Why does Mitch Landrieu hate democracy?

I think there's a very strong argument to make against term limits based on the sound democratic principle that the voters should be able to choose whichever candidate they like in any election even if the candidate they like has been in the office for a long time already.

Listening to Mitch talk, though, one gets the impression that he doesn't care for the whole elections thing in the first place.

But more stability at the city level would help, Landrieu argued, and "that can manifest itself as a mayor that stays in office for four, five, six terms."

Or, he added, it could simply mean the community coming together to decide on a path forward and making "sure the people you elect follow that pathway."

In either case, whether the mayor has only begun pitching himself for re-election or is thinking more long-term, Landrieu took the opportunity on Tuesday to make the case that voters would do well to show some patience. "I got elected. I'm leading. Now people are saying, I don't like him as much as I liked him, or he's too strong, or we think that we should have a consensus, or whatever," Landrieu continued, "If you plant a mustard seed in the ground, or the seeds for an oak tree, you can stand there and yell at it all you want, it's going to grow how it grows and it takes time."

If you don't want to get yelled at, maybe try growing your mustard trees in a non-public capacity somewhere. 

Update: Maybe he'd prefer a lifetime appointment.