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So where does Deez Nuts stand on the issues? He supports deportation of undocumented immigrants without a path to citizenship,

How a 15-Year-Old Iowa Farm Boy Is Pranking the Presidential Race

@ http://www.alipac.us/f9/%91deez-nuts...nt-n-c-322313/

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

So where does Deez Nuts stand on the issues? He supports deportation of undocumented immigrants without a path to citizenship,

How a 15-Year-Old Iowa Farm Boy Is Pranking the Presidential Race

@ http://www.alipac.us/f9/%91deez-nuts...nt-n-c-322313/

So when he's disqualified his 9% will probably go to Donald J Trump.

Deez Nuts Endorses Bernie Sanders And John Kasich For Presidential Nomination

He says Sanders "almost completely agrees on me with social issues and even some on fiscal issues."

Sam Levine Associate Politics Editor
Posted: 08/22/2015 04:19 PM EDT

Deez Nuts, the 15-year-old presidential candidate who has attracted national attention after polling better than some Republicans seeking the White House, tried to exercise some political muscle on Saturday, endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic presidential primary and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) in the Republican presidential primary.

Deez Nuts told In These Times that he endorsed Sanders because "he almost completely agrees on me with social issues and even some on fiscal issues.”

Deez Nuts, whose real name is Brady Olson, clarified that he was endorsing himself in the general election. He cannot constitutionally be president because he is too young but in a recent Public Policy poll, Deez Nuts polled better than several Republican presidential candidates.

No word yet on who will get the endorsement of Sydneys Voluptuous Buttocks, another presidential candidate.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0a40aa3ab2f35

Well, the kid is right on the social issues part. If Trump wants to win the general, he'll have to deal with young voters and women voters. Americans overall are pretty sick and tired of other Americans trying to force them into childbirth against their will or marrying someone they can't stand to have sex with. I will never understand why the Republican Party wanted to stoop to that level and truly hope Trump can find a way to secure the Republican nomination without having to do so.

Not Just 'Deez Nuts': 15 Unpresidential Candidates

From 'Mary Jane' to 'Buddy the Cat' to 'Dank Ass Kaptain Kush,' here are America's unlikeliest 2016 candidates

BY TIM DICKINSON August 24, 2015

"Jeffrey Dahmer" of Maryland has filed an FEC form to run for president. David Gould/Getty

Last week, a 15-year-old Iowa prankster took the political world by storm after he filed to run for president under the name Deez Nuts – only to wind up polling at 9 percent in North Carolina.
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'Deez Nuts,' the Teen Presidential Candidate Punking America »A survey of filings at the Federal Election Commission suggests Mr. Nuts is not alone. What follows are actual Statement of Candidacy filings from presidential pretenders we're (almost) certain are giving America the business.

1. Dat Ass (Independent-New York)

2. Sidneys Voluptuous Buttocks (Independent-New York)

3. Sir TrippyCup aka Young Trippz aka The GOAT aka The Prophet
aka Earl (Federalist-Wisconsin)

4. Underage Candidate (unaffiliated-California)

5. Buddy the Cat (Democrat-Arizona)

6. Captain Crunch (Independent-California)

7. Jeffrey Dahmer (Independence Party-Maryland)

8. Mary Jane (Libertarian-Tennessee)

9. Dank Ass Kaptain Kush (Independent-U.S. Virgin Islands)

10. H. Majesty Satan Lord of Underworld Prince of Darkness
(Republican-Texas)

11. Ronald Reagan's Ghost (Independent-Minnesota)

12. Slim Sack Shady (American Party-California)

13. Jack Sparrow (Independent-Oregon)

14. Not Sure (Socialist-West Virginia)

15. Francis J. Underwood (Democrat-D.C.)

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...#ixzz3jmwugFaN

Move over Deez Nuts, Bailey D. Dog is making ‘Forward Pawgress’ in the presidential run

BY KORI RUMORE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND JONATHON BERLIN, CHICAGO TRIBUNE AT 01:08 PM ON AUG 27, 2015

Credit: John Konstantaras/Chicago Tribune/TNS

Running for president is so easy, even a dog can do it.

