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Thursday, September 25, 2025

AS MY LATE FATHER WOULD SAY: “IT’S ALL A PUBLICITY STUNT!”


Disney, the Democrat operative, who owns ABC among other “entertainment” outlets, has just accomplished, in the minds of millions and millions and millions of Americans, a publicity stunt with no shame.

As a disclaimer, I have not watched late night talk shows since Johnny Carson, a true comedian and late night entertainer, retired. Everyone one loved Johnny, no matter their political affliction, and he was actually funny. I remember him before the Tonight Show on various panel game shows and the like and he was always hilarious. And he seemed normal, not a caricature, like your brother or next door neighbor. 

But back to Disney and ABC. From what I hear, The Jimmy Kamal Show was becoming a ratings’ disaster as are most broadcast networks shows. How could they get higher ratings?

Oh, wait, let’s exploit the murder of a young Political Savant, a Republican influencer by the way, more popular on social media, than Kimmel on broadcast television.

Oh, and wait, after Kimmel exploits this horrible murder, let’s pretend to cancel him, blame President Trump and his censorship agenda (which doesn’t compare to the Democrat’s censorship of Covid discussions on social media and censorship of Trump when he was a presidential candidate) this all directed by the reigning president at the time, Joe Autopen Biden!

Oh, and after the firestorm over the canceling of a mediocre to horrible late night show, made out to be politically demanded by the president, we’ll bring him back and he’ll have the highest ratings his show has ever had or will ever have.

I don’t care if Kimmel stays or goes. But I feel bad for Americans being played in such a ridiculous, Orwellian publicity stunt by democrats. 

SHAME ON DEMOCRAT DISNEY CORPORATION FOR EXPLOITING A TRAGEDY FOR RATINGS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING!

SHEESH! 

14 comments:

Fr. Michael J. Kavanaugh said...

Orwellian...? Have you even READ Orwell?

The manipulation was Trump's, not Disney's. "On Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested his administration should revoke the licenses of broadcast TV stations that he said are “against” him. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has made similar threats, including during a CNBC interview, also on Thursday."

Trump: “They give me only bad publicity, press. I mean, they’re getting a license,” Trump said. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away.”

What a weak, frightened character Trump is. Someone makes him the butt of a joke, criticizes him, calls out his lies and his braggadocio, and he flies into a rage worthy of a three year-old denied a second cookie.

Trump should take a lesson from LJB who, after being savaged and satirized by the Smothers Brothers, responded with: "It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

In other words, Trump should grow up.

TJM said...

The Left cheered getting rid of Roseanne Barr over a tweet and Tucker Carlson as well. They have no standards, except double standards.

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said...

We know, all of us, that Trump likes playing you and other democrats as well as the media LIKE A FIDDLE! And of course, he knows as you do that he can’t do what he threatens and if he tried it would go to the Supreme Court. Thus, he played Democrat Disney/ABC like a Fiddle and they played him like one too—they learned from the master, and Jimmy Kamala got his highest ratings ever! That was a great publicity stunt. What’s Orwellian is that you and so many others don’t know they are being played like a fiddle by Trump or Disney!

Marc said...

Setting aside the issue of rules regarding licenses for public airwaves, government actors should not be attempting to silence or suppress anyone's speech. This is not complicated.

Fr. Michael J. Kavanaugh said...

Trump is the one being played with.

“President Trump wants to make sure that he is giving every opportunity for peace to get this war resolved. But Putin is playing him right now,” Sen. Joni Ernst (REPUBLICAN) of Iowa said Wednesday, before adding: “And I think the president understands that.”

Sen. Thom Tillis (REPUBLICAN) made similar comments. “I think Russia is playing – they’re really playing us like a piano right now,” the North Carolina Republican said, while claiming Trump wasn’t “being naïve.”

Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker of Mississippi (REPUBLICAN) He said Trump “has given Vladimir Putin every chance,” but that the Russian president has “mocked the peace process” and “played games with peace talks.”

"Trump Has No Idea How to Do Diplomacy. Even when he’s partly right, he’s wrong." Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy

"Former Aide Reveals How Vladimir Putin Played Donald Trump Like A Fiddle On Phone Call" Fiona Hill (REPUBLICAN) Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs on President Trump's National Security Council staff.

