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11-06-2023, 01:31 PM
GoMuskies

Yes, mortgage rates are slightly off their 20 year peak. High fives all around!
11-06-2023, 01:34 PM
Xville

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Originally Posted by paulxu

It's not my headline. I only pointed out they are coming down...which they are.
Supply, demand and the Fed rates are what affect home mortgage rates the most.
Are you unhappy they are coming down? You're probably too young to remember the 80's. Rates were never below 9%.

It's like Ville. I respect your job in the industry, but the fact is millions of Americans will be helped by Medicare negotiating drug prices.
It's true that our whole system lags in cost/delivery to other countries, but every little bit helps. Especially for seniors.

My point is that you conveniently left out the remaining 80% plus of the country when saying that drug costs were being lowered. They aren’t, except for maybe a few drugs for a small portion of the population. The rest of the country are facing steep increases. You essentially told a “fact” the way a politician would.
11-06-2023, 03:06 PM
Smails

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulxu

It's not my headline. I only pointed out they are coming down...which they are.
Supply, demand and the Fed rates are what affect home mortgage rates the most.
Are you unhappy they are coming down?

Yes, but you pointed to the headline as some sort of administration accomplishment. Sure I'm happy that they are starting to lower, but celebrating a reduction from historic highs is very odd to me. You're not going to get your Dem card revoked for pointing out the deficiencies of this administration.
11-06-2023, 03:18 PM
UCGRAD4X

Reminds me of calling less of an increase a decrease.
11-06-2023, 04:55 PM
bjf123

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Originally Posted by UCGRAD4X

Reminds me of calling less of an increase a decrease.

Yep. That’s straight from the Left’s political handbook.

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11-06-2023, 05:07 PM
Masterofreality

Straight from the Democrats racial slur playbook-ala Joe “If you don’t vote for me you ain’t black” Biden.

From The Spectator:

“Racial slurs are being hurled at Daniel Cameron, the Republican candidate for Kentucky governor. That’s despicable. It doesn’t matter what race the victim is or what race his accuser. Those slurs should be called out loudly and promptly.

They would be despicable if a black candidate faced them from a white opponent, or vice versa. They are no less despicable when a black candidate, like Cameron, faces them from other blacks. The epithet in this case is “Uncle Tom” and it has been leveled against him in paid advertisements. His crime: he’s conservative.

Those ads are the work of Black Voters Matter Action PAC. They feature the loathsome slogan, “All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk.” Any group that uses that language for political gain should be condemned and repudiated. The pushback should begin with Democratic parties at the state and national levels. Although they are not responsible for producing the ad, they are the intended beneficiaries. They should reject both the ad and the group responsible for it. Don’t hold your breath.

Abhorrent.
11-06-2023, 06:06 PM
Xville

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Originally Posted by Masterofreality

Straight from the Democrats racial slur playbook-ala Joe “If you don’t vote for me you ain’t black” Biden.

From The Spectator:

“Racial slurs are being hurled at Daniel Cameron, the Republican candidate for Kentucky governor. That’s despicable. It doesn’t matter what race the victim is or what race his accuser. Those slurs should be called out loudly and promptly.

They would be despicable if a black candidate faced them from a white opponent, or vice versa. They are no less despicable when a black candidate, like Cameron, faces them from other blacks. The epithet in this case is “Uncle Tom” and it has been leveled against him in paid advertisements. His crime: he’s conservative.

Those ads are the work of Black Voters Matter Action PAC. They feature the loathsome slogan, “All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk.” Any group that uses that language for political gain should be condemned and repudiated. The pushback should begin with Democratic parties at the state and national levels. Although they are not responsible for producing the ad, they are the intended beneficiaries. They should reject both the ad and the group responsible for it. Don’t hold your breath.

Abhorrent.

So if true, yes abhorrent. However, I have never seen one of these ads. This screams made up to me.

For the record, beshear has been a good governor. He’s relatively moderate and is pretty well liked by both sides of the aisle. Cameron is going to lose and I’m not sure it’s going to be all that close, which says a lot about beshear and Cameron since we are a blazing red state.
11-06-2023, 08:03 PM
Uncle Joe

Good grief, it took like 2 seconds to find the ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImGll80TxnQ

"beshear has been a good governor"? On what planet?
11-06-2023, 08:28 PM
Strange Brew

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Originally Posted by Xville

So if true, yes abhorrent. However, I have never seen one of these ads. This screams made up to me.

For the record, beshear has been a good governor. He’s relatively moderate and is pretty well liked by both sides of the aisle. Cameron is going to lose and I’m not sure it’s going to be all that close, which says a lot about beshear and Cameron since we are a blazing red state.

Well, I haven’t lived in the KY (native) in a while however the politics and history of the State are interesting. Can you please send either of the candidates out here to CO?

Cue Bobbie with the Breckenridge non-starter..;)
11-06-2023, 08:56 PM
Xville

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Originally Posted by Uncle Joe

Good grief, it took like 2 seconds to find the ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImGll80TxnQ

"beshear has been a good governor"? On what planet?

Yikes that is bad. Guess it makes sense I haven’t seen it though, since it’s a radio ad.

Do you live in kentucky? Check his approval ratings on both sides. Spoiler alert they are high especially considering the political climate we are in.