So many things beat Ron Paul...take your pick:
Preservation of Power Politics, Selective Agenda Based Media, Manipulable Statistics and Fraudulent Science and/or Economics, Convoluted Federal Tax and Financial Systems, Uneducated Electorate, Charisma Focused Debates, Single Issue Voters that Believe Everyone Should Have to Live or Believe as They Do by Law, the Belief that if You Vote for Someone Who You Don't Think Can Win Your Vote was Wasted, Too Much Unsubstantiated Information with Too Little Consideration of Principals...to name a few.
I should probably just shut up...somebody beat Ron Paul with something funny 'cause if we get into politics we'll prolly not have a good time...