The upshot is not the same though.

"You didn't vote for her, like many didn't vote for Obama".

Many? Yes. All? No.

Regardless of the electoral college (which, along with party nominations is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of), he had a LOT of votes. Tens of millions of them. This is the difference. I wasn't complaining when Kevin Rudd got in, even though I didn't vote for him and frankly I think he was fucking up the country. Just like you guys think of Obama.

What I take issue with is the fact that his political party gave him the boot and replaced him with a new leader, with absolutely ZERO consultation or input from the people. As I said - not one single person in the entire country voted for her to be its leader. We didn't go to the polls. It was decided for us.

I think there's a pretty significant difference between that and not liking the guy who was elected within the confines of the system (which many would also argue Bush wasn't within those same constraints).