Please proceed, Governor

When somebody thinks they're about to outsmart you and you encourage them to keep going, knowing you have a fact ready to completely humiliate them.

Mitt Romney: "You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack, it was an act of terror... is that what you're saying?
Barack Obama: "Please proceed, Governor"
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Please proceed governor

A phrase used when a person you're arguing against is about to say something really stupid and realizes it, but you want them to continue so that you can win the argument.

R: You said in the Rose Garden the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. It was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you're saying?
O: Please proceed. Please proceed governor.
R: I want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.
O: Get the transcript.
C: It -- it -- it -- he did in fact, sir. So let me -- let me -- call it an act of terror...
O: Can you say that a little louder, Candy?
C: He -- he did call it an act of terror.

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