Score Obama Zero for Three

In 2004, the Democrat's nominee for President, Sen. John Kerry declared at their convention "I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty." In the course of the contest between Kerry and Bush, Kerry and the Democrats set up the John Kerry Test for Presidential Qualification, which Bush could only fail, and one which only John Kerry could pass. There were three points to that test:

One: To be qualified to be president, a candidate must have military service. Kerry had it.
Two: Active duty service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, in a war zone, Kerry had it in Vietnam, and it trumped Bush's National Guard service in the states.
Three: Active duty service in actual combat trumps service that did not see combat. Kerry had it, Bush did not.

So according to Democrat reasoning, it was beyond doubt or argument that Kerry was qualified to be President and Bush was not. There should be no question about this fact. Now, in 2008, it's evident that the Democrats have long since forgotten all about the John Kerry Test, rather nominating Obama, who fails to meet any of the three points of the John Kerry Test, for President. If it was important, then, why not now? Is this not hypocrisy at best and deception at worst? But the evidence shows the Democrats do this regularly.