In a new column published on WND, Norris explains he agrees with Gingrich’s statement that there is no enemy this year but Barack Obama.
Gingrich had explained, “We have no opponents except Barack Obama. I think that’s very important.”
“I’m tired of watching our country being torn to shreds by those who think the answer is more government debt and control. I’m tired of being in bondage to a tax system that robs U.S. citizens like the King of England did before the Revolution,” Norris writes.”I’m tired of watching our sovereignty being sold by foreign loans and loose borders. And I will not sit back and merely watch this decay and degradation of the U.S. and then hand it over to my children and grandchildren to deal with.”
In 2008, Norris’ endorsement of Mike Huckabee propelled the former Arkansas governor to the top tier of GOP candidates and resulted in his best fundraising day ever. He then appeared in an ad with Huckabee, who explained his answer to secure borders in America during a presidency would be two words: “Chuck … Norris.”
The ad, which has been viewed millions of times, still is popular online years after the GOP nominating process ultimately picked Arizona Sen. John McCain:
Norris continued, “That is why my wife Gena and I have committed the rest of our lives to help Old Glory rise again to her heights of splendor. And that is why we are endorsing and standing with Newt Gingrich, because we believe he can lead all of us who have committed to the same.”
Norris said the nation is under “assault” from “extremists outside our country and anti-constitutionalists inside our country.”
“President Obama has tried and failed miserably to fix our economy, deepening us and our posterity into more than six trillion dollars in additional national debt – something he criticized former President Bush for as ‘unpatriotic’ and ‘irresponsible.’ Yet unemployment rates remain at higher levels than when Obama was elected, and the dollar is as unstable as the Middle East. ”
Infighting and minutiae have no place in the argument, he said.
“Rome is burning, and we need to appoint the best firemen possible to rush in and put out her fury. What’s critical at this point is to appoint a commander-in-chief who can clearly lead America to a more solvent and secure future,” he said.
He doesn’t say everything about Gingrich is ideal.
“No man or candidate is perfect. We all have skeletons in our closet. If buried bones became unforgiveable bones of contention, the world would never know or will never know another Benjamin Franklin, King David, and others like them,” he said.
It was the National Journal that said a poll of its political insiders conducted recently revealed the favorite celebrity among Republicans to give their campaigns a “kick” is none other than WND commentator Chuck Norris.
A reported 46 percent of the Journal’s insiders named Norris as a welcome fighter in a Republican candidate’s corner.
More to come