"Putin played Trump masterfully, generous with the crude flattery, something the European leaders offered Monday at the White House." "Jerusalem Post, August 21, 2025

TJM said...

Then you must have condemned the Biden Administration which mastered the art of suppressing viewpoints

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said...

Fiddle Dee Dee, Fiddle Dee Dum

Fiddle dee dee!
Fiddle dee dum!
I hear the music
of the night's hum.

Chirping crickets,
Croaking frogs,
Screeching owls,
Barking dogs.

Fiddle dee dee!
Fiddle dee dum!
Listen to the music
of the night's hum.

Skunks skirting,
Raccoons rummaging,
Nightingales sing,
Wolfs howling.

Fiddle dee dee
Fiddle dee dum
Falling asleep
to the night's hum.

Fiddle dee dee!
Fiddle dee dum!
Do you hear the music
of the night's hum?

Fr. Michael J. Kavanaugh said...

Yeah, that's about the type of non-response we've come to expect...

Marc said...

Yes, obviously.

Fr. Michael J. Kavanaugh said...

You and Trump supporters are the ones being played. The "Great Dealmaker," by his own admission, has screwed American farmers, many of whom were also taken in by his nonsense.

"Trump. I’m Begging the President to End the Trade War. The tariffs on China could put us out of business by 2027. All our blood, sweat, and toil could vanish with the stroke of a pen." Caleb Ragland, 38, from Magnolia, Kentucky, who comes from a long line of farmers stretching back 200 years, is one of them—having voted for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Still, as the president of the American Soybean Association—representing 500,000 soybean farmers across the country—he is deeply concerned about how tariffs will impact him and his colleagues. "Like many of my fellow farmers, I voted for President Donald Trump in the past three elections. The president won me over with his commitment to business-friendly tax cuts as well as his track record of reducing regulation and cutting government spending. I am one of the 500,000 soybean farmers in America who feels the pain. I rely on my own farm for 100 percent of the income for my family and the families of our three full-time workers. We have 1,500 acres of soybeans on my farm. At $600 an acre, our production costs are $900,000. But in the current climate, an acre brings in only $500 of revenue, which means we’re yielding $750,000—a $150,000 loss. This year we’re hoping to hang on with a loan to cover the difference. But not every farmer is so lucky. I’ve watched my fellow farmers, who were already having difficulties, forced to have auctions and sell their farms. Some have had to declare bankruptcy and take whatever work they can get as farmhands." (source: https://www.thefp.com/p/im-a-soybean-farmer-who-voted-for) 04.09.25

big benny said...

Here’s the view of someone outside the US.

Kimmel’s remarks weren’t offensive. He offered sympathy to Kirk’s wife and admiration at her ability to forgive his killer.

His remarks were aimed at Trump. He made fun of Trump’s insincere remorse about the murder which quickly pivoted to his pet project of the new White House ballroom.

Trump’s comments about revoking their broadcasting licence were a warning to Disney that their proposed merger may be blocked if they don’t comply, as well as to other broadcasters that could be subject to similar treatment. Big business knows it has to bow down to Trump if they want to continue making big bucks in America. He has various tools to target them such as arbitrary tariffs / executive orders and his minions to pursue his agenda in other places.

It’s truly Orwellian. I have no doubt Trump will seek re-election on the grounds that he hasn’t served two consecutive terms. He should have been barred from office after inciting insurrection on January 6th. The world would have been a safer place if the constitution had been upheld.

TJM said...

K anyone who is a Democrat at this point is obviously a braindead twit or they fervently support all of their evil: abortion, transgenderism, child mutilation, adoring illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens, etc. For a priest to do so should earn them suspension

Fr. Michael J. Kavanaugh said...

B Benny - Indeed. Amen.

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said...

Oh bb, the English form of government is a bit of, how shall we say it in English, oh I know, a JOKE. The monarchy should be suppressed and thus enjoyed in the dump yard of history. Next model your form of government after your former colony, with the Bill of Rights. Our problem isn’t our form of government, but, first democrats and second, republicans. We independents are the only sane ones out there, especially we priest independents.