Can you honestly say you'd trust their decision making without you on their shoulder? They've already demonstrated who they are very clearly, when someone tells you they're horrible you should believe them.
Did he get elected really? In his own words he had "all the votes [he] needs", he didn't care how the popular vote landed because it wasn't relevant, those aren't the votes that actually do anything.
If you like to tinker some of those set top boxes are just right for gutting and replacing with a roll your own DVR. You don't even need to change remotes.
There is no spoon.