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Message posted by Howard57 on March-25-2012 at 07:43 - IP Logged
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Of our current world leaders, do you imagine many of them smoke cigars regularly? My favorite historical leader who was an aficionado is Winston Churchill, but I wonder how many current statesmen partake.
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Message posted by Winchester on March-28-2012 at 01:27 - IP Logged
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| As soon as I saw the title of this thread I thought of Winston Churchill! I think Obama is a cigarette smoker, right? I wonder if enjoys a good cigar now and then too. |
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Message posted by smokerhere on April-05-2012 at 16:08 - IP Logged
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| I especially like this Churchill's quote: aˆ?My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.aˆ? |
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Message posted by Dave on April-17-2012 at 22:19 - IP Logged
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| The first person that comes to mind is Fidel Castro, but not necessarily the type of person you would want to associate with cigar smoking if you were trying to attract newcomers to cigars. |
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Message posted by TonyC on September-26-2012 at 11:32 - IP Logged
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I would choose Che Guevara if he were still alive  He's one of those persons who was liked by a lot of people - he was very charismatic.
As for the today leaders, I don't even remember one of them smoking cigars, just Fidel Castro, perhaps, but I don't like him that much. |
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Message posted by GiveMeaLight on November-01-2012 at 08:51 - IP Logged
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My guess is that the answer to this question is, "More than meets the eye." Politicians this day and time have to be careful of the messages they are sending, so I can see how promoting of smoking may not be wise for them. Still, I think politicians have vices, too. Smoking has to be one of them.
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Message posted by Leroy on December-07-2012 at 00:40 - IP Logged
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| I think I've seen photos of President Obama smoking a cigar. He would have to accept one while in certain countries, I guess, as part of the protocol of that country. I do think I've seen him do it for his own pleasure. |
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Message posted by corybird on December-13-2012 at 08:20 - IP Logged
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| I was reading about some of my spouse's ancestors. They ran a tobacco shop on Capitol Hill back in the mid 1800s. They had a bench outside where President Lincoln used to come, sit, smoke a cigar and chew the fat. They have a photo of his inauguration parade or his funeral cortege, I forget which, with the tobacco shop in the background. That's so cool! |
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Message posted by Penelopa on March-27-2014 at 04:07 - IP Logged
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| It seems that it is not too popular to smoke cigars now. It is considered that world leaders should be an example for their people, and since smoking is not allowed, they do not smoke (or do not show their smoking habit in public). |
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Message posted by TamPow on April-04-2014 at 04:34 - IP Logged
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Hadn't Barack Obama smoked cigars in the past? Or was it the cigarettes that he quit after he has been elected for the first time?
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