Those of you who are paying attention noticed that, before Bush had even completely his acceptance speech, Kerry opened up a vial full of vitriol, projecting his every fault onto his enemies, particularly Dick Cheney:

Democratic presidential contender John Kerry launched a furious riposte Thursday to a Republican onslaught on his record, accusing President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney of deliberately avoiding Vietnam war service....

And:

"I'm going to leave it up to the voters whether five deferments makes someone more qualified than two tours of duty," Kerry said. Cheney received a series of deferments from 1962 to 1966 for college and graduate school and then for having a child.

Well guess what? It turns out Kerry himself applied for a deferment and was rejected!

Senator John Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is trading on his Vietnam war record to campaign against President George W Bush, tried to defer his military service for a year, according to a newly rediscovered article in a Harvard University newspaper.

He wrote to his local recruitment board seeking permission to spend a further 12 months studying in Paris, after completing his degree course at Yale University in the mid-1960s.

The revelation appears to undercut Sen Kerry's carefully-cultivated image as a man who willingly served his country in a dangerous war - in supposed contrast to President Bush, who served in the Texas National Guard and thus avoided being sent to Vietnam.

Hypocrisy from Kerry? Just wouldn't be a typical day without it.

Thanks to dave t.