Cuban stogie could be too hot for Thompson – (my translation: Keep the embargo, but let me keep smoking Cuban cigars)
Tagged: Cuba, Cuban, Little Havana, radioPosted on: September 16th, 2007“Courting Miami Cuban-Americans on Radio Mambi on Friday in Little Havana, Fred Thompson was adamant about his approach to Fidel Castro’s Cuba: “We definitely would maintain sanctions, would maintain the embargo.”
So we were curious about a Weekly Standard article noting “box upon box” of cigars from Havana in Thompson’s office.
In a Political Connections interview airing today on Bay News 9, Thompson brushed off the apparent contradiction between the embargo and his fondness for Cuban stogies. “If I have a friend that occasionally passes me a cigar, I don’t check its heritage,” he said. “You know, if it’s good, I smoke it.”"
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Election 2008
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