Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh jumped into the Obamacare criticising party on Tuesday when he said that Bill Clinton’s comments that President Obama “should honor” his promises about health care “undercuts” the president.
“Man, oh, man, I tell you, you talk about how the mighty have fallen, ladies and gentlemen,” Limbaugh said on his show. “Did you see where Bill Clinton has said that Obama needs to keep his word about keeping our insurance plans if we like ‘em?”
Clinton made his comments to web magazine Ozymandias shortly after President Obama apologized for telling the American people they could keep their health insurance if they liked it, The Guardian reported. The former Democratic president told the magazine, “I personally believe, even if it takes a change to the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got.”
On his show, Limbaugh continued, “If you’re Obama, you can imagine being lectured to about honesty and integrity from a convicted perjurer, Bill Clinton? My gosh, folks, I mean, literally how far has one fallen when that is the case?”
The comment made by Clinton was significant, according to the Guardian, due to Clinton’s longtime support of getting insurance for millions of Americans who are uninsured or underinsured.
According to Politico, Limbaugh then went on to question why Clinton decided to comment and the timing of his comment.
“Now, folks, when Der Schlick Meister comes out and undercuts the president of the United States on a promise the president made, ‘Yeah, I think he should honor that commitment.’ There’s always a motive,” he said. “There are no coincidences with the Clintons. Nothing just happens. So you sit here and say, ‘Well, what’s in it for Bill Clinton to enter this fray? What’s in it for him here?”
For Limbaugh it seemed clear that the motivation behind Clinton’s comments was his wife, Hillary Clinton, who is considered a top contender for the 2016 presidential election. “But Hillary’s not gonna be running against Obama, as far as we know,” Limbaugh said.
“So what’s in it for Slick Willie here?” he continued. “What’s the purpose for Slick Willie to head in there and insert himself in this and basically acknowledge that the president, Barack Obama, lied to people and now it’s up to the president to honor his commitment, change the lie? I personally find this fascinating.”