There you go again

For the Kenny Rogers album, see There You Go Again. For the Kenny Rogers song, see "There You Go Again" (song).

President Carter (left) and former Governor Reagan (right) at the presidential debate on October 28, 1980

"There you go again" was a phrase spoken during the second presidential debate of 1980 by Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan to his Democratic opponent, incumbent President Jimmy Carter. Reagan would use the line in a few debates over the years, always in a way intended to disarm his opponent.[1]

"There you go again" emerged as a defining phrase of the 1980 presidential election.[2] The phrase has endured in the political lexicon in news headlines, as a way to quickly imply that an opponent is engaged in hyperbole or even hysterical comments.[3]

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