I swear that almost every thread I go into people are always numbering, rating, underrating, and overrating or even bashing a character. Oh is he strong, oh he's weak, oh he's no the strongest, oh no one can beat him, oh he has sharingan, rinnegan, ftg, he was called this, he was called that. So what if he's not the strongest kages or if he is. Will that make him any less of a ninja, nope. Gaara is very strong just like any other kage. He deserved to be a kage and that's all that matters. Stop labeling characters and just sit down and enjoy them for once, because if y'all do that it wont cloud your better judgment.
And the other thing people are always using their powers to rate them. "Onoki can fly and shoot dust release," "A can use nintaijutsu and speed," "mei can use three types of kekkei genkai," "and Tsunade can't do shit." "So I would put him #2," "no no no #3," "no are you saying he's stronger than this guy." "I'm saying he' weaker," "oh no I'm saying he's in between." You guy sound just like a bunch of schoolgirls fighting over twilight characters. What Gaara showed me is enough for me to say the guy is very strong, he doesn't need to be stronger than others, and he surely doesn't need to be overhyped and overrated by fanboys.