A character portraying the Cat in the Hat announces Tuesday, July 26, 2016, he is running for President with running mates Thing 1 and Thing 2 outside the childhood home of their creator Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, on Fairfield Street in Springfield, Mass. The event served as the official launch for the new Random House book "One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote." | Photo by Dave Roback/The Republican via AP; St. George News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Voters who think presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fall flat can now choose the Cat in the Hat.
A character portraying the Cat in the Hat parades with Thing 2, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, after he declared he is running for President with running mates Thing 1 and Thing 2, outside the childhood home of their creator Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, on Fairfield Street in Springfield, Mass. The event served as the official launch for the new Random House book “One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote.” Photo by Dave Roback/The Republican via AP; St. George News
The Cat announced his candidacy Tuesday in Springfield, Massachusetts, outside the childhood home of Dr. Seuss.
He also announced his running mates —Thing 1 and Thing 2.
The Republican newspaper reports the Cat said through a spokeswoman that he would be willing to release his tax returns.
The Cat’s platform includes working with Red Fish and Blue Fish to address ocean conservation, working with the Lorax on the environment and working with Sam I Am to address hunger.
The event served as the official launch for the new Random House book “One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote.”
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Pat Paulsen would be the perfect candidate for those looking for a candidate who “doesn’t violate their principles”. One of Pat’s campaign slogans was, “I’ve upped my standards. Now, up yours”. LOL
Vote for a real (dead) person – Pat Paulsen! He ran for President 5 times, for you Millennials out there that never heard of him.
DANG!, you beat me to it!
Pat Paulsen would be the perfect candidate for those looking for a candidate who “doesn’t violate their principles”. One of Pat’s campaign slogans was, “I’ve upped my standards. Now, up yours”. LOL
Real Life is voting for his Aunt Hillary and Uncle Bill
The Cat in the Hat? You want the Feds with the Meds.