So Cruz took a "Friend" to Cancun with him....Paging Malaise...

[HipChick]

Son of Jamaican politicians...

Panton also took a room at The Ritz-Carlton and stayed behind after Ted left.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9287045/Ted-Cruz-took-Princeton-roommate-Cancun-family-vacation.html

[Taylor Picker]

1. The Washington Post had a piece on this guy in 2016...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-ted-cruzs-best-friend-drew-him-into-jamaican-politics-and-business/2016/01/22/5bc43d90-bade-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html

“You either didn’t know Ted Cruz, you hated him, or you were David Panton,” said Craig Mazin, who was Cruz’s freshman-year roommate before Cruz left midyear to room with Panton. Mazin has been vocal about his dislike of Cruz.

[OnDoutside]

2. What's the insinuation ?

[HipChick]

3. Investing in a Jamaican Equity firm?

[Blue_true]

4. Likely that Cruz rubs noses with the elite and is comfortable doing so.

That blows away the “common” guy persona that he wants to project.

The Pantan family is still pretty powerful in Jamaica, not as much now, as during the past though.

[chriscan64]

5. His common guy persona does not hold up.

What bothered me most about his trip was that the plan was hatched around a fireplace. My wife and I could have used a fireplace as we froze in the dark. I would bet my last dollar he did not think about letting anyone use his fireplace while he was away.

The fireplace news came from his "apology".

[Blue_true]

6. Ted Cruz is phonier than a four dollar US currency that some guy on the

street is trying to trade for three ones.

Yes. A fireplace in a newer home is an upscale touch. They were common in old homes when people used them to heat living and bedrooms.

If Ted really cared, he would have gone out and bought good quilts, then set about helping his constituents.

[HipChick]

7. Pantan family

Good to know...

[malaise]

8. Holy Shit - how did I miss this

They were college roommates. Panton is an ex-JLP politician. Panton's father was a big time bauxite CEO

[HipChick]

9. you know I googled 'bauxite'

and then it dawned on me...

[malaise]

10. I can't wait to hear about that Kentucky refinery