For crying out loud

Can we agree now that maybe subjecting 4-8 years of your future to the results of a popularity contest is a stupid idea?

Don't blame me; I voted to leave the office vacant.  If you voted, you have no right to complain. You agreed to live by the results.  Why is everybody so upset? I thought this was the greatest system ever!

Strange people in ballot booths handing out swords is no basis for a system of government.