To Leo.....

Remember when I blogged about Leo Pusateri calling me out for supposedly calling Chimpy an idiot and a coward (which I didn't, i said he was "incompetent" and "intellectually-challenged")?

Well I've decided to respond to Mr. Pusateri's comments.

Leo? I hope you're reading this blogs, cause I have a few misconceptions I need to clear up with your post, which by the way, was flattering:

First, I said that the Shrub was incompetent, not stupid. I'm not sure if you realize this, but incompetent and stupid are not the same thing. Here's the definition of stupid:

1. lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
2. characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question.

Now, the definition of incompetent:

1. not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
2. characterized by or showing incompetence: His incompetent acting ruined the play.

Second, let me explain why I called the president incompetent and intellectually challenged. I called Bush incompetent because all the studying he did in Harvard and Yale and his terms as Governor of Texas couldn't help him fight a war with competence, or rebuild New Orleans, or hire qualified officials to high-ranking positions of power (Alberto Gonzalez and Michael Brown ring any bells, Leo?). I called Bush intellectually challenged cause, if you've listened to the man for five minutes, you'd see he couldn't string together a coherent sentence if his life depended on it.

Thirdly, no one called Bush a coward, but I did find it ironic that you invoked Bush's service to the National Guard, which is honorable work, which I would have given him credit for.......if the Shrub hadn't gone AWOL on his service as Salon.com reported in 2004.

Bush flew for the last time on April 16, 1972. Upon entering the Guard, Bush agreed to fly for 60 months. After his training was complete, he owed 53 months of flying.

But he flew for only 22 of those 53 months.

Upon being accepted for pilot training, Bush promised to serve with his parent (Texas) Guard unit for five years once he completed his pilot training.

But Bush served as a pilot with his parent unit for just two years.

In May 1972 Bush left the Houston Guard base for Alabama. According to Air Force regulations, Bush was supposed to obtain prior authorization before leaving Texas to join a new Guard unit in Alabama.

But Bush failed to get the authorization.

In requesting a permanent transfer to a nonflying unit in Alabama in 1972, Bush was supposed to sign an acknowledgment that he received relocation counseling.

But no such document exists.

He was supposed to receive a certification of satisfactory participation from his unit.

But Bush did not.

He was supposed to sign and give a letter of resignation to his Texas unit commander.

But Bush did not.

He was supposed to receive discharge orders from the Texas Air National Guard adjutant general.

But Bush did not.

He was supposed to receive new assignment orders for the Air Force Reserves.

But Bush did not.

On his transfer request Bush was asked to list his "permanent address."

But he wrote down a post office box number for the campaign he was working for on a temporary basis.

On his transfer request Bush was asked to list his Air Force specialty code.

But Bush, an F-102 pilot, erroneously wrote the code for an F-89 or F-94 pilot. Both planes had been retired from service at the time. Bush, an officer, made this mistake more than once on the same form.

On May 26, 1972, Lt. Col. Reese Bricken, commander of the 9921st Air Reserve Squadron at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, informed Bush that a transfer to his nonflying unit would be unsuitable for a fully trained pilot such as he was, and that Bush would not be able to fulfill any of his remaining two years of flight obligation.

But Bush pressed on with his transfer request nonetheless.

Bush's transfer request to the 9921st was eventually denied by the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver, which meant he was still obligated to attend training sessions one weekend a month with his Texas unit in Houston.

But Bush failed to attend weekend drills in May, June, July, August and September. He also failed to request permission to make up those days at the time.

Now, this list goes on for a while, but hopefully, you get the point: Bush cut and ran from the Guard.

Lastly, Leo, let me translate what you told me, to what you're actually saying:

Well, Jonathan--I must forgive you for your shallow thinking.

Translation: I've got nothing on this kid.

I mean, as a 16 year old and a probable victim of indoctrination by liberal teachers,

Translation: Acting like a condescending prick will really put this snot-nosed brat in his place!

your life's experience has not allowed you to see reality.

Translation: I am in no way aware of what either irony or hypocrisy mean.

Glad I could clear some of these misconceptions up for you, Leo!