Rush Limbaugh

[randy floyd]

Originally Posted by gboyet93

Yea, but if you will notice the La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel is not on the list...........

At one point in time it was on that list... Because it had the part about him handing them out to his competition on the course.. I wonder why they took it off.. You can find other refereces to his love for this cigar here and here

[PerpetualNoob]

I can't listen to El Rushbo at work.

The building I work in is essentially a farraday cage. Can't get AM, unless you're within a couple feet of a window, and streaming is strictly prohibited. I still think our ultra-liberal CEO had it designed that way on purpose, just to repress any conservatives that she accidentally hired. NPR comes in just fine!

[Baldyisme]

Wonder if he's into Cubans?

[Phantom57]

His recommended cigars read like an advertisement, and I'll bet it is. I would expect his humidor to be stuffed with CCs, but he likely would not admit that.

[hsvtoolfool]

Phantom57, that was exactly my first impression. I love
Rush, but one metric he uses to measure his success is
the amount of advertising dollars he earns. It's an
objective, real-world scale he can trust instead of
corporate yes-men and fan-boys.

So I also strongly doubt Rush was involved in the creation
of that list. There's more nicotine in one drop of Rush's blood
than in an entire H.Upmann Vintage Camaroon. That cigar
would actually absorb nicotine from contact with Rush's
mouth.

[Rubix^3]

Originally Posted by hsvtoolfool

There's more nicotine in one drop of Rush's blood
than in an entire H.Upmann Vintage Camaroon. That cigar
would actually absorb nicotine from contact with Rush's
mouth.

LOL!

[andrewsutherland2002]

Originally Posted by Phantom57

His recommended cigars read like an advertisement, and I'll bet it is. I would expect his humidor to be stuffed with CCs, but he likely would not admit that.

It is an advertisement. Rush didn't write this up. He probably hasn't even smoked some of those on the list. I would think (and hope) that Rush has better tastes than that.

[uptown_cigar]

Rush smokes a Chisel, only Litto makes the Chisel in a double corona size exclusively for Rush.

[gboyet93]

So Litto actually makes a cigar exclusively for Rush? I wonder what he pays for the custom cigars? I bet Rush's humidor is packed with Cuban cigars, but not purchased by him. I would think that based on principle he would not personally buy Cuban cigars, but would have no problem being gifted Cubans.

Originally Posted by uptown_cigar

Rush smokes a Chisel, only Litto makes the Chisel in a double corona size exclusively for Rush.

[gboyet93]

Well I tried to get through today on "open line Friday" to ask Rush about his cigars, but failed. I even emailed Rush with the questions, but as of now, no reply has been sent.

[zackly]

Originally Posted by Legend

Actually it is not his goto. He likes opus x. The la flor is one he likes to gift. Particularly on the golf course to loop his competition.

At least this is what I remener that he has stated on his show. I listen most days.

Many moons ago, probably before he was paid for cigar endosements, I remember Rush extolling the virtues of the Opux X

[gboyet93]

I also read that Rush and ArnoldSwanger bomb each other from time to time. So do you think Rush smokes a lot of Cuban cigars?

Originally Posted by zackly

Many moons ago, probably before he was paid for cigar endosements, I remember Rush extolling the virtues of the Opux X

[Schecter30]

He rocks cubans, no doubt.

[Baldyisme]

This I believe. Just like Kennedy, buy all the Cubans you can then impose an embargo. Then send one of your aides down to procure more Cubans.

Originally Posted by gboyet93

So Litto actually makes a cigar exclusively for Rush? I wonder what he pays for the custom cigars? I bet Rush's humidor is packed with Cuban cigars, but not purchased by him. I would think that based on principle he would not personally buy Cuban cigars, but would have no problem being gifted Cubans.

[PipesandGOP]

This should give a little insight:
Selection from "Rush's Judgement" by Mervyn Rothstein

It all began, he says, at a dinner in Ozone Park, Queens, in New York, with a friend and the friend's family. "He had his three sons with him,'' Limbaugh says, "and after dinner he passed around some cigars. They smelled just superb. He offered me one, and at first I rejected it. But I finally relented and took it, because it was a celebratory evening. They were pre-Castro Montecristos. And they were absolutely stupendous.''


He was intrigued. The next thing he did--and he insists he is not saying this because of this interview--was to buy a copy of Cigar Aficionado. "I got all the back issues--I think there were two at that point--and I began to go to cigar stores and look at the different brands and cross-check what the stores had with what the ratings had been. I tried different brands. And I guess, like a lot of people, I settled on Macanudos for a while. And then I really got into Ashtons. I thought they were very good. And occasionally I would try a Fonseca. Always a standard shape. I didn't much get into the robustos or the torpedos or the pyramids.''


But lurking in the back of his mind was Cuba. "I have always been interested in getting the best that I could afford, whatever it is. So I was just dying to taste some of these Cubans. I was reading all about the Cohibas and the Hoyo de Monterrey Double Coronas. And then I went to London last September with the same friend who had the pre-Castro Montecristos.''


Limbaugh stayed at the Connaught Hotel, "and I got up on a Friday morning and walked across the street to Desmond Sautter's. And I was in heaven.'' The store didn't have any Hoyos, he says, "but they had some Punch Double Coronas and Partagas Lusitanias and Montecristo No. 2's. And I tried them. And I don't care what anybody says. I know it's a matter of taste, but as far as I'm concerned, this is something that not even the Communists have been able to screw up. It's the best tobacco in the world. There's no comparison. This is not to put anybody else's down. I've looked into it. I've studied it. It's like Bordeaux grapes. You can try growing them in California, but they're not the same. They've taken Cuban seed to Jamaica and Honduras, but it just isn't the same.''


Limbaugh loves sitting back and relaxing with a cigar. "Of course you have to save the Cuban cigars for special occasions. I like keeping things special in my life. So I do smoke some Honduran Punches now and then. And I still have a box of Ashtons and Partagas No. 10's. But this is a special occasion. Being interviewed by Cigar Aficionado is a special occasion. And this Ramon Allones Gigante is a hit. This is like five Cohiba Robustos rolled into one.''


Limbaugh's face is wide and open, with penetrating and superbly intelligent eyes that contain more than a glint of humor. Yes, he is serious, but he is also having fun. Lots of fun. The aroma of Cuban cigars, he says, even pleases women, many of whom have been known to object to the odor of other cigars (just as many have been known to object to his penchant for referring to them as girls and to his less-than-favorable reviews of what he considers the "radical'' feminist agenda). "Often you just bring out a cigar, and it's an immediate hysterical reaction, even before you light up. But when I light up a Romeo y Julieta Churchill, it seems to be the cigar that women like. They don't object to it at all.''

Here's the[SIZE=4] link [/SIZE]to the full article from Cigar Afficianado

Also, if I'm not mistaken World of Cigars had a small piece about Rush and an experience he had with cubans. I'll have to grab it tomorrow since it's upstairs in the garage atm.