BIDEN: Republicans "are the kind of guys you'd like to smack in the ass".

My response: Progressives (note that I didn't say 'Democrats') are the kind of people (note also that I'm not being gender specific) you'd like to smack in the head -- with a baseball bat preferably, since nothing less can get their attention.

[We had a jackass once, many, many years ago, and it sometimes took a 2x4 to get his attention; they are very stubborn animals.]