[Friedrich Hayek]

No. O'Reilly is a Catholic. That's where he gets his moral bearings. And he's never been near a Country Club. (He went to Harvard rather late in life, and speaks of it as Dubya speaks of Yale. Rarely and with distaste.)

[hunter112]

I hope you knew that by the term "Country Club Republican", I meant people who were conservative mainly on economic issues only. About the only social issues they are conservative on are those where the liberal position is somehow unseemly or "messy", like support for pornography. I've known a lot of "country clubbers" who don't know which end of a nine iron to hold, but know which pocket their wallets are in, and that seems to govern their political stances.

[doglot]

I like most of what O'Reilly does. He did a lot of good opening people's eyes to the American Red Cross and the United Way. Unfortunately, an unintended consequence will be that America will not open its checkbook so freely for many years no matter what happens. My take is that he wants to rub Harvard in everyone's face. Anyone that watches him much knows he went as a graduate student. No need to repeat it 4 times a week. I, for one, am happy for him, but I am not as impressed as maybe I should be in his eyes.