[SimSlim]

They're getting their panties in a bunch because Paul is threatening their sacred cow of bloated government and exposing them for who they really are.
Notice how they say they're all for cutting back government and returning to the Constitution, but when someone comes along who says he's actually going to do it and has a track record of meaning what he says, they go postal.

Ron Paul threatens the "Federal" "Reserve" banksters.
The fascist military/industrial complex.
Foreign aid.