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Collectible Politicards, the Original Contemporary Political Deck, are Ready
for Their Close-Up With 'Politicards 2008 - DC Goes To The Movies'
POLITICARDS CREATOR PETER GREEN DEALS A WINNING HAND WITH CARICATURES
SKEWERING 54 PRIME POLS, PUNDITS, PERSONALITIES AND POWER BROKERS
LOS ANGELES, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- First introduced during the 1972
U.S. Presidential election cycle with the slogan "Nixon For King," renowned
artist and political caricaturist Peter Green's Politicards have become one of
the nation's classic campaign season collectibles. Now, in the midst of one
of the most invigorating Presidential races in recent memory, the electorate
can safely bet on the bipartisan "Politicards 2008 -- DC Goes To The Movies"
as one of the year's only sure winners.
Politicards 2008's cinematic theme acknowledges the ever-increasing
encroachment of the entertainment community into the political arena. In
addition to the current crop of Presidential candidates and their pol pals on
the sidelines, Green sends up politically active celebrities including George
Clooney and Susan Sarandon and pundits and personalities from Jon Stewart to
Rush Limbaugh. Each premium casino-quality card features its subject as the
star of a classic movie scene, and contains an apropos quote from the
respective film, making Peter Green's Politicards platform more entertaining
than ever.
The Southern California-based Green titled his long-running satiric series
"Politicards" based on the word "politikar," a derogatory spin on the French
word for "politician" that denotes a political schemer. The granddaddy of all
contemporary political playing cards, Peter Green's Politicards carry on a
tradition of lampooning such characters on card decks that dates back to the
17th century.
The first printing of the 1972 debut of Politicards sold out in mere
weeks, with the Los Angeles Times proclaiming, "Politicards Sweeping The
Nation....winning the hearts of harpoonery hounds everywhere, threatening even
the heretofore unchallenged throne of Spiro Agnew wristwatches."
With no term limits in sight, Peter Green's Politicards have since become
the essential political souvenir of this and any election year, and
Politicards 2008 -- DC Goes To The Movies deals a winning hand to today's
headline grabbers. Looking ahead, you can bet on the fact that wheelers and
dealers who play their cards right between now and 2012 will have Peter Green
up their value with their very own face card at the start of the next campaign
trail.
For more information, log on to http://www.politicards.com
SOURCE Politicards
Michael Jensen, +1-626-585-9575, info@jensencom.com, for Politicards
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