I have a ret paladin and able to push out more dps than other ret pallies. And in my opinion ret dps is boring as hell. Push the button with no cooldown on it and you win, I don't really get the paladins who can't even get over 4k dps, because ret is the easiest class to dps with from all the classes I've played.
Mind you, my main is a kitty druid, so yeah, maybe that is my secret trick to play every class i've leveled so far fairly well (I'm being modest here), which includes paladin, warlock, dk, mage, warrior and shaman.