25 Hours; 5 Minutes...
A story was relayed to me some years ago by a woman who lived in Newark, NJ and went to a political event (maybe it was rally?), where a young man, who did not live in Newark, was speaking. He was running for mayor and according to this woman, was somewhat heckled or talked over. She, being the woman that she was, told them to settle down and let the man speak. She wasn't for or against this man, she just wanted to hear what he had to say. The other day, that man, who did become mayor of Newark, and who has since become a Senator for the state, spoke on the senate floor for an amazing 25 hours and 5 minutes. There were no bathroom breaks (which amazes me), he never sat down (he would not have been allowed) and there were no real pause in his speech (fellow senators were allowed to ask questions [although they seemed more like comments] which could take several minutes, which gave the senator a bit of a break, as did a brief break for t...