A Nation Divided

The dust has settled from the election a few days ago. For those of you living underneath a rock, we have four more years of Barack Obama. Whether that is better or for worse, that point is irrelevant at the minute. The fact of the matter is Obama is here, and here to stay for four more years as the United States President. And as you would expect, this has gotten people up in arms.

The fact that people are up in arms about the result of a Presidential Election really is no surprise. Everyone has their candidate that they are going to back. Whether it be Republican, Democrat, or third party, there are going to be people who are going to be upset that their chosen champion did not win.

So, naturally the news media, as it tends to do, is making a mountain out of a molehill. “A nation divided” is a common rallying cry on many news stories. The United States is about to split apart. You would think that the second coming of the Confederate States of America is near based off of some of the words being written about how doom and gloom is here just based off of the Presidential Election.

The fact of the matter is this. Half of the people would be upset if Obama one, half of the people would be upset if Romney won. Half of the people would be upset if an inanimate object won the election. There are people who are upset about various problems in the nation. The economy does not appear to be getting better any time soon. The stock market plummeted yesterday after the election.

Why yes the nation is divided. It was not like it has never been divided after every other election. This is just another prime case of the news media manufacturing stories that are not really there.

For better or for worse, Obama is in the command chair for four more years. We’ll see what the nation looks like in 2016.