Another e-mail:

Understanding the attempted analogy from the emailer, the characterization is unfair. Dean brought his troubles on himself. Ratzinger never gave a high-pitched scream and vowed to visit all the major Catholic population centers in some political ambition tour (“We’re going to Rome, and then to Krakow, and then Boston, and then Mexico City, Yeeeeaaaaawwwww!!!”)
I agree that the media may have built Ratzinger up so they could tear him down, but to say he is the Church’s Dean is a low blow!