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The Politicats

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Napoleon is a large marmalade tabby of Persian ancestry who is in charge of Stanley Blister, a young, idealistic reporter. Stanley is taking a leave of absence from the Potomac Periscope to join the presidential campaign of Gov. Goodfellow as a media specialist (read PR). It seems that in this particular election cycle, the candidates (ahem) all agree on the basic issues, and nobody is riled up about anything, so it all comes down to what kind of person "the people" want for president. Stanley's job is to find out what that is, and to present the governor as that person.

Stanley and Napoleon take up temporary residence in the governor's guest house where Napoleon makes the acquaintence of Mr. Grover, an elderly and battered former stray now the longtime companion of the governor. Mr. Grover is tired of sharing his human with the public and doesn't want him to run for president but changes his mind when he meets his opponent, one Senator Durth. It turns out that Durth once ran an illegal drug testing lab using cats as his guinea pigs, and Mr. Grover had been taken from a shelter under false pretenses to be one of his unwilling subjects.

Although he had managed to escape unharmed, Mr Grover has not forgotten his former captor, and enlists Napoleon's help to prevent this dastardly person from gaining such a high office. While I cannot say I wholeheartedly endorse their tactics, they do succeed in derailing the Senator's campaign, at least temporarily.

However, Durth still has a couple of tricks up his sleeve, tricks that once again place Mr. Grover's life in jeopardy. Now it's up to Napoleon, with Stanley's help, to put things right and bring down the nefarious senator for good.

I recommend The Politicats to all lovers of cats and haters of evil.

Reviewed by Kathie Freeman

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