Chuck Norris To The Caricature of Chuck Norris, "Take A Look At Me Now"

Written by: Brian Deines
Joboja Staff Writer

Before his endorsement of Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas Governer was a blip on the screen. Now Huckabee leads the polls in Iowa.

A true testament to the idiocy of America is the fact that the most important player in the 2008 Republican Primary is Chuck Norris.

Other than another fist, What's behind the beard?

A look back shows that Norris cut his teeth on the campaign trail stumping for George W. Bush in the pre-Chuck-Norris-joke politics of 2000.


Now, Norris is speaking for Mike Huckabee and getting press in Rueters ;

"Chuck Norris, the martial arts expert and tough-guy actor who is backing former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, said the dust-up [amongst candidates during the youtube debate] helped Huckabee. "You know what I did? I tuned them out," Norris said. "I don't listen to mud-slinging. I want to know what the issues are.""
One issue Norris wants to know about especially is Immigration. In their Campaign Ad and at the blog I heart Huckabee, Norris goes on the war-path against immigrants;
"I have supported enforcing the laws on adults who broke the immigration laws. I believe in a secure border. I believe that we shouldn't have amnesty, and I don't believe in sanctuary cities."

But Chuck also wrote in his book, "Against All Odds";

"If you say to yourself, 'I can't do this or that,' can't becomes the operative word in your mind and results in a self-fulfilling failure. The person who says, 'I can,' has already started on the path toward success."
Which is confusing when you then ask,


Or consider that for such a hard-liner, Chuck Norris was essentially an immigrant himself in the Asian culture of Martial Arts during the 1960's-- which eventually allowed him to be one of the few Westerners to earn an 8th Degree blackbelt.

The fact is Chuck Norris' fame, fortune and, now, political relevance is due entirely to his own success in an immigrant setting. And that contradicts, on a fundamental level, his endorsement of hardline policies against immigrants entering America.

"So take a look at me now, oh there's just an empty space..."
And why would he title his book, "Against All Odds" if it wasn't to quote Phil Collins and that loss-of-self lament by the same song. Maybe behind the tough-guy/no-cry facade he actually hates himself.