Elect a dictator? I guess that gives him legitimacy. What I am talking about is taking executive action (cutting through the red tape) during the greatest natural disaster ever to hit this country. In a crisis of this proportion, you want action not someone spouting states rights and rules, etc. as an excuse for why something is not being done to save people's lives.
Saddam did after every referendum. How do you think he would have responded to a major natural catastrophe (that he didn't cause)? Would the trains and buses have run on time?
What "something" are you claiming is not being done? A hell of lot is being done, just not by you.