And yet again . . .

Michelle Malkin continues to make herself look silly. She simply can’t let it go. She references this piece from the Wall Street Journal:

Our point, evidently missed by the Congressman, was that the U.S. Catholic Church has traditionally been an immigrant church, helping to settle and assimilate generations of Irish, Polish and Italian newcomers. The pope made a similar argument during his visit last week in separate remarks to U.S. educators. “Countless dedicated religious sisters, brothers and priests together with selfless parents have, through Catholic schools, helped generations of immigrants to rise from poverty and take their place in mainstream society,” he said.

To Lou Dobbs, another Tancredo-like compulsive, all of this amounted to the pope “insulting our country.” The CNN anchor said, “I really don’t appreciate the bad manners of a guest telling me in this country and my fellow citizens what to do.” You know the restrictionists have gone head-first into the fever swamps when they denounce a Christian religious leader for sounding like a Christian.

The pope welcomes immigrants because he’s Catholic, not because they are. He isn’t “marketing” his faith. He’s practicing it.

Of course, Malkin has left the real work to her mob of commentators. Here’s a gem from one of them:

I appreciate the Catholic churches stance on the value of life, but they have truly missed the mark with the compassion for lawbreakers.

I know I’ve said this half-a-dozen times here and on comboxes elsewhere, but let me finally quote verbatim from Christ:

I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.

Notice that bolded part. And notice what Jesus didn’t say. He didn’t say, “I was innocent and in prison.” Compassion isn’t only for the innocent. What the hell is wrong with these people? Saying things like this?

I used to be a Catholic, and one of the reason I left the church was it’s stance on illegal immigration.

That’s one of the saddest reasons I’ve ever read or heard for one abandoning the Church that Christ founded. It gets better.

Why doesn’t the Pope go to mexicant (sic) and tell them how to keep their own damn people in their own damn country!

and, perfectly:

I am becoming unhinged!

Perhaps he should read my blog more often.