Apparently worried about being at the top of the first Presidential ticket in decades with not a day of military experience, Obama is suddenly remembering that he once almost signed up for the military.

Obama disclosed that he had once considered serving in the military.

“You know, I actually did,” Obama said. “I had to sign up for Selective Service when I graduated from high school. And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose parents were in the military. There are a lot of Army, military bases there.

“And I actually always thought of the military as an ennobling and, you know, honorable option. But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979. The Vietnam War had come to an end. We weren’t engaged in an active military conflict at that point. And so, it’s not an option that I ever decided to pursue.”

Well it’s nice that Obama thought about joining the military.  But he didn’t, so why does it matter?

And there’s a bit of a problem with Obama’s story.  He says he registered for the draft when he graduated in 1979.  But the draft wasn’t re-instated until 1980.

On March 25, 1975, Pres. Gerald Ford signed Proclamation 4360, Terminating Registration Procedures Under Military Selective Service Act, eliminating the registration requirement for all 18-25 year old male citizens. Then on July 2, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Proclamation 4771, Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act, retroactively re-establishing the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18-26 year old male citizens born on or after January 1, 1960. Only men born between March 29, 1957, and December 31, 1959, were completely exempt from Selective Service registration. The first registrations after Proclamation 4771 took place on Monday, July 21, 1980, for those men born in January, February and March 1960 at U.S. Post Offices.

Obama couldn’t have registered for the draft when he graduated.  It wouldn’t have even been possible.  He didn’t turn 18 until August of 1979, and Selective Service registration wasn’t re-instated until July of 1980.

Is this a big deal?  Not really, except in that it illustrates once again Obama being about his past.  He can’t be himself in front of the public.  He’s got to be a re-imagined version of himself, because the real Barack Obama that launched his political career in William Ayers’ home and sat in Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s congregation for twenty years and has the most liberal voting record in the US Senate isn’t about to get elected to the White House.