With the restaurant packed in like an overstuffed burrito, Mr. Gingrich put on the Full Newt for over an hour, discoursing on underground power lines in Sweden, the exorbitant price of heating oil and the ridiculous sum that Michael R. Bloomberg paid to have "basically bought the mayorship" of New York.
"Your ears are bleeding," he said repeatedly during a five-hour discourse on all things Honda.
A very passionate four-hour discourse ensued, with some emphasis on the need to increase integration between health professionals and schools.
The penalty: a half-hour discourse on morals and life lessons from Mr. Raedle's father, all 6 feet 4 inches and 250 pounds of him.
He spends hours discoursing on Zus's exploits, points repeated again and again for emphasis.
His fizzes were passed around to the journalists, and the Times reporter observed, "After some more posing for photographers and the talkies -- the whole performance consumed fully an hour -- the Kingfish left the bar with a broad grin, leading a crowd of reporters to his apartment on the 22nd floor of the hotel, where he spent two hours discoursing on the political situation".
Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Day two of the festival started off with a fiery hour of discourse at the Director's Guild Theater over the nature of the Tea Party movement.
By Nick Traverse October 2, 2010 Day two of the festival started off with a fiery hour of discourse at the Director's Guild Theater over the nature of the Tea Party movement.
Several of them watched in the Senate chamber Tuesday night as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex)., with the help of Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), mounted a 21-hour marathon discourse in opposition to the law.
Primary debates have become the raw footage of political discourse; hours and hours of well-scripted disquisition about troop withdrawal, taxes, immigration law, trade rules, farm subsidies and gay marriage pile up on a digital cutting room floor; only a few highlights — a snappy comeback or a telling fumble — are culled and showcased on newscasts, YouTube and other Web sites.
Parents who grew up with punk may be proudly unshockable when it comes to their kids' Spotify playlists, but don't understand why anyone would listen to hour-long discourses on what someone just bought at the mall.
