John Kerry & Richard Clarke on Obama conference call today.

[beachmom]

Audio at the bottom of this link:

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/obama_campaign_rolls_out_richa.php

TomP has a diary about the call with some quotes:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/17/111617/502

Marc Ambinder on it:

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/kerry_blasts_mccains_iraq_war.php

Kerry Blasts McCain's "Iraq War mindset"
17 Jun 2008 01:00 pm

Remember when John Kerry and John McCain were allies? Friends? Potential ticket-mates? Comity, no more.

"What John McCain has done in his comments** ... is that he has fully embraced willfully, openly, fully embraced the failed, tragic policy of the Bush Administration over the last seven and a half years," Kerry said on a conference call today. "He's really defending a policy that is indefensible. He's proving every day that he doesn't understand Iraq, or the Middle East, or the war on terrorism."

McCain is embracing " George Bush post 9-11 war of choice strategy," of which he is "Washington's biggest supporter." McCain "failed to learned the lessons of 9/11. He is the candidate of the Iraq War mindset, a mindset that completely misunderstands and dangerously underestimates the threats of the 21st century."

[wisteria]

1. I happened to catch some of Limbaugh today and he brought up this conference call.

Of course it was spun in negative fashion against Obama, Kerry and Richard Clark.
But, it is interesting to me that it was brought up at all. Seems, Limbaugh may be worried about an Obama administration and what that would mean to the Repubs.

[beachmom]

2. Also here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6377677

[Inuca]

3. Happened upon it while driving

(LOVE my XM radio!) and it was a :woohoo: moment. Clarke was very good too (I shamefully admit that I did not know he was in the Obama team). It is great to see JK being so often the porte-parole for these kind of issues (and not only) + it goes without saying that he is doing a wonderful job.