From the NYT:
Accusing the pope of “faith-based marketing,” Mr. Tancredo said Benedict’s comments welcoming immigrants “may have less to do with spreading the Gospel than they do about recruiting new members of the Church.” Mr. Tancredo, a former Catholic who now attends an evangelical Christian church, said it was not in the pope’s “job description to engage in American politics.”
People regularly dismiss what Rep. Tancredo has to say based on their reading of his alleged motives; what a pity he has not learned to avoid this tactic himself.