Dennis Miller appeared on the O'Reilly factor tonight. I guess O'Reilly was trotting out the lonely two conservative folks in Hollywood (he did the show from LA, and his second guest was noted conservative mind Pat Sajak (who also emcees a game show on the side)) and seemed to want pats on the back for finding them.

Don't get me wrong -- I like watching O'Reilly, but tonight he didn't do himself proud. He just seemed to want to get his guests talking about the damn-liberal-Hollywood-cabal-of-evil (this actually surprised me a little because I expect a bit more from O'Reilly), but neither of them were having any of it. Dennis Miller, especially, was good at staying quite rational about the political views of Hollywood freaks, and it seemed to bug O'Reilly a little (or maybe I was just imagining it -- I wanted to see O'Reilly get frustrated in his quest for liberal blood).

At one point, after O'Reilly worried out loud about the impact of Hollywood types on the national psyche, Pat Sajak responded that he didn't really think Hollywood actors realistically stood any chance of changing anyone's mind about the subject of the moment, and actually congratulated those who do present their views as courageous since a requirement of success in public careers is for people to like them. O'Reilly, again disappointed, said something like, "but they have the ear of the people [with a tone that implied something more like "ignorant numb-nuts"] in the malls". I thought to myself, "now who's elitist?"

I would have included Sajak in my Class Act title if only he hadn't, earlier in the program, said something along the lines of, "I think those who have read a lot and have knowledge naturally lean towards conservatism". Damn, I thought liberals had the lock on elitism. Good to know they don't.