Excuse me, but paladins are better than disc priests? Why exactly? We have more expensive spells requiring loads of spirit to even sustain some HP generation, an absolutely crappy mana return mechanic (12% every 2 min, yay) basically requiring a mana tide to produce competitive HPS and not exactly stellar raid cooldowns (HoSac vs Pain Supp and Aura Mastery vs PWB do not really compare). We have more trick buttons (BOP, hammer etc...) but their use is pretty situational so far. And even with the 4xPVP set (which IS an issue, but not the paladins themselves), it's not as stellar as you may depict it.
Also, regarding the "let us have our moment of fame": just no, it doesn't work that way.