Posted on 01/05/2008 2:39:49 PM PST by Jay777
Published reports that Fred Thompson soon will withdraw from the Republican presidential contest and endorse Sen. John McCain have been traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign, trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson.
There is no question, however, that McCain strategists would welcome Thompson's endorsement if and when he drops out. It could help McCain in the Jan. 19 South Carolina primary.
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Better watch out, soon you will be castigated for helping Romney try to “claim credit” for something he didn’t do :-)
Head ‘em up;
Move ‘em out!
Do you mean#32??
Strange bedfellows?
Bad picture links!
Yep. I was right in the middle of replying to post #32 when the Moderator deleted it.
OK, Nana...who was the country singer that first made that song famous? ;) Careful, it may show your age.
I dont know who sang it but I think it was called The Pack of Cards or something...
It wasnt actually sang...just recited...
Do you know it..I cant find it...
I only remember hearing it often on the radio and learning it when I was little...
And I’ll be 60 this year
:)
It was.....drumroll!....T Texas Tyler! (I googled it;) So you won’t know MY age.
You just can’t get off the semantics can you? Rumor prediction...LMAO
The effect would be the same...
Like I said....kudos to the Politico and Team Mott for being slick enough to allow you to make the argument.
Nice cheap shot guys...we won’t forget it...:)
Maybe because JR thinks the same of Mitt?
Not saying he’d ever say it out loud...you know, like instead of saying Mitt is a LIAR, Jim would say “I don’t believe a thing that comes out of Slick Willard’s mouth”...
Like that....
The Deck of Cards
“The Deck of Cards” is set during World War II, where a group of Army soldiers, on a long hike during a campaign in southern Italy, had arrived and camped near a town named Cassino. While Scripture is being read, one boy who has only a deck of playing cards, pulls them out and spreads them in front of him. He is immediately spotted by a sergeant, arrested and taken before the Provost Marshal to be punished.
The Provost Marshal demands an explanation, to which the soldier explains the significance of each card:
Ace: The one true God
Deuce: The Old Testament and New Testament in the Bible
Trey: The Holy Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit/Ghost
Four: St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John, authors of the four Gospels
Five: The two groups of five virgins who trimmed their lamps for a wedding. Five were wise (by saving enough oil) and were admitted, while the other five were foolish (did not have enough oil) and were shut out.
Six: God creates the Earth in six days.
Seven: God rests on the seventh day, now known as the Sabbath.
Eight: The eight righteous people who God saved during the Great Flood: Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their wives.
Nine: The ten lephers who Jesus cleansed; nine of whom didn’t even thank him.
Ten: The Ten Commandments God handed down to Moses.
King: Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Queen: Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus and Queen of Heaven.
Jack or Knaves: Satan or the Devil
365 Spots: Days in a year
52 Cards: Approximate number of weeks in a year
Four Suits: Approximate number of weeks in a month (can also mean the four seasons but this is not included in the song)
Twelve Face Cards: Months in a year
Thirteen Tricks: Approximate number of weeks in a quarter
He then ends his story by saying that “my deck of cards serves me as a Bible, an almanac and a prayer book.” The narrator then closes the story by stating that “this story is true,” either by claiming either he is the soldier in question or that he knows him.
The fate of the soldier — whether he is jailed or if the Provost Marshal accepts the explanation and lets the soldier go — is not revealed in this version, though the storyteller says at the end “..This story is true— I know, because I was (or knew) that soldier”. The versions by Tyler, Martindale and Anderson ended just this way.
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