Paladins have horrible DPS. Even overly twinked, a paladin will level slower while soloing than pretty much any other character with equivalent gear. Plus as has been said, paladins really only excel as a group tank. They do that incredibly well, but most new people have a focus on what would be needed for raiding, even if odds are they'll never actually level high enough to raid.
It wasn't until PoP came out that paladins really started to shine IMO.
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