I like when they quote Federalist #10's use of the words "democracy" and "republic" in opposition to the national popular vote, despite the author of Federalist #10 explicitly stating that a national popular vote would be best:

He was disposed for these reasons to refer the appointment to some other source. The people at large was in his opinion the fittest in itself. It would be as likely as any that could be devised to produce an Executive Magistrate of distinguished Character. The people generally could only know & vote for some Citizen whose merits had rendered him an object of general attention & esteem.