Mark Steyn is (again) a genius.

Here is Mark Steyn on the media's reaction to the election of Pope Benedict XVI:

"Apparently, the New York Times was stunned that their short list of Cardinal Gloria Steinem, Cardinal Rupert Everett and Cardinal Rosie O'Donnell were defeated at the last moment by some guy who came out of left field and isn't even gay or female but instead belongs to the discredited 'Catholic' faction of the Catholic Church."

"The discredited 'Catholic' faction of the Catholic Church." Once again, it took smart guys like Steyn (and yours truly, for that matter) about ten seconds to figure out that what the liberal elites in American and Europe didn't like about Cardinal Ratzinger was, in fact, that he was a Catholic. Sheeesh!