Yes there is -- Ron Paul is a geek. And geeks make great teachers but have a limited appeal to the voting public-- unless the voting public is in trouble and the geek warned them of that trouble in advance, then they begin to appreciate that he knows what he's talking about.
Besides which, I really don't think that Ron Paul has ever been that politically ambitious. Even his 2008 presidential race, I don't think that he ran because he personally wanted to be president. I think that he ran to spread the ideas of Liberty -- and to shake up the political class -- to get people, especially the youth, involved in the political process again. And on that, he has succeeded brilliantly.
The man is a political machine, a career politician that has tried to run for the Senate in Texas and couldn’t get out of the primary.
I have never heard him referred to as a geek, but he is a political hack that exploits gullible, and worshipping followers.
People in general don’t like him because he creeps them out.
The man is one of the great examples of raw political ambition.