dissenting voices

I do not completely agree with the article I read today, published on the front page of the New York Times. The article was entitled "Deep Rifts Divide Obama and Republicans", which spoke of the Republican win over the house and their gains in the senate. President Obama and the Republicans have vowed to work together toward great progress in the country but their divide in policy is making this harder than expected. When reading this article I was genuinely interested but something immediately caught my eye in the second paragraph of the article. I am accustomed to and I'm sure most people are that we call our President "President Obama". When I read the article, the writers Peter Baker and Carl Hulse refer to him as "Mr. Obama". I was appalled when I saw this. Not only does this take away his title as President but it makes him seem like an inconspicuous street walker that could be any man. This is THE President of the United States of America, this was a pretty bold move to strip him of his title in an article displayed on the front of the New York Times, perhaps the most popular news paper in the country. This was not just a preference of name calling by the writers or a "uh oh", this was an intentional attack and I am surprised and appalled that the editor of this article let it be published like this. I am not a huge fan of Obama, I am a Republican and also disagree with a lot of his policies but I feel that he deserves the respect to be called President, the title that he rightfully won. As I kept reading it became completely apparent to me that the writers were indeed attacking President Obama. They looked upon every word of our President and found something negative about it. They made it way too obvious that they are against him in policies. I thought that most news articles, especially front page articles, weren't supposed to be bias or controversial. When I read "More conciliatory than contrite, Mr. Obama used that phrase, “take responsibility,” six times but rejected the suggestion that his policies were moving the country in the wrong direction." I knew that it was a direct attack to the President and the article may not have anything to do with the Republicans and President Obama working together but having different opinions in policy but it was intentionally written and published due to their personal want to bash the President. Our Capitol is struggling and to be honest, fractured because of the differences between so many people running our country. Everyone is going to have to agree on something in the end, and negativity is not appreciated or helping at a time like this. The American people must come together in times like this.