He continued, “Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE. He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings.”

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    It’s shit like this that the lawyers were waiting for. The ape was subtle enough with the threats last time that the government couldn’t be implicated in Kimmel’s termination. This is definitive. This is blatant government censorship and a violation of the first amendment.

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      It’s shit like this that the lawyers were waiting for.

      I always thought it was unrealistic that Charlie Brown would keep trying to kick the football. “Surely” I thought to myself “a real person would have learned their lesson long ago that it’s not going to happen.”

      And here we are with people somehow still thinking “ah yes, this time the football will be kicked!”