Left over Palin-bot, Governor Parnell, cuts millions of dollars to rural Alaska and health care for children in exchange for Teabagger cred.

From Alaska Dispatch:

In a press conference in a downtown Anchorage conference room, Parnell announced he had cut approximately $300 million, or about 10 percent, from the $3.1 billion capital budget the state Legislature passed him in May.

The former lieutenant governor -- who took over the state's top job after Sarah Palin resigned halfway through her first term -- also said he had given the $8 billion state operating budget a $36 million haircut. Operating budget cuts are generally considered far less politically charged than cuts to the capital budget that funds roads, buildings and other new, state construction, but Parnell altered that dynamic with the announcement he was cutting $2.9 million intended to expand Denali Kid Care, a health program designed to provide care for children of low-income Alaskans -- a move Democrats were quick to criticize.

Parnell said he made the cut after recently discovering Denali Kid Care finances abortions.

"There are hundreds of abortions being paid for by this fund," he said.

Asked about Alaskans who would be denied affordable health care because of the veto, Parnell said, "I want to be able to provide those services, but if your governor doesn't stand for life and liberty, or at least as he understands it in his conscience, then you don't have a governor."

What kind of a fucked up conscience does it require to keep necessary health care away from thousands of LIVING children in this state in order to dictate that women must give birth to POTENTIAL children not yet born?  And by the way genius, who is going to provide health care for these new children that you are insisting must be born in our state?

Oh that's right I forgot, these idiots only care about children who are not yet born.  They don't give a crap about the thousands of children who will desperately need services today!

You know Tony Knowles established this program during his term as Governor, from 1994 to 2002, and it has proven a Godsend to low income families all across Alaska. I know a number of families that rely on Denali Kid Care, and simply put they could not manage to get their children important medical services without that support.

And don't think that the Obama Health Care Reform legislation will simply take up the slack either because this sad excuse for a public official is so determined to withhold health care from the citizens of Alaska that he has joined 20 other Republican Governors in filing a suit to prevent the reform from being implemented in our state.

I am deeply saddened and incredibly angered that Sean Parnell is willing to play political games with the health of Alaska's children.  Perhaps Ethan Berkowitz put it best when he said : "Real men don't pick on kids".

Of course that is not all of the important programs that Parnell cut as you can see in this pdf. He essentially cut funds from anyplace, and anybody, that he did not think could hurt him politically.  Gee it is almost like Sarah Palin never really left. 

And in a very real way, she never did.

Update:  Andrew Halcro points out that Parnell plays just as fast and loose with the truth as his infamous predecessor.