Raaaaagggeeeee!

They say the three things you should never bring up in public are politics, religion and money.

Well, during these past few months we as a collective public managed to hit every single one of them nearly every single day. It's a presidential election, of course!
Usually, I'm super-opinionated and political. To my suprise, I didn't pay a lot of attention to this year's elections mainly for the fact that I'm in college and have other things to focus my times and energy on, things that I can actually change and resolve, compared to the never-ending stress and frustration that comes with political debates. So, it really wasn't until the last few days before the election that I really cared.
Then I cared. Then I got frusterated. Then I almost punched my roommate for being an asshole. Then I went to bed and got over it.

People, life goes on. Coming from me, who was/is possibly one of the most political people out there, this means a lot. The future of our country is a big deal, yes, but it's also such a big thing to manage that no one person is going to affect it that much. We have 400 million people with a collective worth of over 16 trillion dollars to the world; one man with four years to kill can't do crap to drastically alter that any decade soon.
If we watch history, we've had worse conditions regarding the economy, unemployment, and racial, religious, and other tension in the nation. To someone in the nation, the person elected couldn't be worse and they probably thought the world was going to end. Guess what; it didn't, and we're here. Obama won, and there's nothing we can do about that now but pray for the best. Maybe his policies will workout; I don't want anyone to fail! I'm doubtful, but hey, I've been wrong plenty.
God also tell us to respect our government and pray for them, which I can do. While Obama may be controversial, I don't even come close to subscribing to the theories that he's a terrorist muslim who wants to eliminate Christianity in America. He hasn't been hostile to it at all, actually. Over-zealous Christian leaders have just adapted a "you're either all with me or against me" approach to many of his policies. There are crazies on both sides, conservative and liberal, and it's all about moderation.

Conservatives: you gotta realize that, although I wish it wasn't true either, there are more people in the world than Christians, and they all have different viewpoints than each other and you. We're so blessed to live in a nation that allows us to practice openly and protects us, with many laws fashioned off of our faith. But many of us have grown stale in our faith and back laws that have faith basis that we ourselves don't even follow. Also, many of Obama's policies are a result of the church failing in it's job to provide for the poor, sick, and lonely. Luke 12:33 "Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys." We should be giving more voluntarily to the social programs many liberals want to enact. They're just picking up our slack.
POINT: If you aren't going to life by it yourself, don't force it onto others. You're just a hypocrite.

Liberals: You guys' are by no means innocent either. Too often have I been told that I must be tolerant of other peoples beliefs, lifestyles, and opinions while you yourselves have shown none towards mine. While I do tend to side with you guys' more on some social issues now, many of the issues you press are not not worthy of the hype they are given. You also must stop insisting America do a 180 degree turn and realize the foundations and beliefs of this country and how deeply they are imbedded. You aren't going to change that any year soon, odds are ever, and the more you realize this, the nastier you become. Resorting to insults is always a favorite I've seen, but conservatives aren't exactly innocent of this either.
POINT: The world can stand to go on as it has for the past years, decades, centuries, and people are going to be okay. Take a chill pill and relax, very few people intentionally want others to have harm befall them.

Romans 13:1    

    Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

So congratulations, Mr. Obama. Good luck for the next four years. I will do all I am willing to and can during these next four years to help you out, but seeing as I'm a white college student in Wisconsin, that might not be much. :P

Jacob
(note: I am NOT a Democrat, just a realist young conservative who is a Christian first.)