Burke is not a cardinal. Not at this time. He was kicked upstairs, but not for this. He was put in a place better suited to his talents. Trust me, after four and a half years of Burke, his sticking to liturgical tradition was one of the few strong suits, although, we could have done without the 45 minute lectures on solemnities. It made getting people for one Mass out and the next in a real challenge with 10 minutes to do it in a 1500 seat cathedral. I won't get into the class (as in manners) issues or the demoralization of the priests or the fact that he never seemed to say Mass in the parishes or that he was in Rome more often than he was here or the deficit we suddenly have when Rigali left us very much in the black.
The public image of any of these bishops is less than half the story. Live under them for a while and you'll get to know the whole one.
I didn’t know he was not a Cardinal. I’m sure that will be rectified shortly. Regarding the demoralized priests, I imagine there were plenty of pastors that didn’t like the Archbishop messing in their sandboxes, making them say the words of the mass, not leaving anything out, and not adding things like “Leaving on a jet plane”, liturgical dancing, or tight-rope walkers.