[Landru]

"Exactly. Americans(as ill-informed as they are) still can smell a weak candidate a mile away. When they saw that McCain did not stand for conservative principles, and offered nothing but praise for a Marxist Chicago con man, they wrote him off."

Bingo.
Here, an Arturo Fuente Gran Reserve hand picked from my box just for you.

VRs?
Hope you're paying attention, my friend.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Here, an Arturo Fuente Gran Reserve hand picked from my box just for you.”

One thing I miss about Asia was the “cigar bars” usually Alfred Dunhill Ltd. You and a pal could go in buy one from a choice of maybe 200 cigars, and order a Carlsberg draft, or a cognac of choice. I wish they had that here.