Aug 19, 2015 - News broke this week that an independent presidential candidate going by the name of "Deez Nuts" is polling at 9 percent in the latest PPP poll ...

What? Twenty views and nobody cares that some nut is rated higher in the polls than some "main-stream" republicans?

Why do think that person is doing so well?

I think most folks are just tired of all the B.S.. Most likely why "The Donald" is doing so well also.

I am sorry who are the candidates? These names sound strange 0k I found an article



Why is a third party in Minnesota riding the Deez Nuts bandwagon?








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By Aaron Blake September 8 



A sign announcing Deez Nuts's arrival at the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday afternoon. (Aaron Blake/The Washington Post)

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It was the third-to-last day of the Minnesota State Fair on Saturday, and as we were heading home, there was one more thing my family just had to see.

Deez Nuts.

Yes, the 15-year-old independent candidate for president from Iowa is still riding his 15 minutes of fame. And the Minnesota Independence Party was only so happy to glom on, hosting a meet-and-greet with the faux candidate (real name: Brady Olson). It was even selling autographed T-shirts for -- you guessed it -- $15 a pop.

I tweeted the above picture, leading to this reaction:




It makes sense in theory.

Third parties have been known to ally with celebrities or even quasi-celebrities like young Mr. Nuts in hopes of attaining enough of the vote in one election (usually 1 to 5 percent) to earn larger share of the vote or even a ballot line in future elections. There was Howard Stern for governor of New York as a Libertarian Party candidate; more recently, Roseanne Barr was the 2012 nominee of a little-known third party. Other examples aren't uncommon.

Nor would a party supporting a candidate who is ineligible to serve in the office he's seeking (the age requirement for president is 35) be completely unheard-of. Marxist political parties have run candidates who are under 35 three times, according to Richard Winger, the expert in all things third-party and independent at Ballot Access News. The Socialist Workers Party did it in 1972, with Linda Jenness, who was 31 years old.

About half of states allow such a candidate to appear on the ballot despite not being eligible to actually serve, and Minnesota is one of them, so the Independence Party could feasibly back him. The state in fact has had ineligible candidates in the past three presidential elections -- including 2004 and 2008 Socialist Workers Party nominee Roger Calero, who met the age requirement but was not born in the United States or naturalized. (Calero was also a felon, having been convicted of drug trafficking in 1988.)

But if the Independence Party viewed Deez Nuts as its ticket to ride in future elections, it would have been sorely mistaken. That's because the threshold for third-party ballot status in Minnesota is a whopping 5 percent. (Despite that North Carolina poll showing him at 9 percent that we've all laughed about, his hope for getting to even 5 percent in any state is basically nil.)

And indeed, the party says it won't back Olson's candidacy. "I don't see a realistic path to the IP offering any sort of comprehensive support or any endorsement," spokesman Philip Fuehrer said in an e-mail.




And if you're looking for struggling third parties desperate for attention, the Minnesota Independence Party doesn't really fit the bill. The party isn't a laughing-stock in need of a celebrity name on its ballot line. Back when it was known at the Reform Party in 1998, it elected former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura as Minnesota governor. The party soon became the Independence Party, and Ventura appointed an Independence Party member -- Dean Barkley -- to a brief U.S. Senate vacancy.

Around that same time, in 2002, Independence Party candidate and former Democratic congressman Tim Penny took 16 percent of the vote in the state's governor's race. More recently, Barkley took 15 percent of the vote in 2008 as an Independence Party candidate against then-Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and now-Sen. Al Franken (D), potentially swinging that race for Franken. The party also took 6 percent in the 2006 governor's race and 12 percent in 2010. (It dropped to 3 percent in 2014.)


In this July 8, 2014 file photo former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, center, leaves federal court in St. Paul, Minn. Ventura, who was awarded $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit against author Chris Kyle's estate, is suing HarperCollins saying publicity about the book and Kyle's claims about him generated millions of dollars in profits for the publisher. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores, File)

And Minnesotans are known historically for embracing third parties, including at one point the Progressive Party and the Farmer-Labor Party, which later merged with the state Democratic Party. (To this date, Democratic candidates run on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor ballot line.)

So this party isn't a fly-by-night operation. The Independence Party is working with other third parties to lower the threshold for ballot qualification to 2 percent -- which is plausible given other nearby states have much lower bars to clear -- but even then, it's unlikely Deez Nuts would do the trick.

"People are very particular about whom they vote for for president," Winger said. "Deez Nuts would be lucky to get one-half of 1 percent for president in Minnesota."

And that's even if he were allowed to run under his pseudonym, which is very much an open question.

At the same time, it's valid to question whether a legitimate political party should align itself with the sideshow that is Deez Nuts's candidacy. The Independence Party certainly wouldn't have garnered a visit from my family on Saturday if not for Olson, so it's clear this was a ploy.




To that, the Minnesota Independence Party has this to say:

"Some have criticized Brady's and/or our involvement, typically citing the 'mockery' of his campaign," Fuehrer said. "To those folks, I quote Sgt. Hulka from the comedy film Stripes: 'Lighten up, Francis!' We're 14 months out from an election that has already been running full bore for a year. We can have a little fun at a State Fair this far out while simultaneously promoting some important and serious issues."

Update: Olson tells The Fix that the proceeds for the t-shirts go to a local firefighters organization.

Trump and Nutz......built by Cialis.

So is Trump in the lead and then Nutz? Do you two vote and who do you hope will win?

For those not in "the know" about 'deez nuts', a tutorial


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VcnUTyI9iJU&itct=CDkQpDAYASITCO237qmn68cCFUFqfgodrjIKvlIJZGVleiBudXRz&gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google


Sorry 'bout the IHOP commercial intro lol

Ok then

That dude got some teeth!

You aint lyin!

He was on Tosh.0 and was hilarious lol

So he is what 15 years Old?

iowa, minnesota, and north carolina


interesting,,,

As a Canadian, I need to try and dig this info shard outta my brain, but by law, doesn't the President have to be at least 42 years old?

I'm thinkin' Nutz could be chosen as a V-P and go on someone's ticket, but he can't stand for election himself.

I'm suggesting the ticket has to be Bobby Jindal and Nutz.....*Sung to the tune of Jingle Bells....

Jindal Nutz, Jindal Nutz
Jindal all the wayyyy.....

I mean election day is close to Christmas right? It's perfect!

That must be my son. He says that to me all the time and cracks up laughing.

The fact that "Nuts" has any support at all shows the state of politics in this country.

Oh and BTW, for you Canadians, the minimum age for president is thirty-five. That and a native born citizen.

Natural Born Citizen!

one nut or another what difference does it make