[ Just what is it about Ron Paul that attracts these nuts? ]
Ron Paul wants the federal government to stop doing most of what they do..
Anybody with sense wants some of that to happen as well.. just not all of it..
Of course, there are many conservatives that are not really conservatives..
some libertarians are also not anarchists.. most of them..
I'm sure you've heard Freepers give Ron Paul his due, over and over again. Few of us deny that he's got the right ideas about a lot of things, but his supporters just won't accept that he's broken the deal with us in other areas.
Some deal breakers are minor, some are modest, and some are major. Ron Paul's got some major deal breakers with most conservatives. Add to that, the fact that he doesn't have the leadership credentials to be a president, and the fact that he's a House member (which puts him at very long odds of being elected), and his advanced age, and it's pretty self explanatory.
He's a No Sale for most thinking conservatives.