I think there’s just been too much going on in the news in recent weeks.  The Russia-Ukraine war rages on.  Israel is attacking Gaza.  The U.S. is blowing Venezuelan drug boats out of the water.  ICE agents are under attack.  And then, the murder of Charlie Kirk and its aftermath.  We really needed a break.  Perhaps that’s why the news this week has been consumed by debate over the plight of formerly nameless, faceless, and humorless late night TV host, Jimmy Kimmel.

Don’t let the title of this piece fool you.  I’m not a Kimmel fan.  In point of fact, I haven’t seen anything he’s done since the days when he appeared on the NFL pregame show on Fox.  At that time he actually was funny.  Prior to that, from 1999 to 2004, Kimmel had a show called the Man Show, which featured such sophisticated comedy as a segment called, “Girls on Trampolines,” in which scantily clad women bounced in the air.  Very educational.

In many respects Kimmel has led a charmed life for a TV performer.  The Girls on Trampolines bit predated what became known as the Me Too movement, so Kimmel escaped the sanctions for sexist misconduct that snared the likes of Al Franken.  Kimmel even repeatedly appeared on TV in blackface, and survived.  Being a left-wing shill means never having to say you’re sorry.

Amazingly, Kimmel began his late night Jimmy Kimmel Live show in 2003.  I say “amazingly” because I hardly noticed.  During those more than 22 years I watched his show a total of Zero times.  From what I’ve heard, the Kimmel show followed a familiar pattern of current late night shows.  He was hired as a comedian, he started out doing funny material, and then decided that, rather than emulating Johnny Carson or Jay Leno, he fancied himself a political commentator.

This is a common occurrence nowadays.  There’s a long list of these pretenders.  Joy Behar was an alleged comedian.  Whoopie Goldberg also did comedy.  Then they decided that they were, not only political experts, but the human embodiment of truth, justice and democracy.  As a result, their show The View (or is it the Herd?), contains no joy and no whoopie.  Instead of entertainment, it’s a daily forum for bitching, carping harridans, howling at the moon.

Steven Colbert and John Stewart also were alleged comedians.  Then they went on TV and went fully political.  Stewart’s show ended, and now Colbert has been fired.

Then, in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Kimmel went on the air, after it had become obvious that his killer was motivated by hatred of Kirk’s political and religious beliefs, and said this, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

Coming as it did in the brand new, if not to say refreshing, atmosphere in which people saying such blatantly false and infuriating things were being roundly denounced, cancelled, and even fired, Kimmel’s words led directly to his “indefinite suspension” from his ABC show and he was taken off the air.

This action by Disney, which owns ABC, was not surprising.  Since January, Kimmel had lost about half his already limited audience.  Reduced viewership equates to reduced ad revenue.  So what Disney had was a low rated show, that obviously was losing money.  Couple this with unfortunate timing in which Disney is negotiating for a new deal with the NFL, which would be loath to embark on an enterprise with a network that employs an insulting bonehead.

Add to the above the actions of two groups of network affiliates who refused to air Kimmel’s show.  One of the affiliate companies is negotiating a profitable merger, which Kimmel’s idiocy put in jeopardy.  Then add to all this Kimmel’s outright refusal to issue an apology, and is it any wonder all Disney did was to suspend the stupid bastard?  People have been fired for much less.

This scenario would have remained a strictly corporate decision, had not the Trump FCC Commissioner stirred the pot, suggesting that ABC’s broadcast license might be at stake.  As it often does, the movie Network comes again to mind.  “You have meddled with the primal forces of nature [corporate profits] Mr. Kimmel, and you will atone!

The ham-handed intrusion of the FCC permitted the Kimmel incident to quickly be spun as a First Amendment issue.  It never was.  No thinking American could believe that President Trump could dictate to the networks what they should or should not put on the air.  If he could, he wouldn’t have to put up with broadcast network defamation 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

No matter.  The story became the lie that the government had taken Kimmel off the air.  This was, of course a bullshit story, but because the broadcast networks are the official U.S. distributors of bullshit stories, it was enough to muddy the waters to permit Kimmel to play the victim.

So on Tuesday, ABC put Kimmel back on the air, less the stations of the two still highly pissed affiliate companies which account for about a third of his stations.  Kimmel did what all left-wing demagogues do, he played the martyr, making the incident all about himself.

“[I]t was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.  I don’t think there’s anything funny about it.  I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed, sending love to his family and asking for compassion, and I meant it.  And I still do. Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what — it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make, but, I understand that, to some, that felt ill-timed or unclear or maybe both, and for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you’re upset.  If the situation was reversed, there’s a good chance I’d have felt the same way. I have many friends and family members on the other side who I love and remain close to, even though we don’t agree on politics at all.  I don’t think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone. This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution, and it isn’t, ever.”

He was just misunderstood.  Sure.  Lying about why a an innocent man who was just murdered may have been “ill-timed.”  You think?  And check out his language.  “Some of my best friends are conservatives.”  People to whom he refers as “the other side.”  No Jimmy.  There should be only one side.  The side on which those entrusted with broadcast time on a major network understand that it’s not a good idea to pour gasoline on smoldering embers.

Kimmel didn’t get that last week, and he still doesn’t get it now.  So why, “Welcome Back Jimmy Kimmel?”  It’s very simple.  Although he doesn’t understand this, Jimmy Kimmel serves an important purpose for the good of America.  As a spokesman for the “leftists are always right” crowd of deviants who running the Democrat Party, his words lend support for them to continue to push their suicidal political policies.  Without Kimmel’s help, Democrats might realize that what they’re pushing is highly unpopular with the American electorate, they might change course, and make themselves stronger.

Better that Kimmel stay on the air and keeping feeding them the perverted pablum that supports their mistaken notion that they are in the mainstream, and the rest of us are out of step.  When your opponents are digging themselves a hole, keep passing out the shovels.  So welcome back Jimmy.  Keep up the good work.