I almost wish I had never read this op-ed a few weeks ago. Now, everytime I hear someone refer to the President of the United States (whether former, current or future) as "Our Commander in Chief," my skin does start to crawl a little bit.
For those too paranoid to register at NYT or not as interested as I was, the gist of it is that POTUS is the commander-in-chief of the military, but the way this term is often used, it seems that some people think that he's everyone's commander-in-chief and that it confers some kind of godlike authority to him/her.
Until the President looks like Geena Davis, I'm not exactly ready to start standing at attention.
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