The Commander Image of the presidency

[Republicanguy]

I found this article while searching for images of the Commander's Jacket.

WE hear constantly now about “our commander in chief.” The word has become a synonym for “president.” It is said that we “elect a commander in chief.” It is asked whether this or that candidate is “worthy to be our commander in chief.”

But the president is not our commander in chief. He certainly is not mine. I am not in the Army.

I first cringed at the misuse in 1973, during the “Saturday Night Massacre” (as it was called). President Richard Nixon, angered at the Watergate inquiry being conducted by the special prosecutor Archibald Cox, dispatched his chief of staff, Al Haig, to arrange for Mr. Cox’s firing. Mr. Haig told the attorney general, Elliot Richardson, to dismiss Mr. Cox. Mr. Richardson refused, and resigned. Then Mr. Haig told the second in line at the Justice Department, William Ruckelshaus, to fire Cox. Mr. Ruckelshaus refused, and accepted his dismissal. The third in line, Robert Bork, finally did the deed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/opinion/27wills.html?ex=1327554000&en=5b8f718b824b1473&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

If Ron Paul was elected president, would the image go altogether? I guess, yes.

I can't imagine somebody like Paul wearing a Jacket like, and on second thoughts a women. It is a very hmm, a man's image, if you see what I'm saying.

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