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Re:Shame on Y Combinator by digler999 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @12:43PM (#12736249)
You reinforce my point. The blame for what goes on in Washington does not fall on the president! The older I get the more I think "commander in chief" is just a fancy title for "talking bobble head". We're not electing a leader. We're electing a media personality.
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Re:Shame on Y Combinator by dredmorbius on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:55PM (#12737524)
The President of the United States is not commander in chief of the country or even the government.

He is commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States

US Constitution, Art 2. Sec 2. https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii#section2

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