the subtext is why isn't you and i know the answer to that as well. larry tweeted out i remember the competition saying trump would never get to the wow, now the president says it. good night. [♪] kennedy: thank lou, and thank you. you know what i would love to watch? a presidential debate that included opposing views, wild ideas and a challenge to failing statisstatist -- rivel. in he other year, that's pretty much worked. but this obviously isn'ter other year. in 1992 george w. bush and hillary clinton graciously

agreed to let ross perot toe up their country club thinking his presence would hurt the other. but he spent the majority of the time whining about nafta. turns out clinton's gamble worked. and the only slurping sound was per row sucking votes from bush. nader siphoned off enough gore votes that gore lost the elect. but nader til had to stain his own debate four years later when w. * and kerry wouldn't let him play puppet master. he extended the rule of international law. that's the best way to deal with these people is for open, public trials that will extend the ability of international law. >> he debated puppets.

kennedy: people are making a big deal about hillary clinton running for president because she is a woman. but green partyer jill stein garnered almost half a million votes, and here is what she got tore trying to sit in on a debate she was ex cloud from four years ago. >> if you refuse to move, you are subject to arrest. >> come on, we'll help you. watch the flag. kennedy: when jill steinem and the national review are saying the same thing, they are saying the cp -- is a corrupt cartel. 1% of voters are dissatisfied with the clinton-trump ticket. 100% would be better served hearing the non-traditional idea

of people like gary johnson and jill stein rubbed all over hillary's face. but you can't be in a debate unless you get 15% in a number of polls. and you can't get 15% if pollsters don't include your name in the polling. >> the system is totally rigged. >> it is a rigged game. >> i wouldn't use the word "rigged," it's just a dumb process. kennedy: it's dumb and it's rigged. if we can only get the commission on presidential debates to listen so we can hear the idea and the debates we so richly deserve. dr. ron paul discusses libertarian presidential candidate gary johnson's chances. and brian beenburg has a warning

for president obama on his plan to extend social security. presumptive green party candidate jill stein is calling for the presidential debates to open up and include any candidate that could hypothetically major it to the white house. joining me is kristen helping h. associate editor for reason.com. i'm going to start with you. the cpd is obviously very corrupt. but how should they change their criteria?

>> i think lowering the bar from 15% to 5% would be totally sufficient without totally opening up the floodgates. i actually have a piece coming up tomorrow about this entire subject. if they load it to 5%, you would have had per row in '86. i think you can even go lower to 2% or 3%. but even 5% which is way lower than 15 is a lot lower than what we have now. and the establishment gets to be nationally known through the two party system. they are on the polls for more than a year. so a guy like gary johnson has literally two months to get as well known as people who have been polled for a year.

kennedy: they are saying we don't want proportional representation. we don't want a parliamentary system. >> we don't have a parliamentary system and we don't have proportional representation. a lot of liberals say the parliamentary system is so great. but 2% or 3% as a threshold to get into a debate for president. that's such a low threshold. if you have four or five people on the stage, that vote gets split up. maybe it's just two stuffed suits. people are so upset by these choices.

>> also, it shouldn't be up to a candidate to challenge these other candidates. the media, the journalists should be doing a great job of challenging them. but them. the pbs debates, they are not challenging the candidates. kennedy: we had so many debates, but they were all saying the same thing. if you open it up to continued candidates, they are going to challenge these career politicians by and large, except for people like ben car southern and donald trump in ways their peers won't because their peers want to curry favor. jimmy, you be say people really just want to be entertained. doesn't this extend the entertainment factor? >> i'm in favor of it as leader of the striped t-shirt party.

i think we should open it up, ncaa march madness style. people would watch it. we already watched half that's candidates right now. >> i think we need more sound bites from donald trump. kennedy: maybe jill stein has a way of challenging donald trump that the other candidates haven't figured out yet. >> maybe she would have nothing to lose. >> a jill stein is the only person who could maybe replace bernie sanders and challenge hillary from the left. and gary johnson is the only person who could challenge either hillary or trump on mill militaryism. kennedy: this week president obama didn't just verbally successor punch donald trump.

