That isn't an accident - the criticisms being expressed aren't personal or original. Like the liberal "seminar callers" on CNN, they are repeating slogans invented by powerful financial interests to denigrate Ron Paul. These slogans usually take the form of "I like what Ron Paul says about economics but I can't stand his weakness on Islamofascism" - when even a cursory overview of his positions would show that opinion to be nonsense.
Okay, I’ll bite. Where is Paul on Islamofascism? I do happen to agree with him, for the most part, on economics, but everything I’ve heard him say about Islam has been downright crazy. He’s a doctor who has shown himself to be well-schooled in economics, but he needs to crack a history book or two.