Literally Anybody Else Plan To Run Against Biden & Trump

[RAMROD 117,039]

Before a Dallas Stars hockey game at the American Airlines Center last week, fans were met by an ordinary, eager-looking guy wearing a TCU ballcap and a shirt that read 'Literally Anybody Else 2024' by the steps of PNC Plaza. 

His mission? Impossible. But the sentiment driving it all? Wholly relatable, sympathetic, and engaging to many voters who don't want to see former President Trump or now President Biden win the race for the White House come November. 

That guy's name in the TCU ballcap is first name: Literally. Middle name: Anybody. Last name: Else. 

Not joking. 

He's a 35-year-old Birdville ISD 7th grade math teacher and Army veteran who legally changed his name to 'Literally Anybody Else' earlier this year to run for president in the first year he's eligible to do so. 

We checked -- a Tarrant County judge signed off on the name change, though Mr. Else mentioned they weren't amused. 

"This isn't about me 'Literally Anybody Else' more so as it is an idea. We can do better out of 300 million people for president," Mr. Else said. 

Mr. Else has already filed with the Federal Election Commission. He was at the game stumping for signatures to try and land on Texas' November ballot as an independent presidential candidate. 

It's still possible at this point but immensely difficult. 
 

"I'm not delusional. This will be very hard to do, but it's not impossible. My hope is to have Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and then Literally Anybody Else right underneath," Mr. Else said. "I really want there to be an outlet for folks like me who are just so fed up with this constant power grab between two parties that has no benefit for the common person." 

Per the state--an application to be on the ballot as an independent candidate must be submitted with a petition and both documents must be filed on or before May 13, 2024. 

Potential candidates can start gathering signatures for their petition after March 5, 2024. But there's a massive hurdle: the petition must have 113,151 signatures from registered voters who did *not vote in the presidential primary of either party in Texas. 

Other states have similar requirements and deadlines for independent candidates. So, it will be doubtful that Else gets this accomplished in every territory voting for the next president. His best chance is to apply as a write-in candidate for the Lone Star State and others too. 

In Texas, a write-in candidate only has to register with the state, but hordes of signatures aren't needed for the secretary of state to accept their votes if a voter writes their name down in November. 

In other words, Mr. Else has to become a household name overnight even to have a chance in the big show--something he's aware of. 
 

an ABC/Ipsos survey earlier this month, Americans were asked if they'd trust Trump, Biden, or neither to better lead the country as president. 36% of Americans said they trust Trump to do a better job, while 33% trust Biden more—and 30% trust neither.

That 'neither' group is the one Trump and Biden will be chasing after hard. People like Else. 

Else, whose name was Dustin Ebey before the name change, feels like his candidacy isn't about winning but sending a message. 

To him, he wants voters who feel as he does to write 'Literally Anybody Else' as a statement of dissatisfaction. 

"People are voting for the lesser of two evils, not someone they actually believe in or support," Else said. "People should have the option to vote for someone who resembles and represents them, not the lesser of two evils. I reject that."

 

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-man-changes-name-to-literally-anybody-else-now-running-for-president/287-b6e35d3a-6f6e-48b3-89bb-f4e70c53a984

 

This is dangerous. People will vote for him for shxts & giggle and gonna cost us a lot in the long run

[PartySick 172,527]

4 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

This is dangerous. People will vote for him for shxts & giggle and gonna cost us a lot in the long run

Nah, the only people stupid enough to vote for this guy are undecided voters who are so dumb they'd probably end up voting for Trump otherwise

[RAMROD 117,039]

Just now, PartySick said:

Nah, the only people stupid enough to vote for this guy are undecided voters who are so dumb they'd probably end up voting for Trump otherwise

Let's just hope so 🤞🤞

I see how low people can go in the past 10 years alone  

[bionic 50,111]

ok but he is kinda hot? i would vote for literally anybody else

[ssslyboy 3,273]

What's ironic about this election is that ("literally") if either party just swapped out their candidate ... they'd win. 

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,612]

If MLK Jr. had the stomach to help a segregationist mayor get elected because he was less awful than his opponent, people can hold their nose and vote for Biden to keep us from becoming controlled by someone who has already brought the country back by 50 years and has already said plainly he will act like a dictator.

I'm f*cking tired of being cute and  diplomatic about it. The white people looking for any excuse to elect their boy and black people signing their soul away to keep from "being apart of the monolith" make me sick. The posturing is going to destroy us all bc people wanna be on their high horse. 

[bionic 50,111]

1 minute ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

If MLK Jr. had the stomach to help a segregationist mayor get elected because he was less awful than his opponent, people can hold their nose and vote for Biden to keep us from becoming controlled by someone who has already brought the country back by 50 years and has already said plainly he will act like a dictator.

I'm f*cking tired of being cute and  diplomatic about it. The white people looking for any excuse to elect their boy and black people signing their soul away to keep from "being apart of the monolith" make me sick. 

I'm sure you are familiar with the old "Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line" cliche

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,612]

34 minutes ago, bionic said:

I'm sure you are familiar with the old "Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line" cliche

I thought a threat as drastic and immediate as a Trump re-election would snap people out of it, but I was stupid to be optimistic. 

[MOT 3,606]

This stuff does my head in. Lesser of two evils ? Yeah, technically I suppose that's an accurate description, but it's also glib, uninformative and basically useless. Most elections in most countries come down to the lesser of two evils, but the US is a special case at the moment.

Biden is old, unimpressive in appearance, unpopular, and the majority of Americans don't want another four years of him.

Trump is a guy who in 2021  became the first losing candidate in the over 200 years of American presidential election history to try to overturn the result. That was an exceptionally serious offence, but the fact that he abused his power as the sitting president in committing it made it even  worse. He is also a man who has taken recently to quoting Hitler in his campaign speeches. In addition he has been found liable in a New York court for the sexual assault and defamation of a woman, and he has more than 90 criminal indictments pending against him. Trump got elected in the first place in 2016 by presenting hinself as a Mr Else, an outsider, and I suppose he was. It hasn't worked out.

Vote Biden.

 

 

 

[River 127,407]

This is why nobody takes the USA seriously

[TheSine 6,904]

1 minute ago, River said:

This is why nobody takes the USA seriously

Remember when some guy registered as Deez Nuts? Yeah, that's us. 

[SpadesToStart 3,808]

And he’s a straight white male, aka someone who has the least to lose from Trump/conservatives controlling the executive branch

…SHOCKER 

[danbekim 3,065]

I don't think the US is real

[Ronk 14,930]

1 hour ago, ssslyboy said:

What's ironic about this election is that ("literally") if either party just swapped out their candidate ... they'd win. 

I think so.  Both parties are missing the opportunity to win in a landslide if they chose a different candidate. 

[djBuffoon 12,235]

If you're comfortable with another four years of Trump, and all that four years would suggest for the future of this country, then sure. Vote for this clown. Otherwise, the only way forward is Biden.