# Matt Damon **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 13, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/matt-damon/199591 "2008-09-13T14:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/matt-damon/199591/35 "2008-09-15T10:30:43Z")
> [@ugh...dilema](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ugh-dilema/37838/38): > > I’m not attacking, just questioning how sitting in a hole in the jungle for 7 years make you more or less apt at commanding a military. Which is almost moot. The president doesn’t make every logistical decision. How much military experience did Carter, Bush Sr., Reagan, Nixon, Bush Jr., Clinton have? How is it moot? The President is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. He is not the Commander in Chief of the population. The legislative branch has the power to make the laws which govern the citizens, the President can sign or veto. The only laws he makes which govern us are executive orders, and those are the exception rather than the rule, with many executive orders governing foreign rather than domestic affairs. Being in captivity is not an accomplishment that makes McCain more suited to run the military than Obama. Graduating from the Naval Academy however is such an accomplishment, as is serving in the military. That was my point, and I wasn’t saying McCain is a great candidate, merely that he is more suited to run the Military than a 1 term U.S. Senator who happens to be a Harvard graduate and a college professor. Basically I was trying to show that the argument against the Republican ticket by Democratic supporters based on the premise of a lack of experience is laughable because both sides are inept to some degree, but the Republicans at least have a Presidential candidate with some relevant experience. Oh yeah, he might die, right, but as already mentioned in this thread, Obama’s chances are no better. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/matt-damon/199591)._