How Can Pink be Red?

I was wandering over in the pretty pink arty section of the blogosphere and was really surprised to find a woman commenting on how glorious Red is, as in politics.

I do forget that people who like the same things as I do (art, collage, lace, pink), do not actually think like I do. Honestly I was dumbfounded. I'm trying to figure out if this means I never visit her blog again or say hi to her at art events. It actually changes how I view her! Hmm will this post change how you view me? I'm hoping the three people who read this blog are left-leaning.

I always say I'm not interested in politics. But I'm pretty sure that is not true. I care about this country. I care about kindness and generosity; smart politicians and helping people who are not as fortunate as I. I care about organizations like the ACLU who are accused of left leaning but still defend right-wing groups if their rights have been impinged.

I did hear an interesting comment on NPR last week. A man called in and said since it would probably happen anyway, some good could come out of the republicans gaining power. They will have to do something and not just sit back and blame the democrats, as they have these past 2 years. Who knows, it may energize the left. Look what happened to Newt Gingrich.

And does anyone wonder why the republicans want to be considered RED? Don't they know red is communist, that Joe McCarthy's followers stressed "better dead than red?" Where is their sense of history? Their erudition? Oh wait, I forgot for a moment who I was ranting about!

addendum: I re-read this post and realize it might seem a bit naive. It wasn't really that someone had a different point of view than I have, it's just I've never seen anyone over in that part of the blogosphere talking politics. Here I would expect it, but there? Get out your best Gomer Pyle voice and say, "Surprize, Surprize."