Why does Donald Rumsfeld hate democracy?

Perhaps setting us up for a domestic precedent, Donald Rumsfeld has a fascinating opinion about democracy and voting.

"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday raised the possibility that Iraq could conduct only limited elections in January, excluding places where violence was considered too severe for people to go to polls. 'Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country. But in some places you couldn't because the violence was too great,' Rumsfeld said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. 'Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet,' he said. "

Yeah. Let's, umm... not have New York and California vote this year. That's not quite perfect, but it beats not having elections at all. Pesky damn elections.