A lot of people think that Ronald Reagan won the presidency in 1980 in his first debate when he replied jokingly “there you go again” to then-President Carter’s attempt to portray him as some sort of rightwing nut intent upon destroying accepted government programs like Medicare.

Whether one believes that President Reagan’s election was a good thing or a bad thing, there’s no denying that his disarming line was effective in dispelling his opponent’s attempt to sow fear of his then unknown policies.

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