Carl Olson does a flawless job of dissecting a Baltimore Sun article filled with experts declaring Benedict’s academic blinders, professorial awkwardness and basic lack of People Skills.

Take it, Carl:

So, let’s summarize so far:

• Benedict doesn’t realize he is pope. This is because Germans, especially German academics (as opposed to American academics), have a hard time comprehending that they were actually elected pope. Whether this is due to excessive stupidity or humility is not clear.

• Benedict doesn’t have "street smarts," which is to say, I’m guessing, that he never was the editor of America magazine.

• He’s not political enough, and is too "theologically oriented." And when it comes to the spiritual leadership of a billion Christians, that simply won’t do.

• He’s not John Paul II. And we know that everyone — and I mean everyone — loved everything that John Paul II ever said or did. I dare you to find proof to the contrary.

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