he came after fox news. hey, buddy, that's where i work. >> the republican nominee for president said he would dismantle all these rules that we had. that is crazy. i haven't turned on fox news or listened to conservative talk radio today. but i have turned them on must past 7 1/2 years to know i'm not exaggerating in terms of their story. kennedy: perhaps you are not exaggerating, but you are upset. he's so obsessed with fox news and he can't keep himself from inserting his sensibilities into the election. >> he and his administration were proud of the fact that they completely froze out fox news. to completely freeze out one of the four major news ned works is not something the executive

branch should be proud of. you don't need any exaggeration at all. you know he's being clear. so the rights of bernie and trump. what does that say to you about this president? >> that he hasn't done a good job. his own party is campaigning against his record. if obama had had a good 8 years there wouldn't be such a demand for outsiders. this is the ultimate outsider election. if he had a slam dunk, hillary is crushing trump. as of august bernie would have been a walmart greeter. >> in the fact that obama was basically there giving an economic message, wanting to cement his legacy saying the economy is doing really well, which is hilarious. there is a republican governor

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ken report latest nbc/marist polls bernie sanders 2 points behind hillary clinton in california. he's definitely narrowing the gap in california. what does a bernie sanders win look like? >> the short answer to your question, does he have a chance? no. he does not have a chance because even if he wins california, she is just 71 delegates short of clinching the nomination because of the system the democrats have set up which

includes the superdelegates that are essentially free agents and can vote the way they want to. they are party leaders, elected officials in the democratic party, and 500-plus of them have committed to hillary clinton. i don't even think if he wins california he will win enough in other states to overcome her in the pledged delegates that takes the superdelegates out of the equation. so it's just a math issue. kennedy: that's what harry reid was saying. he's been in public service for a long time. what happens if he stays in until philadelphia? will he try and use that power to sway somehow the party platform or is he just sticking out in case she is indicted? >> i think it's the latter. ever since the beginning of the campaign he didn't want to talk

about her damn emails, but the damn emails are hanging over this race, and it's a real question about what's going to happen with the f.b.i. investigation. conventional wisdom is she is not going to get indicted in washington. you see people shifting a little bit saying maybe the f.b.i. could move or refer an indictment. you have people like judge napolitano who say the evidence that we know is there. so maybe that's part of it for bernie sanders. kennedy: the i.g. report from the state department is stinging. it didn't give her the political cover she would want from her former home. especially with bryan pagliano talking for the first time. he has immunity in that part of the case. a lot of these superdelegates have pledged to her because they are terrified of her. how can she make bernie sanders'

life difficult? >> i think she is more likely to try to entice some of the bernie sanders' supporters to say i'm the vessel for democrats to run in this general election. and then by which give them some kind of platform, tip of the hat or even the number two position, a person who is more progressive, more like bernie sanders. i don't think bernie sanders is the choice for hillary clinton for number two. but someone in that line. herresherrod brown fromio. kennedy: elizabeth warren seems more and more like a hillary clinton surrogate. i would argue she is further left than bernie sanders. she certainly would excite some

of those sanders supporters as a way of punishing bernie. >> i think elizabeth warren fits the -- fits on paper who hillary clinton could pick. but as far as the other part of the hillary clinton equation to win the general election and win those swing states which are a lot of purple states, i think she is probably going to go with someone who can help her in a specific state or who can really help her reach across the aisle. that's where the bulk of the voters are in independent that she might be able to get from donald trump, even though he lead in independent in recent polls. and kane from virginia is probably leading the way. kennedy: i think you are making the case that hillary clinton is going to announce john kasich as her vp. >> maybe so.

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kennedy: gary johnson took the libertarian presidential nomination over the weekend. 6% of voter have never heard of the former new mexico governor. what can he do to get his mess and out? let's talk to someone who ran for president three times. dr. ron paul. welcome back to the show. what did you find more satisfying, running as a libertarian or running as a republican? >> i have always run for one reason, and that's 0 spread a message of liberty, and the success is much better in the republican party. but a few seed were planted in 1988. people were still around who built on the idea of the

libertarian philosophy. some we achieved more than others. >> a lot of people credit you with their interest in the liberty movement. they are intrigued by gary johnson. this is the year where an independent candidate could do well. is he the best choices the lovers of liberty have? >> if you ask the activists in the libertarian party, i would say they are split. there was a strong objection to bill weld being picked, thinking that was watering thing down. there are a lot of people in the libertarian party that aren't that enthralled with the way the peace and is being delivered right now. i think gary has the right idea. if he can get in the debates, there might be a contribution to

expanding the base for the libertarian mess and. that remains d the libertarian message. but he has a long way to go. kennedy: he does have a long way to go with the cartel on presidential debates. what can gary do to increase his name recognition. if you sat down with him, having been through the pratt $says three times, what would you tell him? >> i would want him to be more of an outspoken champion of liberty and be crisp and clear, and not make people wonder about it. when he uses the word liberal, that he's one-half liberal. i don't consider myself one-half conservative, and one-half liberal. i think those are moderate. you have to be precise on what

