{"id":26476,"date":"2007-08-07T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:10:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T05:10:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:10:05","slug":"are_cuban_cigars_still_the_best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/08\/07\/are_cuban_cigars_still_the_best\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Cuban Cigars Still the Best?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RUSH: Here is Dave in Cary, North Carolina. Hello, Dave, nice to have you with us.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, mega dittos from North Carolina. How are you, sir?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: A couple things here. I have a comment and then a cigar related question if you have time for it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Sure. By all means, fire away. Let ‘er rip.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Don\u2019t get me wrong. I love your show. I love you. I loathe the Clintons, but I think you\u2019re a little hypocritical here in calling them to task in bragging about your wealth and things like that. I think Snerdley, et al, can back me up on this. When you talked about the minions you have around the studio that hand wash and wax your car and your —<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s right there out. In fact, they\u2019re doing it right now. I\u2019m glad you reminded me to look, check.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughing.) Don\u2019t get me wrong, Rush. I aspire to live as opulently and extravagantly as you do, but I think it\u2019s just being a little bit hypocritical there.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You do?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Absolutely! You never go so far as to mention your net worth, but it\u2019s always implied in your terms, the Gulf Streams and this and that — and don\u2019t get me wrong, I want the same for myself, but, you know, I guess the Clintons are maybe a little more direct about it, but you definitely imply it from time to time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, I have a special bond with this relationship, and when I make these references to which you just referred, it\u2019s always done with a little humor and sometimes even some self-deprecation. The Clintons are doing this in a way, the attitude behind what they\u2019re saying is, ‘We\u2019ve got it, nah nah nah nah nah nah, and you don\u2019t!\u2019<\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughing.)<\/p>\n

RUSH: And then they\u2019re going around saying, ‘We\u2019ve got so much, we don\u2019t need it,\u2019 but then they don\u2019t turn around and give any of it away or send it back to the government or what have you. <\/p>\n

CALLER: No, that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But I appreciate your assessment about that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I appreciate that. <\/p>\n

CALLER: I have a quick cigar question for you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You get the impression. Let me ask you a question.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n

RUSH: By the way, I\u2019m not insisting that you pay more taxes and I\u2019m not insisting that whatever you have is too little or too much, and I\u2019m not trying to make policy to go take what you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m trying to encourage everybody how to go get as much as they want based on their ambition, their drive, their education, desire, and all that. The Clintons are making targets out of people who they think have too much money, other than themselves. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I speak inspirationally and positively about the opportunities in the country. They want to shut \u2019em down. They want to shut \u2019em off.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s a good point. That\u2019s a very good point and I defer to your point there as well.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Plus, I do not rip other people who make a lot of money. I don\u2019t criticize them. I don\u2019t find fault with it. The Clintons do.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, that\u2019s true. That\u2019s true. They do have the air of, ‘We\u2019ve got it, we don\u2019t want you to have it.\u2019<\/p>\n

RUSH: I don\u2019t accuse the wealthy of being ‘greedy,\u2019 and I don\u2019t accuse the wealthy of being ‘selfish,\u2019 and I don\u2019t accuse the wealthy of being Satans walking the planet. The Clintons do. I\u2019m not suggesting that somebody else should pay for my health care. The Clintons are. I\u2019m not suggesting that somebody ought to pay for everybody else\u2019s health care. I\u2019m not trying to raise your costs on anything by taxing oil companies. I\u2019m not trying to tax employers out of business so that you lose your job. The Clintons are doing all of this! How dare you, sir, compare me to these people? <\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughing.)<\/p>\n

RUSH: How dare you do it?<\/p>\n

CALLER: My deepest apologies. I\u2019m make up to it by subscribing to Rush on 24\/7 — and my quick cigar question for you —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

CALLER: — and I have a steak dinner riding on this, and you may not be free to answer this. I think you may have an endorsement deal with La Flor Dominicana, but if so —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I have no endorsement deals with any cigar out there!<\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughing.) Okay. I say that the best Cuban cigar is still better than the best made Dominican, Nicaraguan, et cetera cigar, just due to the climate and the soil and the expertise that goes into the blending. My friend says he thinks there\u2019s some out there that are on par. Don\u2019t get me wrong! There are a lot of good Dominican, Nicaraguan, et cetera cigars out there. I love a lot of them. But I still think the best Cuban is still better than those.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Where did I go wrong with you today? <\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughing.)<\/p>\n

<\/a>RUSH: Now you imply that I am violating the Trading With the Enemy Act by smoking Cuban cigars and can offer you a comparison between them and Dominicans!<\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughing.) Only while you\u2019re on vacation in countries that legally sell such cigars, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you know I found out it\u2019s even against the law to buy one anywhere?<\/p>\n

CALLER: You\u2019re kidding!<\/p>\n

RUSH: No.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I did not know that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It really is, and it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re in a country where they\u2019re legal. It\u2019s so silly. The whole thing is just so silly. I will tell you this. Back before 1995, maybe \u201995 was the last year, I would have agreed —<\/p>\n

CALLER: (shuffling papers)<\/p>\n

RUSH: What are you doing, rattling papers out there?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, sorry about that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Back before 1995, I would have agreed with you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But then, the Cubans got into the mass production of their cigar to keep up with the worldwide demand, and they stopped aging properly. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: They had a couple hurricanes — and, by the way, when the Soviet subsidies of five billion a year ran out they started holding up all their retailers around the world for advance payment on product, and it just went to… not even the great. You\u2019re right about the huerta bajo, the soil. The amount of sunlight, the rain, all of that, used to be the best, I\u2019m told. I haven\u2019t had a Cuban cigar in I can\u2019t tell you how long.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Really?<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, I haven\u2019t. I stopped. The Dominicans, I\u2019ve found. I\u2019m smoking a La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel right now, but I don\u2019t have an endorsement deal. I smoke a wide variety of things. <\/p>\n

CALLER: (Laughing.)<\/p>\n

RUSH: But I\u2019m told by people who know that Cuban cigars are coming back, but I haven\u2019t a new one in I can\u2019t tell you how long. But I\u2019ll tell you if you want a real, real really fine Cuban cigar, find one from the eighties, find one from the 70s — or go back and find some pre-embargo. Yes! That\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I tell you, those things? They melt in your mouth. <\/p>\n

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