Hobbes view

I strongly agree with Mckenzie's statement that because peoples ability to reason is a flaw Hobbes points out, that the commonwealth would not be able to elect a single leader to enfore the "one will". Hobbes talked about how the ability to reason made people capable of manipulating words for their own benefit. So wouldn't the process of electing a leader even though they are choosing the leader to unite them give us highly dangerous human beings the perfect oppourtunity to manipulate each others words? Case and point : the presidental elections of the U.S.A. It's dog-eat-dog and it invites our leaders to compete and point out each others flaws. I agree with Hobbes' view on human nature for the most part, but i honestly believe this electing a leader to unite the people under fear for peace and safety stuff is crap. He said it himself, our goals in life are basically to put down one another.