In a US presidential debate who said, "There you go again"?
"There you go again" was a phrase used during the second presidential debate of 1980 by Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan against his Democratic opponent, incumbent President Jimmy Carter. The debate was held (October 28) a week before Election Day by the League of Women Voters. Reagan not only used the quote here, he frequently would use the line in a few debates over the next few years, always with the intend to disarm his opponent.
Over the decades following the 1980s, the phrase has strongly endured in the US political lexicon and in US news headlines, as a way to quickly imply that an opponent is engaging in hyperbole or even hysterical comments.
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billyboy915
Reagan was an arrogant and dismissive man, unless you were rich and white.
Under his union busting administration, we began the slow but steady decline of the middle class in the US. His so-called "trickle-down economics" was a cruel joke that has been disproven. Because of it, the wealth gap has grown by leaps and bounds because only the rich benefit and NOTHING trickles down!
elizawheeler
Jimmy Carter wasn't cutthroat enough to be a really great president, however, he was one of the best humans to be president of the United States. Just look at how he and his wife lived their lives after he retired.
Howard Groopman
He may be revered by conservatives, but by anyone's measure, the gap between rich and poor widened during his tenure. All that nonsense about trickle-down economics fooled a lot of people. I was a federal employee during much of his time in office, living in a high-cost area on a modest salary, and he tried to cut our pay by 5%. Eventually compromised at 0%. What a guy.
lls
billyboy915, Gotta agree...before his 2nd year, it was the first time the folks said they'd seen that many homeless people, since they were kids during the Depression.
billyboy915
Jim Kepler,
He increased the deficit by almost $2 trillion with tax cuts for big business and the very wealthy, did almost nothing to fight AIDS for years, and hurt the working class by busting unions. He did this while slowly going senile, to the point that Nancy often had to speak for him.
Leapy Lee
billyboy915, totally agree with you. Thatcher did the same thing in the UK and both countries saw the rich become richer and the poor become destitute. If you give a poor person a dollar it amounts to three dollars back in the community, if you give a rich person money through numerous tax concessions they will bank it.
earlepg
I've heard Reagan use that line, possibly in that debate.
billyboy915
billyboy915,
It's interesting that I've got 22 dislikes, yet no one has refuted anything I said.
The truth may be unpleasant to hear and it may conflict with preconceived notions, but that doesn't make it any less the truth.
This seems to be a consistent mindset for conservatives: "I know what I know; don't confuse me with facts."
William R. Meredith
billyboy915, Said no one ever who wasn't staunch unionist
Omar Mung
Reagan had good hair.
Marienne Litolff
I thought it was said by Jimmy Carter against Ronnie Raygun. Not far wrong!
Lynne Zeman
Lynne Zeman, isn't it interesting that Phoebe's replies are not recorded in this string?
skclary
If we had someone like Reagan, I don't think we'd have some of the turmoil because they didn't know what actions he take!
Lynne Zeman
Phoebe Figalily, and an answer that doesn't answer the question posed does not qualify as an answer.
William Laughlin
Helga U. Williams,
Seriously. I think you need to review his record.
Player
elizawheeler, there was a video I saw of him a few years ago where even in his advanced years with a head injury after a fall he was out helping to build houses.
lls
Russ Dobell, ...yes, I got your hint...just uncertain if the subject deserved an "a"...
lls
Russ Dobell, ...did you read the question...? Maybe you are on the wrong quiz site.
Wayne Jines
It just sounds like something he would have said.
Russ Dobell
lls, please if you're going to get into politics on a quiz comment site, at least know who you're talking about. I don't know who you mean by "Regan".