Oh, BTW ... in answer to the original question, no I would not rather live in a democracy ... it would be totally chaotic ... and, with the growing avalanche of "voter initiatives" that are on the ballot each year, we here in CA are getting uncomfortably closer by the year ... our legislature no longer acts on tough issues, but instead becomes the sponsor of initiatives themselves!! ...
As for your oft-repeated line about GWB being "appointed"; please provide footnotes ... like CWFoster, I was aware that the courts called a halt to the seemingly endless cycle of recounts in Florida, but that's a far cry from "appointment" ...
Finally, regarding the appointment of justices "by a corrupt politician" ... each president makes appointments that the opposing party finds less than attractive ... I can't even begin to imagine the furor that would have come from Barbra Streisand, Alex Baldwin and yourself if GWB had imitated FDR and tried to add to the number of Supreme Court justices in order to appoint even more whose political thinking was similar to his own ...