John VanSickle <evi### [at] kosherhotmailcom> wrote:
> Running for president is a full-time job, plus some.  Being an 
> active-duty general is a full-time job, plus some.

That may be so in practice, but in theory I don't think there's any
reason (legal or otherwise) why a military officer couldn't be elected
as the president (due to some unfathomable turn of events.)

> And if the sitting president is himself running for re-election, he can 
> issue any number of orders which make the general's election impossible 
> (such as assigning the general to a location outside of the US).

That sounds like abuse of authority for personal gain, which in itself
sounds illegal (or at least it should be.)

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                                                          - Warp

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