President, not Commander in Chief

To the editor:
    I wish the news media would stop asking the presidential candidates, “If you were commander-in-chief …?” That is military jargon for, “If you were president …?”
    There is a difference. As president, he would have to consider all the facts. It would not be a simple matter of “us against the enemy” as military commanders are used to.
    America’s founding fathers knew the difference and insisted the president should be  a duly elected civilian.
Elbridge Gagnon
Houlton