[Friedrich Hayek]

O'Reilly is a populist. He likes to think he speaks for the "little guy."

He is anti-Death Penalty because he's a Catholic, and many Catholics (like Tony Snow) believe that being against the Death Penalty is the proper & consistent pro-life position.

[hunter112]

I've watched enough of him to figure out that he is a country club Republican who thinks he can spout off a crack that will make his golf caddy like him a bit better. This explains the death penalty and abortion stances. A good country clubber knows that both the death penalty and welfare babies cost them too much money in taxes, (from fighting liberals in the appeals process), so O'Reilly would prefer to skip a moral stand on those issues.

[montag813]

He is anti-Death Penalty because he's a Catholic, and many Catholics (like Tony Snow) believe that being against the Death Penalty is the proper & consistent pro-life position.

At least Snow is "consistent" in being aginst abortion. O'Reilly is for it.

[Mo1]

He is anti-Death Penalty because he's a Catholic, and many Catholics (like Tony Snow) believe that being against the Death Penalty is the proper & consistent pro-life position.

Well I am a catholic and I am against the death penalty because I have to ask myself .. could I push that botton and the truth is .. no I could not kill another person

However ... if someone else wants to ... that's ok by me

[purereason]

"He is anti-Death Penalty because he's a Catholic, and many Catholics (like Tony Snow) believe that being against the Death Penalty is the proper & consistent pro-life position."

I've been discussing the abortion/death penalty issues since Roe v. Wade and the only people I've come across who try to equate the two issues are the pro-abortion liberals, and they generally try to use it to embarrass pro-lifers to into admitting they make exceptions to their sanctity of life philosophy.

I'm catholic, pro-life and, generally, pro-death penalty.

[purereason]

"O'Reilly is a populist. He likes to think he speaks for the "little guy."

He's an entertainer making mega bucks and he'll say and do what he needs to do to maintain that status.