Chuck Norris Chops Rick Santorum For Past Support Of Mitt Romney

Chuck Norris wants everyone to know the facts about Rick Santorum.

In an article for World Net Daily on Sunday, the actor and martial arts legend explains why he chose to endorse Newt Gingrich for president last week and gives a detailed account of why he thinks the former Pennsylvania senator is the wrong candidate to represent the Republican party in November.

"How can the alternative to Romney also be a Romney supporter?" Norris asks, citing Santorum's support for Mitt Romney during the 2008 election:

Just three years ago in his interview with radio host and conservative commentator Laura Ingraham, Santorum also emphatically told millions of listening Americans: "If you're a conservative, if you're a Republican, there is only one place to go, and that's Mitt Romney."

Why an alleged conservative like Santorum would fight for the flip-flopping Massachusetts moderate on the presidential campaign trail, especially in light of the fact that Huckabee and even McCain were running then with a much clearer conservative record, I will never know.

Norris' op-ed comes on the heels of Santorum's sweep last week of the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and the Missouri primary, and a sharp rise in the polls which has put Santorum ahead of Gingrich.

In addition to Santorum's past support of Romney, Norris cites key components of Santorum's record as a Pennsylvania senator that are likely to irk conservative voters, such as his strong support for earmarks, votes to raise the debt ceiling, and past support for Medicare Part D.

"We truly believe Newt's experience, leadership, knowledge, wisdom, faith and even humility to learn from his failures (personal and public) can return America to her glory days," Norris writes, explaining why he and his wife, Gena, are supporting Gingrich. "He is the best man on the battlefield who is able to outwit, outplay and outlast Obama and his billion-dollar campaign machine."

Norris' support for Gingrich has landed him a spot on the front page of Gingrich's campaign website, along with other key supporters. Yet until recently, Norris has kept specific details behind his support under the radar.

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Comments

[Danny Helms]

09:29 AM on 02/16/2012

What in the heck does Chuck Norris know about anything? Why is this even a story? Who in the heck cares what you think Chuck? You are just an actor, so go act something!

[wjm457]

03:29 PM on 02/15/2012

I wonder what the white buffalo spirit has to say about all of this. By the way, it might be time to buy a toupee with a bit of gray in it.

[geolemer]

03:24 PM on 02/15/2012

They Say Behind his Forehead there Is No Brain Only More Forehead.

[sglahn817]

03:14 PM on 02/15/2012

It's too bad that Chuck Norris supporters are still beating on logs...

[sglahn817]

03:09 PM on 02/15/2012

Norris is a political novice whose knowledge hasn't caught up with his ego. He's a guru to the Talledegah sp.? crowd though.

[rickwar]

02:58 PM on 02/15/2012

And we care about Chuck, how?

Go back to TV

[HHGodd]

02:16 PM on 02/15/2012

After Ronny Rae's stint as prez the Republicans are sure into putting actors' opinions into their politics. I don't think there's anything wrong with that but why do they always try to attack President Obama and his "Hollywood elite" friends when there seems to be as many Hollywood types against him as there are for him? Or are they just dividing the country again? Which is another thing they often accuse the president of doing.

[Eddy333]

01:24 PM on 02/15/2012

I think that cat sleeping on top of Chuck's head has a better grasp of reality that Chuck does

[missy123]

01:13 PM on 02/15/2012

We were waiting for the snide remarks to begin from Hollywood.
I wonder how much they paid Chuck to give his opinion?
Do we really care who he's voting for?
No matter who the front runner is, the MSM likes to use Hollywood to start their smear campaigns!
I think alot of people are getting nervous about Santorum and his rise to the top. Maybe they are worried about his unwaivering convictions. I don't know.
I just believe that this man has the ability to turn the country around. I think many people are just sick and tired of a society where nobody takes responsibility for their actions and wants the government to support them.

[Maxiesid]

02:27 PM on 02/15/2012

I am from Pennsylvania, and I can tell you, nothing could be further from the truth. He doesn't have the ability to do anything, and as for nobody taking responsibility for their actions and wanting the government to support them.. you have no bigger example of that than Rick Santorum. The man actually billed the state of PA for over a $100,000 for his children's charter school education in PA while he lived in Virginia. He is totally supported by the government, and likes it that way... while he wants to take away health care from everyone else, he has absolutely no problem with allowing my tax dollars to pay for his cadillac health care plan. His 'unwavering convictions' are that he and his family are the only ones that deserve to have a decent life in this country... everyone else deserves to pay for it for him.

[TruEngineHearing]

01:06 PM on 02/15/2012

Chuck Norris is hanging onto a myth based on "take-'em-out" scripts and godzillion-dollar facelifts, so it's probably 'poetically correct' to have this guy wheel himself out on stage and let audiences get a whack at one of conservative Hollywood's favorite fakes.

[theoldweezer]

01:00 PM on 02/15/2012

Chuck Norris is not good enough to MENTIONED in the same sentence as Bruce Lee. Just rented a movie of Bruce a couple of days ago, reminded me again just how great that man was at his craft. Brandon, his son was good too.

[The Right is Wrong]

12:33 PM on 02/15/2012

Chuck has no opinion that should be broadcast. He's just a Hollywood elitist hack.

[Focuspuller]

12:16 PM on 02/15/2012

Thanks, Chuck, for pointing out flaws in Santorum's past. Gingrich, as we all know, has always been pure as the driven snow.

[champagne charlie]

01:00 PM on 02/15/2012

Pure as the driven slush?

[Murdale]

01:45 PM on 02/15/2012

Pure as Santorum.

[WinterM]

12:05 PM on 02/15/2012

Only reason Chuck Norris is still alive is because he's scared shitless of what Bruce Lee will do to him when he gets to Heaven.

[krsones]

12:49 PM on 02/15/2012

wow, very funny.

[shivabeach]

11:57 AM on 02/15/2012

Chuck hasn't been right ever since Bruce Lee beat him up real bad. I think what he says can be taken with a grain of rice