2008.52.2W

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. W: Is the ten of Diamonds, featuring "Al Gore, Former Vice President." In his right hand Gore holds the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Oscar" with a group of penguins standing under it. Above his left hand reads: "Fight Global Warming," with a sign "Obama 2008."

There is a complete set of playing card (52) along with two Jokers. Gore, who served two terms as Vice President when William Jefferson Clinton was President, had been the Democrat party's Presidential nominee in 2000, loosing to George W, Bush. Although his name has come up in the 2004 and 2008 elections, he moved his focus to fighting global warming. In 2007 he won an Oscar for the 2006 film documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" discussing glabl warming. Also in 2007, he won (with others) a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in making people aware of global warming.

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