Polar Opposites: The President and The Constitution

This is old news by now, but is still worth a mention because of the irony.

CBS reported that President Bush told General Musharraf of Pakistan that he could not be "the president and the head of the military at the same time."

Contrast this position with Article II, Section II, Clause I of our own Constitution:

The President shall be 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; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

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