Quote:I googled the question, "can the president be active military" and what I found was that the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which all the military personnel must abide by, prohibits partisan political activity.  

 

Here's some discussion on it: 

 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/dis...104x738636

 

This one is even better: 

 

http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/militaryl...tics_3.htm

So to very crudely summarize; the military serves the people and government of the USA regardless of the political affiliation of the people and government. Having an active member of the armed forces who is also active in politics would contradict this and is therefor not allowed. 

 

Quote:You should read the biography of Washington by Ron Chernow.   Washington is in my opinion the greatest American ever.  What he went through and what he accomplished was incredible.   The United States would not exist if he had not been around to make it happen. 

The thing I liked most just reading snippets of his Wikipedia article is how he seemed to resist being elected President almost against his own will but still being incredibly aware of how he conducted himself in the office because he knew everything he'd do would set a precedent for his successors. 

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