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The "there you go again" comment was used effectively against Jimmy Carter in the 1980 debates. Reagan tried it again with Mondale, but Mondale had prepped an answer and pretty effectively disabled it (not that it helped him in the general election.)

You're primary point, though, is good. Here's my take.

First of all, Bush shouldn't repeat Kerry's charge in his rebuttal. Repeating the charge, even in rebutting it, implants it deeper in the viewer's mind. Second, he needs to state clearly, "You have no plan other than criticizing my plan."

78 posted on 10/12/2004 8:06:58 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (Kerry Campaign: An army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea)

84 posted on 10/12/2004 8:11:51 AM PDT by jmstein7 (A Judge not bound by the original meaning of the Constitution interprets nothing but his own mind.)