>>I mean why does a man start his description of a candidates campaign with a two minute description of what the bus looks like? What has that got to do with anything?

On my podcast the bus remarks took up less than ten seconds:

"I'm standing now looking at two enormous buses that are wrapped in the image of Fred Thompson. This is his first day on the campaign trail. "Fred Thompson: United in our core beliefs is what the side of the bus says."

Perhaps you listened to the extended bus description only remix gabfest.