Or at least the dog’s name can appear on the Federal Election Commission’s list of nearly 800 potential candidates for president.

Candidate ID P60009883, also known as Bailey D. Dog, is a black Labrador who lives with the Rubin family of northwest suburban Long Grove. He was thrust into politics by Jacob Rubin, 14, and his brother, Jonathan, 12.

“We had no idea what our sons were up to,” their mother, Judy, says.

“We (she and her husband, Bob) were in Florida, and our sons were having these random conversations about Bailey running for president.”

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To introduce Bailey into presidential politics, the Rubin brothers filled out a Form 2, a “statement of candidacy,” which is required for presidential candidates within 15 days of raising or spending more than $5,000. Filling out the form starts a process in which the FEC can track a campaign’s money. However, a candidate need not spend or raise a penny, or even be serious about running for office. The form is online, and the FEC is required to check it and publish the results no matter who fills it out or his or her intentions. (Getting on ballots is a different matter, and the process varies by state.)

A burst of candidates, some quite nontraditional, has the FEC processing significantly more of these forms than any presidential race in the last 40 years, a duty that can distract from the group’s primary job of tracking campaign funds.

A candidate’s eligibility to run for office is irrelevant to the FEC. “The agency has no authority and makes no judgment on a individual’s qualifications or eligibility to run for office or obtain ballot access,” says Christian Hilland, FEC deputy press officer, in an email.

When the Tribune noticed that a local dog was on the FEC’s list, it reached out to Jacob Rubin, a freshman at Stevenson High School.

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“Bailey is a black Labrador retriever who was born and rescued in Indiana,” Jacob says in an email. “His exact age is unknown, but he is estimated to be between 4-5 years old in human years, which would make him about 35 in dog years, thus making him eligible to run for president.”

Eligible if he were a human being. The Constitution requires the president to be both a “person” and a “citizen.”

Jacob says the process of registering a presidential candidate was simple.

“To file, you just need to either mail a statement of candidacy to the FEC, or you can file online,” Jacob says.

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Plenty of other names on the FEC’s list are mock candidates. There’s “Tom Brady’s Sketch,” a reference to an unattractive courtroom drawing of the NFL quarterback that went viral recently. There’s also a cat from Arizona.

The ease with which people can add names to the FEC list was highlighted when an Iowa teen submitted “Deez Nuts” as a candidate, and a pollster included that name in a survey. “Deez Nuts” attracted 9 percent support in North Carolina, trailing Donald Trump (40 percent) and Hillary Clinton (38 percent).

The number of candidates on the FEC list — 768 as of Aug. 23 — easily eclipses the 419 in 2012 and the 366 in 2008 With more filings on its plate compared to last election, and the media onslaught of the fake candidates, the FEC has its hands full.

“We’ve always had protest candidates of various sorts,” says Timothy Hagle, a political science professor at the University of Iowa. “It seems pretty obvious that things can spread pretty quickly via social media.”

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“That the number of these ‘mock’ candidates has grown is not surprising given the nature of this particular election,” says Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Washington-based Campaign Legal Center. “First, there is no incumbent running. Second, the leading Democrat is a woman. Third, the leading candidate for the Republicans is an outspoken businessman who is shocking the political world. Fourth, this election will likely solidify a generational change in political leadership that started with [President Barack] Obama.”

Another new element this time around: Bailey D. Dog.

“I was inspired to register Bailey after reading an article about all the wacky presidential candidates that are running,” Jacob Rubin says.

Bailey has taken stands on the issues, Jacob says.

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“Bailey does like socializing with both animals and humans, eating gourmet cheese, barking at trucks, taking walks and playing tug of war,” he says. “The only two things Bailey greatly dislikes is swimming (he is very afraid of the water) and postmen.”

The Long Grove canine can be described as a democratic socialist, Jacob says.

“Bailey supports helping the homeless, as he was once a homeless dog, doesn’t believe in the death penalty, as when he was rescued from a high-kill shelter, he was just days from his planned euthanasia.”

The dog’s campaign website features his slogan: Forward Pawgress.

http://zap2it.com/2015/08/bailey-d-d...ial-candidate/