2008.52.2JJ

Single playing card from the "Obama Presidential Playing Cards" deck. Image in the back of each card in the deck is of Senator Obama on a blue field. Image in the center of the face of each card is framed in a black outlined rectangle. JJ: Is the ten of Hearts and features "George Clooney, Actor & Political Activist." Next to Clooney is a poster "Save Darfur, Vote Obama."

There is a complete set of playing card (52) along with two Jokers. George Clooney has used his celebrity to draw attention to the war in Darfur, a region of the Western Sudan, that began in 2003.

Used: politics | Campaign ~ presidential | Satire | Card game