Silver Lining

I have long experience of Pope Benedikt XVI, nee Cardnial Josef Ratzinger, and the only thing I have to say about his election to pope (aside from complete disbelief that he was elected pope) is this:

At least he's 78 years old.

I have a feeling that we're really going to miss ol' JPII pretty quickly. Next to Ratzi, he was a flaming liberal. The best analogy I can come up with for my American readers is that Ratzinger is the German James Dobson.