one of the very first things i did on camera with bill bellamy in the mayor of new york society -- new york city we about go on york tv the biggest award of the night we were going to present that as i was standing there roseanne was the host she started to make

one of the very first things i did on camera with bill bellamy in the mayor of new york society -- new york city we about go on york tv the biggest award of the night we were going to present that as i was standing there roseanne was the host she started to make fun of me and called me out as a republican she had seen backstage it is doing something with rush limbaugh and the crowd started to brew and it freaked me out. so they were booing very loudly i thought i have to get them back-and-forth so i did that thing with my mouth on the microphone that the crowd that she cited was rush limbaugh and they started laughing but would did not occur to vibrate in bat dimples this could have severe ramifications not only for me and my job and mtv and their relationship so this ceo of mtv networks the odor of of viacom are watching this saying who is this kennedy? he literally wanted me fired back a second and then backed that i kept my job for three more years is a miracle beyond my understanding. >> host: what you think of their role of american society? is a positive? >> guest: by and large i

bill bellamy and i were kind of the people they barely let into the event. i went in with a great deal of sadness because i felt the country was still in the toilet and we were going down the tubes. >> host: when bill clinton and al gore went on stage can make you right in "the kennedy chronicles" that the grand old party boys and i instinctively started chanting, nixon now, nixon now! >> guest: we became nostalgic for the nixon presidency because we figured it couldn't get much worse. the reproach of bumper stickers circulated in 1992. acm, rested and ready. the former president was still alive at that point and we thought how ironic. >> host: kennedy, why are you here at freedom fast, a libertarian movement? >> guest: i am here as a proud contributor to reason tv. i've been working for a year and a half and i love it. i love to pieces. there's a ton of creativity. there is a solid message and i don't think libertarians should allow anyone else to define them. being a libertarian means different things to many people. you should be the one to decide that fo