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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016
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The Cat in the Hat is running for president — and helping Random House sell a bunch of books.
CAT POWER
Think Trump and
Clinton fall lat? Vote
for Cat in the Hat
Associated Press
PRINGFIELD, Mass. — Voters who
think presidential candidates Donald
Trump and Hillary Clinton fall lat
can now choose the Cat in the Hat.
The Cat announced his candidacy
Tuesday in Springield, Massachu-
setts, outside the childhood home of
Dr. Seuss.
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He also announced his running
mates Thing 1 and Thing 2.
The Republican newspaper reported
that the Cat said through a spokes-
woman that he would be willing to
release his tax returns.
The Cat’s platform includes work-
ing with Red Fish and Blue Fish to
address ocean conservation, work-
ing with the Lorax on the environment
and working with Sam I Am to address
hunger.
The event served as the oficial
launch for the new Random House
book “One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote,
You Vote.”
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