The “Bloom County” comic strip returned in July after a long hiatus, and cartoonist Berkeley Breathed sparked some presidential history discussion with today’s offering:
— Bloom County (@bloomcounty) September 30, 2015
Bush spent much of his time with the Texas Air National Guard “flying F-102 fighter interceptors out of Ellington Air Force Base,” so the “pretend fighter pilot” line was corrected:
@bloomcounty You're aware that as a young man George W. Bush actually WAS a fight jet pilot, correct? pic.twitter.com/Batt64SO3o
— Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) September 30, 2015
Bush was an *actual* fighter pilot, you know. https://t.co/ja6JpaMdlS
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) September 30, 2015
@bloomcounty Bush WAS a fighter pilot.
— Zarba (@JoeBeckner) September 30, 2015
Amazing how little leftists actually know, when you test them. https://t.co/OvGIVMPpkY
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) September 30, 2015
@bloomcounty Bush knows how to pilot fighter jets. You draw ifiotic cartoons and claim superiority. lol
— DangerZone (@dtom_dangerzone) September 30, 2015
@bloomcounty Doesn't matter where he flew them, he flew fighter planes, so yes, he was a fighter pilot.
— Fredman (@Fred_Butler) September 30, 2015
@bloomcounty Oops, Berk! I guess you're a pretend cartoonist. George Bush actually flew fighter jets as a pilot in the Air National Guard.
— Mike Kilo (@michaelmkent) September 30, 2015
@bloomcounty Hey shitbird, do you think you're capable of flying this? Bush flew F-102s. pic.twitter.com/JIbxiXGcXe
— Kaitain (@Kaitian1) September 30, 2015