It's part Idiocracy, part brilliant critique of presidential politics in the Donald Trump era.
But make no mistake about it. There is literally someone who has filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission using the name "Deez Nuts for President 2016."
And according to one poll, Nuts is gaining some appeal.
Of course he or she is.
In 2012 or before, we may have been disgusted at the vulgarity of such a development, but this is 2015, which is part of a presidential election cycle where vulgarity is the name of the game, especially among a certain 17 or so candidates vying for a certain party nomination.
Public Policy Polling, a serious and respected polling outfit, was apparently having fun this week by including Nuts, who hails from Iowa according to federal election filings, in its recent survey of Minnesota voters. According to its results, if race between Hillary Clinton, Trump and Nuts were held today, Clinton would get 41 percent of the vote, Trump would get 36 percent and Nuts would get eight percent. Some 15 percent were undecided.
But it is unclear whether Nuts leans to the left or the right, thus it's tough to know from which side he or she would siphon votes.
Nuts' candidacy is a week old, and is among 536 declared candidates for president so far. In addition to the more than 20 well-known candidates, the declared candidate roster includes Sydneys Voluptuous Buttocks, "Sara H. Paylin" and a cat named Limberbutt McCubbins.
Personally, our favorite candidate to emerge so far is the Sweet Meteor O'Death, whom you can follow on Twitter for updates.
This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2015.