Presidential Candidate ‘Deez Nuts’ Identity Revealed

If you were hoping that some day soon you could say "Commander in Chief Deez Nuts" you're going to be sorely disappointed. It was just revealed who 'Deez Nuts' is and surprise, surprise it's a guy. He's also ineligible to be President. 

Here's another shocker - it's also a teenager. None of these things should surprise anyone.

However, what is surprising is that 9-percent of voters in North Carolina say they actually would have voted for him and 6-percent said they had a favorable opinion of Mr. Nuts despite knowing nothing about him.

The Daily Beast did some fine sleuthing work and uncovered that 'Deez Nuts' is a 15-year-old named Brady Olson from Iowa. He got his electoral name from an internet meme spawned by a video of a kid talking on a phone.

Young Brady is just a sophomore in high school and was reportedly inspired to run - he even filed with the Federal Election Commission - by Limberbutt McCubbins, a cat from Kentucky who also filed paperwork with the FEC.

So how were a cat and teenager able to run for president? Turns out anyone can fill out a statement of candidacy with whatever name or persona but once you raise $5-thousand dollars toward your candidacy, then you must fill out forms with your legal name and contact information.

As for what Olson plans to do next because don't think for a minute he's ending his run even though he's about 20 years too early (you have to be at least 35 to run for president). He says he's now looking for a party affiliation and a vice president. “The next step is to get some party nominations, like the Minnesota Independence Party or the Modern Whig Party. It would also be great to find a VP, preferably McCubbins because the Nuts/McCubbins ticket sounds amazing.” It certainly does kid.

And if McCubbins and Deez Nuts are just a little too cutesy for you, there's also somebody running named 'Sydney's Voluptuous Buttocks', which is another high school prank, this one from Buffalo, NY.

Here's an interview with the owner of Limberbutt McCubbins and how her cat wound up on the candidate list.