IT’S safe to say the Governor puts on the Greatest Poli-tricking Shows on Earth, second only to his mentor Trump who has 2/3rds of all Americans extremely upset and displeased with his presidency and the days that followed. The Governor always seems to think he can just “talk-away the challenges we face,” which is the same “lip-service” we got in the Debate. The Governor also seemed to think everything was funny as both Tina and Arnold literally “shredded the Governor” especially the failed casino. Arnold was no better thinking he could “wing-it” that ended up making him look-like the “laughing-stock” of the debate. Viewers with “objective opened-eyes & minds” should know without any doubt that Christina Sablan championed the debate. Tina was first to address the Elephant in the room, (the casino) and how to fix it and how the Governor has wasted over two-billion in Federal Funds.
But I must thank my Kim (the Director), Josh my friend and the entire Chamber for doing an awesome job. Ms. Arroyo, the narrator, was super-duper in truly taking control of the debate and making sure it remained professional enforcing the rules and maintaining the highest standards of decorum. Anyone with an “objective perspective” will have to admit the debate was one of the greatest poli-tricking shows ever in the CNMI with Arnold telling stories and making people laugh and the Governor’s Lip-Service. Tina & Arnold made the Governor looked so bad it seemed that all he could do was to smile to keep from crying from the barrage of accountability-attacks. The Governor’s “lip-service” started with the first Q & A saying “nothing is more important than the environment, his second Q & A was “nothing is more important than the work force” his third Q & A implied “nothing more is important than health care.” Making everything “the most important” was just lip-service “political-science talk” that he learned in college. But it doesn’t fool the people who were really paying attention making everything the most important in the same setting, as healthcare is obviously the most important of these issues, but like I keep saying he thinks WE are stupid!
The Governor tried to use the budget against Tina but the budget is really an “educated guess” on what is “anticipated” and no one on Capital Hill has a Crystal Ball so waiting to see the latest and most up-to-date projections to finalize a budget is actually normal, prudent and due-diligent. The problem is the Governor has NEVER tried to work with the House in any way-shape-form-or-fashion just so he can try to blame the House — poli-tricking, the same ugly “political modus operandi” like he used with Retirees that didn’t work.
FYI Ralph, there is no LAW that gives the Governor exclusive RIGHTS to control and budget ARPA or any Federal Funds — STOP lying and misleading your People! But I want to thank Rep. Ed Propst for exposing the “fleet of UNNECESSARY police cars” purchased wasting the ARPA funds to take care of HIS-loyalists at DPS. There is a plethora of BETTER things the Governor could use that money for and I’m sure the FBI is going to expose how he has wasted a lot of the two-billion in Federal Funds under his administration. The Lt. Governor also proved with his frivolous answers & stories in the debate that his “better-days” are lost-to-yesterday while I’m sure Christina had to be glad Arnold & Ralph made it EASY for her to prove without any doubt, she is the BETTER choice for real HOPE & CHANGE with IMPROVEMENTS! One People One Direction for NEW & BETTER Leaders!
The writer is an Economist who minored in Sociology, a Political Scientist, a retired teacher & former CNMI Board of Education Member, a James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays & Humanities Scholar who resides in Kagman III.
Ambrose M. Bennett
