Daffy Duck for President is a children's book, published by Warner Bros.

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 and the United States Postal Service

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 in 1997 to coincide with the release of the first Bugs Bunny

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 U.S. postage stamp

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. The book was written and illustrated by Chuck Jones

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, edited by Charles Carney, and art directed by Allen Helbig

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. It was Jones' last published book before his death in 2002.

Echoing the popular "Duck Season/Rabbit Season" seen in the Bugs Bunny shorts Rabbit Fire

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, Rabbit Seasoning

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, and Duck, Rabbit, Duck!, the book tells how Daffy Duck

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, in an effort to outlaw Duck Season in favor of perpetual Rabbit Season, attempts to become a politician so as to change the law to suit him. Through a civics lesson regarding the United States

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 Constitution

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 and with Bugs Bunny's help, Daffy learns that it is "We the People" who run the country, not any one man or duck.

From the book's dust jacket:

"Bugs guides Daffy through the 3 branches of American government - the foundation of freedom - in a style so breezy and comic that you'd never confuse it with a civics lesson. Or would you? In keeping with the explosive fun of the author's art, Daffy Duck for President is presented in its original sketch form. It's pure Chuck Jones - brash, witty, and reflective - in a bold flash of pencil, paper, and impulse."

In 2004, Warner Bros. released a four-minute animated short of the same name based on the book. The film was produced by Tony Cervone, Spike Brandt, and Linda M. Steiner. It was considered for a 2005 Academy Award

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 for Best Animated Short. Joe Alaskey

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 voiced Bugs and Daffy. It was also planned for worldwide theatrical release, but these plans were aborted after Looney Tunes Back in Action resulted in a critical and financial disaster. It saw eventual release as a bonus feature on disc 3 of Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2

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.

Sources

• Jones, Chuck (1997). Daffy Duck for President. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Worldwide Publishing. ISBN 1-890-37100-9.
• Red Orbit
• B-NET Business Wire
• Chuck Jones Biography from Answers.com