Technically...TECHNICALLY...If there's a "loophole" then he isn't undermining the law...the law failed (purposely or unintentionally) to cover every circumstance. And as someone else noted, whoever said they were in fact Cubans?

"Believe what you want. You work your side of the street, and I'll work mine." --Frank Bullitt

Ummm... well Moore DID reply to the video:
"Why would a potential presidential candidate provide photographic evidence of himself committing a felony? Someone should tell him that 'Law & Order' isn't just a TV show, it's real life. I hope the federal government will take the proper and necessary actions against him for violating the law."
So are you going to talk about THAT reply?

And how exactly does the video allow him to "muddy" the waters and "deny" that he has cigars? Is it the same crap logic that says global warming will lead to a new ice age?

ding, it makes all the difference in the world, since Thompson smoking in the video is exactly what Moore was referring to in his follow up. Whether you wish to believe it or not.

Moore's quick judgment of Thompson further erodes Moore's already weak credibility. What's ironic is that Moore is using this as a pathetic attempt to smokescreen his own illegal activities, yet you accuse Thompson of trying to muddy the water?

*****

"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello

So you finally trust the Weekly Standard?

That's what I was ADDRESSING dingbat (I just then followed with a theory about Fred's actions in the video).

Let's try this again from here:
"Through the efforts of Alfred Dunhill, Ltd., the Montecristo brand became incredibly popular worldwide and to this day accounts for roughly 50% of Habanos SA's worldwide cigar sales, making it the most popular Cuban cigar in the world. After the Cuban Revolution and the nationalization of the cigar industry in Cuba in 1961, Menéndez and García fled to the Canary Islands where they re-established the brand, but were later forced to quit due to copyright disputes with Cubatabaco. In the mid-1970s, the operation was moved to La Romana in the Dominican Republic and released for the US market, where Cuba's rights to the brand weren't recognized due to the embargo. Menéndez, García, y Cía is now owned by Altadis SA, who controls its distribution and marketing in the United States."

There's also this note:
"The cigar became inextricably intertwined with U.S. political history on February 7, 1962, when United States President John F. Kennedy, intending to sanction Fidel Castro's communist government, imposed a trade embargo on Cuba. Americans were thus prohibited from purchasing what were at the time considered the finest cigars on the market, and Cuba was deprived of a large portion of its customers. According to Pierre Salinger, then Kennedy's press secretary, the president ordered him on the evening of February 6 to obtain a thousand H. Upmann brand petit corona Cuban cigars; upon Salinger's arrival with the cigars the following morning, Kennedy signed the executive order which put the embargo into effect.[2] Cigars (and tobacco leaves) imported prior to the embargo are not considered contraband, and are known as "pre-embargo Cubans." "

So were these pre-embargo cigars? How much of a cigar expert was the report's author? Are they SURE they were cuban MCs? I can't find any note about different MC logos, so at the moment I assume that cuban and DR cigar brands carry the same logo. (especially since copyright laws are notoriously lax outside the US) So both you and MM are basing an argument on one article and one person's observation without any further verification or rebuttal of other possibilities. I actually agree with Mikey: I can't believe Fred would appear in a video with an illegal item. Thus, I'd put money on the montecristo in question being the legal variety, or the reporter from the standard interview just being mistaken or wrong about the cigars.

thanks for picking up my typo -- loving should have read lovingly..

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Nancy Reid (D-Feat)

Jack & Dee,

I'd read 95% through this post, wondering how the subject could have been cigars without that being brought up!

Leave it to you two.  At least you didn't utter the "Clinton" word.

Laughing. 

Fred Thompson is my kinda guy.  A sense of humor, and everything.  What an ultimate put-down.  "A mental hospital, Michael.....think about it."  Too funny.

Fred Thompson's response to the debate question "What do you dislike most about America?" would be to rip off Chris Matthew's head and shove it up his ass.

Hell yes!!!!!