Well, since you asked (?), I knew a card-carrying communist meteorologist named Adolph, who, though brusque and abrasive, was a top-notch weather prognosticator.
NOAA was going through some financial shakeups and it was suggested that they give 'Dolph the old heave-ho; even the wife of the facility's manager complained.
Such action was denied, as the manager explained to his significant other: "Rude Dolph the Red knows rain, dear."