dialogue and would like to thank him for volunteering to moderate.

RED is BLUE
http://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/red-is-blue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_color

The terms “red states” and “blue states” came into use in 2000 to refer to those states of the United States whose residents predominantly vote for the Republican Party or Democratic Party presidential candidates, respectively. A blue state tends to vote for the Democratic Party, and a red state tends to vote for the Republican Party, although the colors were often reversed or different colors used before the 2000 election.

This unofficial system of political colors used in the United States is the reverse of that in most other long-established democracies, where blue represents right-wing and conservative parties, while red represents left-wing and social democrat parties.Blue, particularly dark blue, is often associated with Conservative parties, originating from its use by that party of the United Kingdom.

In the United States, since the year 2000, the mass media have begun to associate blue with the Democratic Party, but the party has not adopted the colour in any official sense.

Red is traditionally associated with socialism and communism; see Red flag.

In Europe and Latin America, red is associated with parties of social democracy, and often their allies within the Labour movement.

In the United States, since the year 2000, the mass media has begun to associate it [red] with the Republican Party, but the party has not adopted red in any official sense.

There you have it.

Black is White. Up is Down. Red is Blue.

What else did you miss?

http://classiclit.about.com/od/nineteeneightyfour/a/aa_1984quotes.htm

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3