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Brian Montopoli /

CBS News/ September 3, 2012, 6:12 PM

Chuck Norris offers "dire warning for America"

Chuck Norris believes "our great country and freedom are under attack." And if evangelicals don't show up at the polls and vote out President Obama, "our country as we know it may be lost forever if we don't change the course our country is headed."

That's the message of a video Norris posted to YouTube over the weekend with the headline, "Chuck Norris' dire warning for America - 2012."

The video features Norris and his wife Gena, who hold hands and speak directly to the camera. Gena Norris states that "it is estimated that in the 2008 election, 30 million evangelical Christians stayed home on voting day, and Obama won the election by 10 million votes."

"We know you love your family and your freedom as much as Gena and I do," Chuck Norris then says. "And it is because of that we can no longer sit quietly or stand on the sidelines and watch our country go the way of socialism or something much worse."

Gena Norris then says "our only hope" is for evangelicals to both register and vote.

That's followed by Chuck Norris quoting this line from Edmund Burke: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing." He then quotes Ronald Reagan saying "freedom is never more then one generation away from extinction."

Gena Norris continues quoting Reagan saying that if Americans don't "preserve for our children this last, best hope for man on earth," "we will sentence them to take the first step into 1,000 years of darkness."

Chuck Norris then calls on evangelicals to "unite for God and country," before adding, "see you at the polls."

Norris is best known for starring in TV's "Walker: Texas Ranger" and acting in a number of action films, including this summer's "The Expendables 2" and Bruce Lee's "Way of the Dragon." An outspoken conservative Christian, he endorsed Newt Gingrich in the Republican primary and campaigned for Mike Huckabee in the 2008 cycle.

The Faith and Freedom Coalition is also pressing evangelicals to vote. Ralph Reed, the group's founder, said last week his group is engaged in an aggressive outreach operation to encourage highly religious voters to get to the polls.

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httpghost4congresscom says:
I believe this site can help ! http://ghost4congress.com We are all dads moms sons and daughters !
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parrot2-2009 says:
How do you ask Christians to come out and vote against the Christian candidate for a Mormon ?? Repugs cannot be this dumb ......
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RevReagan replies:
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HOW DARE YOU? Get that idiot out of office! NOT A STEP FORWARD! Can't believe OSAMA can call himself an real christian! LET THE TRUTH BE HEARD SERIOUSLY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0WO6ucGJV0&feature=plcp
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A_Canadian_Opinion says:
A weak mind is evidenced by phony hair! You look awful Chuck!
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galvet says:
Chuck Norris - the poster boy for the separation of church and state. The founding fathers must have forseen kooks like this.
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Lindag20 replies:
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Yeah he took a "religous turn" a few years ago and now he's real GOP nutcase. We're already had ONE actor as president and that was enough for me.
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Lindag20 says:
Chuck is an actor and all he does is play the "good guy" in movies and on TV. I enjoyed his movies as they were so improbable as to be funny. But he and his barbie doll wife should stay out of politics.
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larrylinn1 says:
Chucky Boy's dementia is worse than Pat Robertson's.
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TimeToEvolve says:
Does anyone listen to this mental midget or for that matter does anyone take any of these right wingers seriously? Why should we?
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galvet replies:
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Because they are a huge threat! How do we fight ignorance and crazy talk? It's only getting worse.
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bbglow says:
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." -- FDR --
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TimeToEvolve says:
This wackos version of freedom is the freedom for rich people and giant corporations to rape and pillage the rest of us. I'm sure that works for Norris the mental midget who no one likes anyway.

Maybe freedom is for a few people like him to have freedom and be served by the rest of us slaves.
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bustogusto says:
Chuck'$ just worried about him$elf, Evangelical$ will never vote for a Mormon. Most Evangelicals are really spooked/put-off by people not supporting of their own beliefs.
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