the non-aggression principle is all about and apply it consistently. you can take that principle and apply to it economic and social issues equally. but liberals tend to want to emphasize the social affirmative action program. i think the bit of attention i got. er knew where i stood. i was for personal liberty and the foreign policy was very clear. everybody learned a little bit about the federal reserve system. it's much more important to put that mess and out as crisp as possible. particularly in this particular year he will get more media attention. i think he already has because of the mess the democrats and republicans are in. kennedy: i wonder if you are ready to endorse him, given all that. >> not quite. i think there is too' confusion

out there. i'm telling people if you want to vote on something to promote something important, understand what the non-aggression principle is. the libertarians are the on ones who claim they believe in it. and if you are confused and you don't like republicans and democrats, i would say vote for the libertarian party, but i don't think i'll be getting into personal endorsements. kennedy: coming up. shaquille o'neill goes undercover. and a couple in mother russia decide ♪ there's a lot of places you never want to see "$7.95." [ beep ] but you'll be glad to see it here. fidelity -- where smarter investors will always be.

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kennedy: more graceful than a walrus on still its and faster than a lightning snail, this is

the "topical storm." topic number one. shaquille o'neill went undercover with lists as he picked up passenger after passenger. yet no one seemed to recognize him. >> my name is peter. >> i'm wondering if you are shaquille o'neill. kennedy: these are great disguises. but will anyone catch on for real? john extra volta doesn't seem to -- john travolta doesn't seem

to recognize him either. that's incredible. but shaq discovers his identity after delivering his wood. oklahoma university quarterback mason rudolf is never off duty. that's him practicing at the lake. watch this. that is one hell of a receiver. but it made me think, can we do better? i sent my producer marty to feed

john stossel's cat and i told him to go to the park with a jet ski to try to catch the football. let's see how martin did. [♪] i'm sorry, john. when you get back, i promise i will help you find admiral snuggles. marty is still in the park looking for him as we speak. topic number 3. robbie richardson is a-year-old statist.

he isn't even out of kindergarten and he's abusing the powers of law enforcement ask against his dad. this tiny nugget called 911 on his dad because pops broke the law when he was driving and strong arm robbie wasn't having none of it. >> my daddy went past the red light in a black truck. and he was in a brand-new car, my mommy's car. >> what happened? >> and we just had to go to the car wash, then he went past the red light. kennedy: that's fun. libertarians around here. there was probably no one * else in the intersection. then robbie's dad was arrested. and was burned at the stake for being a lead-footed he-witch.

i hope you are happy, baby fascist. if you are a law enforcement official and you see a gray cat riding on an ironing board with a leaf blower attached to it, would you tweet me at "topical storm." top up four. the powers that be are always cracking down with stupid rules. kennedy stop drinking during commercial breaks. a couple of smooth criminals decided to ignore those rules. they always said that could happen. oh, no. that man was just trying to fulfill the dying wish of his

uncle. >> when i die uncle preston you better say cheers, because me and you are hanging at the pearly gates. i'll bring the beers. kennedy: topic number 5. when i tell you there is arussir home with a bear. perhaps you are thinking, maybe they live with a hairy rotund guy who loves musicals. no, they actually have a pet bear.

watch. kennedy: if i had that an mail would name him bret. that way i would have my own bret bear. you know you wanted one, too. i want your weird stories. if you would like to see them in the "topical storm" tweet me @kennedynation, and trash tag "topical storm." a blind man suing mcdonalds for not letting him walk through the drive-thru late at night.

kennedy: a blind man in

louisiana is suing mcdonald's because it doesn't allow pedestrians to order from the window in the drive-thru. he says because he can't drive, the fast food chain is violating the americans with disabilities act. i look at this and it's tragic because there are many people who are not sighted. and they are high on thd and they have the munchies. what's really going on here? >> the irony of the whole thing is he's blinds. it's actually safer for him to drive up to mcdonald's than it is to eat the food. >> the salads have more calories than the burgers, i have heard. >> if somebody walks up to the

window at mcdonald's at 1:00 in the morning they have hit the panic alarm and run for their lives. kennedy: the grease just hangs on there. normally i think these ada lawsuits are ponderous. >> i wrote a story about a crepe bar that's being sued out of existence because it doesn't have a wheelchair ramp. i think this salute could open up the service to everybody, not just people in wheelchairs. i think you should have the option to be outside of a closed restaurant if it's still open. kennedy: what about if you are

on roller scaits or pogo sticks. earlier i asked this question. what is the best cure for a hangover. coffee, pickle juice, bloody maries, or bacon and sausage. if you live in my house it's pickle juice. obviously drinking less isn't an option, so drink pickle juice. i think that this is a fascinating list. and it's tough to narrow down just one. bone broth. pickle jewels. vitamin c. they say fruit is good for you. >> they are pretty intuitive. if you are feeling not good in any way, shape or form. drink more water with electric lights. eat more fruits and veggies.

