We sit outside today and, as we enjoy our catfish and cornbread, we welcome to our table Phil Bryant, governor of Mississippi Goddamn. Now Phil's had a tough week. A court threw his anti-choice fanaticism back at him, like a dog dropping a dead rabbit on the front stoop. But Governor Phil had other things on his mind. He noticed that the number of his constituents who do not have health care is on the rise. (Governor Phil, of course, was one of those governors who declined to accept FREE MONEY! for the purpose of insuring his poorer constituents - because freedom.) And Governor Phil knows good and well who's to blame for this revoltin' situation.

"If statistics show that the ill-conceived and so-called Affordable Care Act is resulting in higher rates of uninsured people in Mississippi, I'd say that's yet another example of a broken promise from Barack Obama."

These are the people who have Governor Phil's back.

Bryant and other state leaders in Mississippi have aggressively fought the enactment of the ACA, known as Obamacare. One of those leaders, Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves declined comment on the study showing an increase in Mississippi's uninsured, saying he was not familiar with it.

Lieutenant Governor Tate's calendar seems to be overfilled. Somebody should help the poor man.

Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn, also an outspoken ACA opponent, when asked whether it is a good thing for fewer people to have health insurance, said, "I don't know if it is good or not. That is their call to make." He said a 22-year-old, for example, might choose not to have health insurance.

Visit Mississippi. Where Parody Goes To Die.

Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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