Erstellt am: 24. 8. 2015 - 10:50 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Deez Nuts
So a socialist a billionaire and a teenager walk into a bar...
Actually, they walked into the world media as participants in the U.S. presidential primary election. The socialist is Bernie Sanders, one of the first candidates in decades to openly admit to be what many americans think is a very dirty word. The billionaire is Donald Trump. Real Estate magnet, Reality TV host, ex-democrat and talking toupee.
And the teenager is Deez Nuts.
A 15 year old from Iowa who filed to run in the presidential elections and managed to get 1 in 10 iowans to proclaim they really like Deez Nuts.
If the presidential election was a three ring circus, featuring clown cars and a freak show, Deez Nuts provided the third ring. The result was a lot of amusing television spots featuring people in suits falling for the equivalent of one of Bart Simpsons bar calls. The ones where he makes Moe embarrass himself.
It also resulted in Bernie Sanders finally breaking through some of the last media outlets that had refused to cover him. Why? Because those outlets covered Deez Nuts, who then came out to endorse Bernie Sanders. And Gary Johnson. So, a democratic socialist and a Libertarian.
And finally, to top it all off, the leading republican candidate Trump, well known for his brusque racism and nonchalant sexism, has been dropping surprisingly democratic policies.
Welome to the weird.