i only had one hangover in my life. i don't get hung over. my brother was a bartender and i turned 21. so it wasn't my fault. my brother was in musical theater. >> salt and sugar with water. kennedy: pickle juice is the salt and sugar and vinegar. > >> electrolytes is a nice word for salt and sugar. >> i'm a drinking expert according to my marriage counselor. kennedy: that's why they always make those things positive. you are a great drinker. i love watch did in the fountain on that school trip. >> they say brunch is okay, but alcohol is not.

what is one without the other. kennedy: in a new piece he wrought burden of proof on the maniacs putting so much energy into this hobby. is he correct? absolutely not. >> my husband has run several marathons. i think everybody in america needs a major work ethic wake-up call. kennedy: if you have got a long-term goal that combines attention surplus with fitness and losing weight, what is this? >> everybody's passion that

makes no sense to you is a waste of time. >> anyone who has, knows the benefits. >> i'll end up paying for his cornea transplant. >> this guy is a jackass. this is a classic example of people wanting for other people what they want for themselves. a marathon teaches us an important lesson. no one can catch a kenyan person. kennedy: or main lining pickle jewels. thank you so much. thank you anthony fisher, jimmy failla. president obama is pushing to expand social security benefits. [woodworker] i live in the fine details. that's why i run on quickbooks.

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kennedy: president obama has previously tried to cut unsustainable social security costs. but this week he's calling to pile on more money. >> it's time we finally made social security more generous and increase its benefits so today's retirees and future generations get the retirement they deserve. we can pay for it by asking the wealthiest americans to contribute a little bit more. kennedy: we have to drag in the pesky math. brian brenberg, professor of economics at kings college. he says we have to cut social security spending. but now just a few months before

he leaves office, he's rushing into the bernie sanders grab bag. >> it's safe for him to say this now. three years ago he talked about it but backed off right away. it's one thing to say you want to do something, but when you say it as you are walking out the door it doesn't mean anything. it's giveaway language. kennedy: one part of their constituency or some lobby group gets to them. now he's throwing them a meaningless bone because he's not going to do anything about it because he can't. >> let's just talk about paying the benefits that we promised. a decade and and a half. the trust fund will run out. we'll be paying 77 cents on the promised dollar. it's like being behind on your mort gaining payments, say the

first thing i'll do is put a new pool in. kennedy: that's such a good analogy. if you are in the read you don't foe, you know what i need? an $800 pair of shoes. so let's talk about the cost of credit in this country. the payday loan industry, they have been criticized for predatory practices and high interest rates. but the consumer protection bureau is proposing rules to gut the market. it sound horrible. you don't have any credit, you have no money. you get a quick loan based on your paycheck. then when the bill comes you end up having to pay a lot of money, but that's the cost of credit. >> it's a terrible situation to be in. but you are in that situation because you have no other options.

where are people going to go? you don't want them going to payday lenders? who will they go to? they will go to black market credit situation whereas they have no protection. it's the good intention talk. but what are people on the ground actually going to do. th -- the dodd frank regulation where this is coming out of is killing community banks. kennedy: this is one of the things i talked about on the show. the cost of compliance with dodd-frank. like you said, if there is someone there that you know that's been in your town for decade that can say i know you are a good person, i will help you get this loan. those bangs are being gobbled up by bank of america and citibank. and dodd-frank is making it

harder for people with tough credit to get a loan at all. >> community banks are decreasing in number and asset value. you need them as a presence in the community. you want the problems solved at a local level. that's not happening because all the banking is moving out of these community. >> it's one of the reasons why dodd-frank is bad, bad news on top of that quick payday loan scam as elizabeth warren calls it. nice to see you. a breath of fresh air. coming up i'll reorient my entire life based on suggest america, they don't call it travel season for nothing. ♪ should i stay or should i go? ♪ this summer at choice hotels

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