[ctdonath2]

Communists are fond of long speeches.

I remember Gorbachev’s first trip to America. Networks enthusiastically carried his speech ... which went on ... and on ... and on ... and they finally, with a palatable sense of pained boredom, cut away to regular mundane programming.

[dfwgator]

Remember Clinton’s speech at the 88 DNC convention, the loudest applause he got was when he said, “And in conclusion.....”