# Is Cancun a fun place to vacation this time of year...? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240 "2021-02-18T17:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/21 "2021-02-18T22:35:21Z")
Cancun’s nice, but I vastly prefer Cozumel. Especially since you’re apparently less likely to run into Ted Cruz there. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/22 "2021-02-18T22:49:08Z")
That and… if you are willing to take a very short ride… you can find yourself in the midst of the finest (real) tequila and (real) mescal distilleries on the face of this earth. Even George Clooney’s billions can’t buy you better. But… they don’t (won’t) ship out of Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/23 "2021-02-18T22:54:58Z")
The “trying to be a good dad” line is Cruz playing the victim card. Conservatives are _always_ the real victims. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/24 "2021-02-18T22:59:59Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I’m sure that many of his constituents wish that they could fly to Cancun right now, too. Those who can afford to — and don’t — are wimps. Those who can’t afford to are losers. The unkindest cut of all (so far): > **[And Now Ted Cruz Is Throwing His Own Kids Under the Bus](https://www.thecut.com/2021/02/ted-cruz-explains-decision-to-flee-to-mexico-in-texas-crisis.html)** > > In a statement, he insisted that the whole trip to Cancún was his daughters’ idea. They are 10 and 12 years old. > Well, okay, yes, sure: [Ted Cruz did take a little trip to Cancún](https://www.thecut.com/2021/02/it-sure-seems-like-ted-cruz-flew-to-cancun-as-texas-froze.html) while his state weathered an [unprecedented (and ongoing) crisis](https://www.thecut.com/2021/02/what-is-happening-in-texas-power-outages-blackouts-and-more.html). And, okay, yes, his decision to flee with his family as millions of others hunkered down in their dark, freezing homes — as the Texas death toll climbed past 20 people — admittedly does not look great! But please, Ted Cruz is begging you, do not blame him for this dereliction of duty: It was his daughters (ages 10 and 12) who wanted the vacation, and well, what was he going to do — simply say no?? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/25 "2021-02-19T00:33:38Z")
I never realized Ted Cruz was this smart: he knew Texas would be a catastrophe for a few days so he left. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/26 "2021-02-19T01:19:23Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > I never realized Ted Cruz was this smart: Smart? Or simply a coward? ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/27 "2021-02-19T02:51:58Z")
He’s also pretty overweight. Doesn’t look so fat in his suits, but casual clothes can’t hide that belly. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/28 "2021-02-19T02:55:33Z")
Here’s my favorite meme so far. [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/18/18/39458800-9275289-image-m-8_1613673280767.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/18/18/39458800-9275289-image-m-8_1613673280767.jpg) [More here.](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9275289/Twitter-goes-frenzy-Ted-Cruz-Cancun-trip-memes.html) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/29 "2021-02-19T03:07:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Here’s my favorite meme so far. > > [https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/18/18/39458800-9275289-image-m-8\_1613673280767.jpg](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/18/18/39458800-9275289-image-m-8_1613673280767.jpg) > > [More here.](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9275289/Twitter-goes-frenzy-Ted-Cruz-Cancun-trip-memes.html) - My favorite from the link. [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/18/23/39462054-9275289-Some_took_a_hit_at_Cruz_after_her_claimed_on_Thursday_that_he_on-a-26_1613691981309.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/18/23/39462054-9275289-Some_took_a_hit_at_Cruz_after_her_claimed_on_Thursday_that_he_on-a-26_1613691981309.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/30 "2021-02-19T04:37:02Z")
From Texas Monthly: > **[13 Curses to Mutter Against Ted Cruz While You Boil Snow to Drink](https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/13-curses-to-mutter-against-ted-cruz-while-you-boil-snow-to-drink/)** > > May you make direct eye contact with your neighbor during your yard pee. My favourite one: > [@](#): > > May you record yourself making a snow angel for the first time in your life only to realize that you’re lying on your neighbor’s dog’s frozen deposits. Yep, gotta watch out for that. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/31 "2021-02-19T04:59:59Z")
