DeLay Protects National Honor One Drag at a Time
Deep-lunged cigar critic Tom DeLay can really suck the fun out of a fine double corona: "Every dime that finds its way into Cuba first finds its way into Fidel Castro's blood-thirsty hands...American consumers will get their fine cigars and their cheap sugar, but at the cost of our national honor." But while TIME wonders if DeLay's words don't always match his actions, we have to side with the sweaty, wax-faced legislator on this one. Puffing on a $25 Hoyo de Monterrey may have been hypocritical had DeLay actually paid for it. But given his strong sense of ethics and national honor, we doubt he shelled out even one shiny American dime.— GREG BEATO
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