The horror! Bush smokes Cuban cigars!!!!

From page 15 of "House of Bush, House of Saud" by Craig Unger.

Background: It is Thursday, September 13, 2001. Numbnuts is meeting with Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar to talk about "things".

"This occasion may have marked the beginning of a new era, but Bandar and President (sic) Bush had nothing to celebrate. Thousands of Americans were dead. They had been killed in a terrorist operation largely run by Saudis. Nonetheless, the two men each lit up a Cohiba and began to discuss how they could work together in the war on terror."

Damned hypocrite.

held for a generation.

btw where is Condi's blue dress?

not arguing.

I think there are Dominican Cohibas. I'm just sayin', is all. ;)

fondness for Cuban Cohibas.

Cohiba is the most famous cigar in the world. (Macanudo is the most popular, but Cohiba is the most famous.)

The original Cohiba was created in Cuba at the behest of Fidel Castro, as a prestige cigar demonstrating the very best work that Cuban torcedores can produce.

You can't legally buy this cigar in the United States.

And in reality, you probably don't want to; if you were to buy ten Cohiba Esplendidos from ten different tobacconists anywhere in the world and line them up on the table, exactly one of those cigars would be a real Cohiba Esplendido. Ninety percent of the Cohiba Esplendidos sold in Cuba are fake. You are guaranteed to get real Cohiba Esplendidos at the La Casa del Habano stores, but they run $490 a box of 25.

(Note: if you really want to drop $500 on a box of cigars, attempt to get a box of Fuente Fuente Opus X. I say attempt because most tobacconists will not sell you a whole box--that cigar is made in such limited quantities that one box is all most dealers can get, and they sell it as singles. They generally run around $35 to $40 per stick.)

There are two Cohibas made in the Dominican Republic. You tell the difference by looking at the filled center of the letter O on the band. One is the Red Dot Cohiba; the other the Yellow Dot Cohiba. The Red Dot is a decent but overpriced cigar. The Yellow Dot is an overpriced, shitty cigar.

If you're into the mystique of Cohiba, get the JR Alternative to Cohiba Tainos. I love this cigar. It is rich, creamy and $22.95 for a bundle of 20.

On edit: However, given all that, Shrub probably smokes Glass Top Cohiba Esplendidos. This is a cigar sold on the streets in Cuba as an Esplendido. It is as fake as Dubya's Christianity, as illegal as a joint and, from what I've been told (I've never had one, thank God) it's one of the worst cigars ever made.

but the naked emperor will smoke anything he likes.