A lot of conspiracy theorists believe the President doesn’t really run things. I kind of hope they’re right. Do we really want someone like Obama, Bush, or Clinton as our commander-in-chief? Shouldn’t the head of our military be someone in the military.
When Obama became President in 2009, it's not like he had experience dealing with crazy Middle Eastern people. It's not like when he was at Harvard Law, people used to pop in and say, "Death to Harvard Law! Alalalalala!" I'm pretty sure at Harvard Law, he studied law.
Making someone commander-in-chief just because he’s a politician is like making someone a prison warden just because he’s seen the Shawshank Redemption. Someone like that will probably be busy checking for tunnels in walls. He’ll play classical music and expect it to make everyone peaceful--only it'll end up causing a prison riot. “10 people died because of Mozart No. 5. That's 2 people per number. It's a good thing you didn’t play 1999.”
And sometimes we do the opposite: we make a military general the President. Do you think crazy Middle Eastern guys let you know how to run the economy? “Well--let’s see. They’re crazier than usual. Let’s increase interest rates.”