I rather like Jimmy Kimmel when he's just being funny. But for whatever lamentable reason, that's no longer the job description of late night television talk hosts. Whereas Johnny Carson gabbed with celebrities and the younger version of David Letterman gave us stupid pet tricks, today's late night hosts have decided their job is to moralize over political issues and bash Donald Trump at every opportunity.
Kimmel has been especially lauded for this because of his emotional tale of his young son with heart problems. Because Kimmel thinks (incorrectly) that children like his son couldn't get coverage without ObamaCare, he has tabbed himself the moral conscience of health care reform - and an awful lot of other people have decided to cede him this role.