Chris Hayes’ show on MSNBC covered Cruz’ little, er, jaunt under the headline “Flyin’ Ted”. I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/32 "2021-02-19T07:03:41Z")
[They left the dog in the house.](https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-snowflake/) > “Supplied with Cruz’s address by a knowledgeable friend, I drove the fifteen minutes from my Houston apartment to the uber-rich River Oaks neighborhood where Cruz lives,” Hardy explained. “From the street, Cruz’s white, Colonial Revival-style mansion looked dark and uninhabited. A neighbor informed me that the block had indeed lost power before finally getting it back late Wednesday night. A glance at the lighted lanterns flanking the doorways of other homes on the block confirmed this. The senator’s story appeared to check out. But then I heard barking and noticed a small, white dog looking out the bottom right pane of glass in the senator’s front door. Had Cruz left his dog behind?” > “As I approached to knock, a man stepped out of the Suburban parked in Cruz’s driveway. ‘Is this Senator Cruz’s house?’ I asked. He said it was, that Cruz wasn’t home, and identified himself as a security guard. When asked who was taking care of the dog, the guard volunteered that he was. Reassured of the dog’s well-being, I returned to my car,” he explained. Okay, the guard _was_ there, but for at least some of the time when the dog was left there, the power was out and the house was, in Heidi Cruz’ words, “freezing”. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/33 "2021-02-19T13:15:14Z")
Okay, that motherfucking bastard Cruz just moved into the Number One spot on my _Republicans I Hate_ list. 🤬 ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/34 "2021-02-19T16:09:40Z")
Ted is the real victim here. Since the trip was hastily planned, the poor man had to fly _coach_. Imagine the indignity of that. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/35 "2021-02-19T16:29:32Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Okay, that motherfucking bastard Cruz just moved into the Number One spot on my _Republicans I Hate_ list. 🤬 He was Number One for me before Trump. I lost my job with the EPA 10 years ago because Cruz got a Obama-sized bug up his ass and orchestrated a government shutdown. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/36 "2021-02-19T16:33:05Z")
[https://www.yahoo.com/news/ted-cruzs-canc-n-trip-131625217.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/ted-cruzs-canc-n-trip-131625217.html) > Text messages sent from Heidi Cruz to friends and Houston neighbors on Wednesday revealed a hastily planned trip. Their house was “FREEZING,” as Heidi Cruz put it — and she proposed a getaway until Sunday. > > Heidi Cruz invited others to join them at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancún, where they had stayed “many times,” noting the room price this week ($309 per night) and its good security. The text messages were provided to The New York Times and confirmed by a second person on the thread, who declined to be identified because of the private nature of the texts. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/37 "2021-02-19T16:36:00Z")
Ted Cruz _lied_ about the trip being his daughter’s idea? I can’t believe it! It’s bad enough he blamed his daughters, but if he made it up it’s even worse. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/38 "2021-02-19T16:39:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s bad enough he blamed his daughters, but if he made it up it’s even worse. It sounds like it was actually his wife’s idea. So we found the one way Cruz WOULD defend his wife: by throwing his daughters under the bus! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/39 "2021-02-19T17:11:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > He was Number One for me before Trump. I lost my job with the EPA 10 years ago because Cruz got a Obama-sized bug up his ass and orchestrated a government shutdown. Mitch has always been my Number One, even over Donnie. But now… so many Republicans to hate… so little time before they finish ruining the country. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240/40 "2021-02-19T18:37:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Okay, that motherfucking bastard Cruz just moved into the Number One spot on my _Republicans I Hate_ list. 🤬 You and Al Franken: > [@](#): > > “Here’s the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz. I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.” > > — Former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), in his book [_Al Franken: Giant of the Senate_](https://amzn.to/2Nf4FRw). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cancun-a-fun-place-to-vacation-this-time-of-year/933240.md?page=3)