Leave. Turn my back on them in midsentence and just leave.
Since I am a Senior Officer in the military, and more than likely othrank most folks, I don’t see that happening.
“You are distracted by it, as is everyone else. But if you stop and call him on it, engage, he just turns up the juice, becomes totally disruptive, and wins.”
He doesn’t win with anyone worth caring about. Never argue with idiots, you always get pulled down to their level.
...it's easy...
...just look them square in the eyes and say...
..."bless your heart"...
...game over...
“Bless your heart” works for me.
I would of said something like...
I know you think it’s funny, but the middle class that has been buried by your policies these last 4 years isn’t laughing Jo!
Doesn't work so well in a one-on-one debate, but in a group it seems effective.
I think there are still some old fashioned Democrats who are increasingly appalled by the current status of the party. The behavior of the current VP last night must have appalled them. This is the kind of thing that causes people to quietly tiptoe over to the other party. For me, it happened in 1992 when the DNC trotted out Bill Clinton.
the more you ignore, the faster they run to the edge
Biden is a sociopath. I would give him a lot of rope to hang himself with, then jerk him up short, and arrange to have hinm kicked out, and if he got physical, I would kick his ass out myself like a bouncer would.
The world is full of Biden bullys, and the best thing is to give them a dose of their own medicine.
My daughter laughed and smirked when I was being serious...once.
When “Man Bear Pig” shows up (SEE: http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s10e06-manbearpig ) don’t listen to the Algore, and stay out of the Treasure Cave ~ it’s all fake stuff.
Believe it or not this clearly anti-democrat storyline is preceeded by an Obama advertisement. Seems to me the Democrats don’t understand humor!
I’ve seen this behavior at committee meetings and the like, never in one on one meetings because the jerk wants to play to an audience. Belittling someone with sarcasm in a debate more than once results is exactly what happened with Biden, he came off looking like someone’s wacky uncle.
Biden did promote one piece of info to the Romney team, they are not going to go quietly. Look for more pomp and bluster by the organizer in the next match up. He will go to the Colonel Mustard routine of shouting the lead pipe in the ballroom by Romney to kill medicare, raise taxes on the middle class and push the disabled in front of the bus. There will be no truth, just expect a bunch of lies repeated early and often, no matter what the question from the townspeople.
Considering my final position before retirement was in mental health, I would call for help and tranquilize the joker.
Mama Said Knock You Out
Biden last night was basically a heckler, and comedians know that you can’t ignore a heckler, you have to turn the tables on them. You want to go with the one liner, but it has to be a really good one, or the audience may end up sympathizing with the heckler and turning on you. So, you may need to engage the heckler for a little bit, until he gives you the ammunition that you need to cut him down to size. I think Ryan did that pretty well last night, and got several good jabs in at Biden that made him look like the fool he is.
It’s like how a good defender responds to play-action in football...Ryan had to read the situation and adapt on the fly, and he did so with class and maturity. I envy him that, cuz I’d have slapped that dopey grin off Biden’s mug in the first 10 minutes.
In a calm cool voice say.. WOW, what’s it like to be so wonderful?