This decision may be a little short-sighted. I have seen no proof that our political system ever worked any better in the past. During the Cold War, America con

This decision may be a little short-sighted. I have seen no proof that our political system ever worked any better in the past. During the Cold War, America constantly elected those perceived "less Communist", and invaded countries deemed as communist without much evidence [1], with political discourse almost completely unrelated to reality, and things turned out just fine (more or less). The point about customer confidence stands, however. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company#History_in_Central_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company#History_in...