to answer the question about why everyone on the internet seems to be so obsessed with ron paul. It's because he's such a stark contrast to what we have now.
Bush is pro CFR agenda (councel of foreign relations, a private group pushing for one world government and the spread of democracy through wars and sanctions started by woodrow wilson).
Where as ron paul is a noninterventionist, meaning he thinks america should only engage in offensive war if it is declared and authorized by congress and there is immediate danger or as an act of retaliation. The benjamin franklin philosophy. Ron paul was also one of only 4 that voted against the war in iraq and the patriot act on the very outset. Like he said, "democracy should be spread through setting a good example, never through the barrell of a gun."
Bush administration says the constituion is nothing more than a piece of paper, and thinks civil liberties obstruct with national security. This is the neoconservative philosophy of, you have to protect life in order to have liberty.
Ron Paul thinks civil liberties and strict adherance to the constituion is of utmost importance, and national security is more effective if americans have the right to bear arms and through the privization sectors being free of regulations (like how banks, armored trucks, and private markets protect themselves as opposed to regulated industries such as airlines). He also believes security should take place at the border rather than on the offensive around the world fighting tactics(terrorism). He follows the thomas jefferson philosophy of, "if you put security over liberty you will have neither."
The biggest reason most people support ron paul is because he wants to get rid of the federal reserve and IRS. This is the thing that gets most people, most don't understand the concepts behind what exactly the federal reserve is, who owns it and why its there. Most also don't understand how the united states funds itself without personal income taxes and the irs (the irs didn't exist before 1913). This is the monetary system and theres loads of info about it, all of which supports abolishing it, i can assure you of that.
Some good videos to watch that talk about it would be (and i'd recommend this order).
Money as debt
and
America: Freedom to Facism
The biggest thing that attracts people to ron paul is because he really does speak the truth. Its weird, because if you hear what he has to say and you haven't done the research it'll all sound kooky because it goes against what you've been taught by the media and in school, but it really is the truth. No one really denies it and its definitely not consperacy theories, all the information is there, its just hard truth and its even harder to educate people on it while trying to sound presidential. If you research him you'll find he has an absolutely perfect voting record, he's beyond the definition of consistant integrity (as jon stewart put it) and is uncorruptable (he's the one office lobbiests never visit in washington). Infact he's the only member of congress to not only opt out of the lucrative congressional incentive plan, but every month his office takes their budget surplus (while others are fighting for a higher budget) and donates it back into the reserves to help pay off the national debt. he is also very strict against taxation and inflation because it hurts the poor and middle class the most. As a hobby the Dr. studies economics.
The two reasons why he intially caught the attention of everyone online was because he was the first presidential candidate that stood up and said the Internet should never be regulated by the government, and with the exception of extreme cases shouldn't have any form of control by the government. He also talked to some blogger kid in his dorm room on a webcam when he first declared his presidency.
The biggest reason why the media and the rest of the government really hates him started because of reagan. He was one of the very very few congressmen to support reagan running for president. When reagan won and people loved him, later he was nominated to recieve the congressional medal of honor. So congress voted for the funding to give him the medal, it passed nearly unanimously and only one person voted against it, that was ron paul. He instead insisted that tax payers money should not go torwards giving medals and awards to politicians. So he publicly begged congress to instead of spending tax payers money on the medal for each of them to pony up a $100 of their own money and buy the medal, he even offered to pay for it himself if they weren't willing to pitch in (he gave the same speech for Rosa Parks a decade later). This was widely unpopular and when reagan got the medal he got his pick of who he wanted to present it to him. Every ass kisser in washington wanted that honor. Guess who reagan picked? Needless to say he wasn't the most popular amongst the capitol hill gang after that.
He tends to do shit like that quite a bit. Which is why he's known as Dr. No because he votes against any piece of legislation that isn't authorized directly by the constitution. Which is why he's against the war on drugs, which he says isn't working (obviously) and is a huge waste of money. He believes in personal responsibility. Meaning its your body and your home, as long as you aren't harming your neighbor you should be able to make your own decisions when it comes to your body and your life.
A good ron paul video:
Ron Paul Stop Dreaming
