[isthisnickcool]

I’ll guess without checking. Ron Paul?

[OldDeckHand]

Well, at least he’s consistent - consistently ridiculous.

[GonzoGOP]

Did he give a reason, or was it just contrariness on display.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Ron Paul. Where in the constitution does it say a duty of the federal government is to vote resolutions of honor, much less resolutions of honor for non-citizens?

[RichyTea]

This year the awards will be represented by an EMPTY SEAT. A couple of years ago it was presented to an EMPTY SUIT.

[bvw]

Ron Paul is right. I'm not paying my tax dollars for what the press release type of meaningless declarations that are in all practicality meaningless. In these kind of issues the American people have many ways to speak as a people. Stick to needed business. restoring Liberty and Justice IN AMERICA would be far more effective in helping this Chinese seeker of justice than a trillion of these empty -- but expensive in record keeping -- feel-good resolutions.

[skr]

Plenty of people from both parties who didn’t vote.

[svcw]

To bad the fellow wasn’t dealing with the shrimp industry, then Paul would have voted yes.

[what's up]

Our Jim Traficant.

[Secret Agent Man]

What’s his logic behind his No vote?

[Liberty1970]

Let's turn this around. Instead of asking Dr. Paul to justify himself, how about the rest of you justifying the waste of taxpayer dollars on an unconstitutional waste of time?

Congressmen can give their opinions on topics such as Nobel laureates any time, and the media will give them plenty of attention doing it. But tying up our government resources with this sort of thing is a symptom of what's wrong with our bloated system. Let's hammer the wastrels and get them to justify themselves, or else stick to the proper functions of government as per the Constitution. Lord knows they need to...

[Haiku Guy]

I’m with Ron Paul on this one.

If the Nobel Committee has become just another lefty political hack organization, and clearly they have, as demonstrated when they picked Barack Obama in 2009, then we have no business approving when they pick somebody we like the next year.

We should not be propping these idiots up. What will we say next year when they pick Julian Assange for the prize?

[Wuli]

As much as I support the Chinese dissident who will be honored by the Nobel committee, I think such symbolic acts by the U.S. Congress are a waste of time.

Certainly this “lame duck” session has more important matters of material worth to American citizens that it could focus its time and attention to.

That said, if instead they were legislating a special grant of political asylum for him, that would have actually been doing something real.

[John D]

Well you know if he was a Chinese DISSIDENT cut and run would not like him. Cut and run only supports people who hate America, like terrorists.

[Sprite518]

To be honest I don’t much about this meaningless vote that you are pointing out in order to trash Paul. I will tell you this though. I have more respect for Ron Paul then most of the House members. Although I do not agree with all his positions, he is not afraid to speak his mind unlike the rest.

[bmwcyle]

The whole vote was a waste of time. If they wanted to do something give the man CIA support.