==Regarding the author== 
 Regarding the author of this article.  I think I mentioned above, he was in another country or something, but he said that he would get back to me.  His article, "Why Gun-Barrel Democracy Doesn't Work" was ignored by the acedimia, or at least it seems, so I cannot post a retraction or counter opinion to his views.  I will look for a retraction right now.  But like most articles which question the very ideology of America, this article seemed ot be ignored.