Ron Paul - Voting No Just To Be Mean

I think Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has probably voted "no" more than any other member of Congress. In fact, he has become famous for voting that way and many times is the only member of Congress voting in the negative. It's almost as if it doesn't matter what's being considered or which party is pushing it, Paul can be counted on to vote no.

Now I'm not saying it's always bad to vote no. I've even agreed with some of his no votes, like when he voted against the sending of troops to invade foreign countries like Iraq. Iraq posed no danger to the United States and Paul's vote against the invasion made a lot of sense.

I can even understand some of the no votes that I don't necessarily agree with, because these votes are about some action or expenditure by the government. After all, there are going to be opposing views on nearly every action or expenditure by the government, and all that proves is that people have differing political points of view.

But every now and then something comes along that it just makes no sense to vote against -- unless it's just to be mean. One of them is the resolution on Haiti just passed by the House of Representatives. This innocuous, but important resolution was a non-controversial and non-binding sense of Congress statement "expressing condolences to and solidarity with the people of Haiti."

The nonpartisan resolution was passed by the House on a 411 to 1 vote, and yes, that single "no" vote belonged to Rep. Ron Paul (pictured). He actually voted to NOT send condolences and express solidarity to the people suffering a terrible tragedy in Haiti. What a jerk!

Paul's spokeswoman, Rachel Mills, tried to justify his mean-spirited vote by saying it was more than just sending condolences and includes support for "government-to-government aide and he's just not comfortable with that." What a smelly load of horse crap that is!

The non-binding resolution would not send or prevent the sending of a single penny to the government of Haiti. It was simply a statement saying the government of the United States cares about the people suffering in Haiti.

Paul's vote was not a vote of conscience. It was just a mean-spirited and self-aggrandizing action aimed at his uncaring and anti-government base. He should be ashamed, and so should the people who keep sending him back to Congress.