Norris: I can't run for office because "I'd be killing half the people" in politics
November 13, 2009 10:04 pm ET
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I'm in a nightmare too! Just listening to you talk is like being deep in the bowels of a horror movie.
That would be a bit more accurate.
Coming next: Jean Claude Van Damme debates Steven Seagal on the subject of Universal Health Care.
Tune in to uber-dingbat Chuck Norris.
He's a has-been twit.
That may be apparent to those of us in the reality-based world, but remember, these people are still pretty pumped up about that other has-been twit from Alaska.
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No Chuck, political solutions are not fake spin kicks to the face.
Well Chuck it sounds like someone chocked you out when you said this.
This is just funny... Come on everyone just lighten up and laugh.
I have to agree with Norris - I also would probably want to hurt people in congress. iF i ever run into inhofe i would probably end up pulling his chair out from under him when he tried to sit down or something. Same with Michelle Bachmann - I would probably just lock her in the bathroom one day or key her car. If I ever heard a senator say they follow the bible when they write laws I would probably laugh them off the stage or start throwing rotten tomatoes at their face. I think I would put a stick-it card on Stupek's back saying fraud or C street gang.
I would lecture vitter on what the word hypocracy means and chastise him whenever he says the word values. I could never run because I hate them all so much! I think Id punch leiberman in the jaw and call him the senator from big insurance every time i referred to him. I would ask landreiu to resign or become a republican already. I would ask nelson and lincoln why they hate their state sooo much that they refuse to listen to their own voters. I would be a menace!
He also seems to share a lot of glen beckisms when he rails on specific people like the EPA and Carl Browner and the Big Lie theory put forth in Mein Kumpf - all things ive associated with beck and all things inhofe has railed on as well. The best was his vote not to repeal the ability to torture and his defense of the atrocities at abu ghraib. That wasnt even a partisan vote - only 8 other senators voted that way. i would LOVE to hear inhofe explain how jesus was a big proponent of torture or drilling in wildlife reserves or how he didnt want to lower interest rates for college students. These are not bible positions but more like directly aligning votes against the bible decisions.
And I dont think ive ever before heard a senator refute the constitution and science in the same sentence when he said that the second biggest hoax ever played on Americans is global warming and the first is separation of church and state of course. He also seems to have no concept of what homosexuality is in the slightest. I really hope this isnt the best oklahoma can do. They have to find someone to beat this incompetent boob. Keeping him in office this long with his kind of margins of victory is doing very little to help give off the vibe that okalahoma is an educated state. I think inhofe and bachmann are two of the dumbest gov't officials to ever be elected to a federal position in american history.
He said Choking all the democrats??? Man, Bruce Lee whooped you bad and your brain has not healed yet.
On the other hand, he IS a mumbling, dimwitted fool, and a horrible, horrible actor.
Please run. By the way, Seannie, why don't you run?
I think Blondie is looking at him thinking, Run. Baby, Run. You dunce.
This isn't just a complaint about Fox News, but they are the most guilty of it. Cable networks have taken this fascination of assigning "expert" status to someone whom has no business talking about what they are supposedly knowledgeable in. It harms political discourse since now everyone is an expert and anyone can say something crazy and an uninformed listener on a complicated issue like climate change or health care will go "well, they say he knows what's up, otherwise he wouldn't be on my TV, so I believe him."
Looking at Fox News, they are easily the worst of all in this regard.
If I want to know the effects of long-term unemployment benefits on the unemployment (and job-seeking) rate I want to see James Poterba or Lawrence Katz on my screen - not Michelle Malkin.
If I want to know about the science of global warming I want to see Gavin Schmidt or Richard Alley - not John Bolton. Furthermore, if I want to know the economic impacts on various programs like Cap-And-Trade and the impact on the economy for doing nothing or various other options I want to see Martin Weitzman or Robert O. Mendelsohn on my screen - not Bill Kristol
If I want to know about holding terrorists on trial in civilian criminal courts on U.S. soil, I want to see a tag team of Akhil Reed Amar and Gary Berntsen - not a tag team of Ann Coulter and Rudy Giuliani.
If I want to know the economic implications of the current health care reform bill, I want to see Kenneth Arrow (he basically founded "health care economics" with his 1960s paper - why aren't we talking to him?), Joseph Stiglitz, or Angus Deaton - not Chuck Norris.
Attention Media: All Opinions Are Not Created Equal.
Then again, this is probably more intentional on Fox News since experts might contradict their talking points.
Earth to Carlos R. Norris: Real Life {i.e., politics} is NOT the same as one of your movies -- that is, a Democrat isn't going to fall over after you've attempted to drop-kick him because its in some script . . .
That's rightwingnuts for you: they HATE Hollywood -- until they need a Hollywood type to run for office {Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fred Thompson, Fred "Gopher" Grandy, Sonny Bono, Clint Eastwood, etc.}
(For those who are curious, I chose Mr. Damon because he called Bill Kritol an idiot for saying we should thank George Bush for winning the Iraq War. I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Damon on this one.)
tranlation: "i want kill folks that disagree wit mah view of reality"
He makes me laugh when he spouts off with the usual right wing tripe about values. This is coming from a man who fathered his last child while in his late 50's, then said with pride that him and his wife didn't have to take care of this child, that they had a "nanny" take care of him. When the debilities of his age start to catch up to him, if they haven't already, his wife will bail out on him faster than he could throw a jump spinning kick way back in his prime.
They all know what's wrong with the system and aren't afraid to say so...on Fox exclusively
Then there's Al Franken. He put his money, career and reputation where his mouth is, ran for office, won (yes, he did) and quickly turned into one of the most respected junior senators in Washington.
And there's the difference between Fox celebrities and Franken
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Veterans Administration spokesperson visiting over 12 V.A.hospitals and speaking with World War II,Korean and Vietnam war Veterans including one from World War, I
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The Jewish Humanitarian Man of the year Award.
Very successful Youth program Kick Start
The comments on here are pretty lame if agree or disagree with Mr. norrises political Views or not.
Put in that context, that totally makes his comments about killing half the people in politics sane and rational.
Good call.
Chuck Norris is a vile nut who has done some very decent things. That doesn't make him less of a vile nut.
Jesus, but can't these people learn to speak and type in complete sentences?
I recall the words of Christ, who said:
"Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what the right doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly." (Matthew 6:2-4)
I take a couple lessons from those verses. First, Christ himself criticized individuals whose charitable works were well known. Second, the work that is done publicly and before human eyes already has its reward in the praises of men. It does not deserve an extra reward, neither from the Father in heaven nor in the form of immunity from criticism. Third, the best type of charity is the sort done privately, behind closed doors. Christ himself often implored those upon whom he had performed miracles to make no mention of what he had done, at least not until he had revealed who he is. I would imagine that, in accordance with this, a person who does private charity for these reasons should wish that such acts remain as private as possible.
So, as a Christian, I'm really not sure how Chuck Norris's publicized charitable works really shield him from being criticized on vile and un-Christian comments he made elsewhere. Both examples sort of strike me as being two sides of the same coin.
Why are you saying it like that? Why are you putting so much emphasis on the "H"?
He was most likely speaking tongue-in-cheek and just playing up his ultra-tough guy image and coupling that with the ultra-conservatism everyone knows he espouses.
I think that he said was obnoxious (much like his entire shtick), but I think it just has to be taken with a grain of salt... just like everything else about the guy.
Ron Paul is a brilliant and sensible man.