Quote Originally Posted by smokey the elder View Post
Maybe we should try Arthur C. Clarke's Imperial Earthmethod of electing a President: everyone of the proper age and with a 4 year degree's name is put into a giant lottery, and the "winner" gets to be President. The idea being, the person who doesn't want the job might actually do a great job, if only to get time off for good behavior! (The last was a paraphrase of a quote about how they picked the President.)

It would be the logical way to do it, but would never happen. Too elitist.