I called Rep. Tom Tancredo‘s office to find out what brand he was smoking that so offended his next-door colleague, the irritable Rep. Keith Ellison, a.k.a. the “first Muslim congressman” ? who called the cops on Tancredo.

Tancredo’s press officer told me he’d love to have a better answer, but it’s just “whatever was on sale” in the catalogue (Thompson’s catalogue).

My pal Mike Adams and I could certainly recommend a few sticks to the congressman in the future. I bet Mike (who coincidentally happened to write a column last December touching on cigar smoking and Rep. Ellison) could probably help him out with the more delicate matter of finding the right selection for smoking out a false promise of collegiality.