Cancun’s nice, but I vastly prefer Cozumel. Especially since you’re apparently less likely to run into Ted Cruz there.
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.
The “trying to be a good dad” line is Cruz playing the victim card. Conservatives are always the real victims.
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):
Well, okay, yes, sure: Ted Cruz did take a little trip to Cancún while his state weathered an unprecedented (and ongoing) crisis. 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.
I never realized Ted Cruz was this smart: he knew Texas would be a catastrophe for a few days so he left.
Smart? Or simply a coward?
He’s also pretty overweight. Doesn’t look so fat in his suits, but casual clothes can’t hide that belly.
My favorite from the link.
From Texas Monthly:
My favourite one:
Yep, gotta watch out for that.
Chris Hayes’ show on MSNBC covered Cruz’ little, er, jaunt under the headline “Flyin’ Ted”.
I laughed.
They left the dog in the house.
“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”.
Okay, that motherfucking bastard Cruz just moved into the Number One spot on my Republicans I Hate list. 
Ted is the real victim here. Since the trip was hastily planned, the poor man had to fly coach. Imagine the indignity of that.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
You and Al Franken: