Chuck Norris threatens ’1,000 years of darkness’ if Obama wins

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**jordanis**

Not exactly the way I would say it, but the most respected man on the internet (arguably) does say it.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/03/chuck-norris-threatens-1000-years-of-darkness-if-obama-wins/

A video released this weekend by action movie hero Chuck Norris claims that America faces “1,000 years of darkness” if President Barack Obama is reelected.

“If we look to history, our great country and freedom are under attack,” Norris warns, standing next to his wife. “We’re at a tipping point and, quite possibly, our country as we know it may be lost forever if we don’t change the course in which our country is headed.”

The pair go on to explain that Obama won in 2008 because more than 30 million evangelical Christians stayed home on Election Day. “We know you love your family and your freedom as much as Gena and I do, 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,” Norris explains.

Quoting President Ronald Reagan, Norris’s wife Gina adds that defeating Obama “will preserve for our children this last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into 1,000 years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.”

Norris has been an outspoken critic of Obama’s since even prior to the 2008 election. He’s claimed in recent years that the Christian savior character Jesus would have been aborted by his mother if “Obamacare” were available 2,000 years ago, claimed that American progressives want to enshrine Islamic moral codes into U.S. law, and accused the Obama administration of trying to force the Boy Scouts to adopt a “pro-gay” position.

He also warned in 2008 that if Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential nomination, he’d “buy the White House.” Norris hasn’t repeated that particular criticism this election cycle.

This video was published to YouTube on Sept. 1, 2012.

Now I didnt post this to start another political flame war, or any flame war. I know it will eventually get out of hand, but lets at least try to discuss this like adults.

**Kanluwen**

There's a reason the Republican party and its adherents are looked upon less than favorably...

And it's people like Chuck Norris.

**Jihadin**

K....stop being negative. I can see this turning into a Chuck Norris joke thread

**jordanis**

Kan, if you cant debate an issue without deliberately attacking the other side, stay out.

**Mannahnin**

He said that one of the main reasons that people have a negative opinion of Republicans is because absolute nutjobs like Chuck Norris are presented as public representatives of the party. There are plenty of sane and rational Republicans. Chuck Norris has just publicly made itas clear as possible to the world (for those who were not already aware, from previous public statements of his), that he is insane.

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Jihadin- I was hoping it would be something along those lines when I saw the thread title. It could be an Onion article, right? Chuck Norris telling us that if we vote for Obama again, Chuck Norris will raise his fist and kick out the sun, giving us a thousand years of darkness. Fear him!

**Kanluwen**

jordanis wrote:
Kan, if you cant debate an issue without deliberately attacking the other side, stay out.

There's no "issue" to be debated here. You posted an article of a man who believes that he has to reveal that Obama is setting a country on a thousand years of darkness.

If anyone deserves ridicule, it is Chuck Norris for even dreaming to do something like this. It is a shame that something of this nature actually needs to be discussed as anything beyond "Is he serious?".

The sheer lunacy of suggesting that my comments on this being somehow "Anti-Conservative" is staggering.

The Republican Party has brought themselves to this. They pander to the extremists within their constituency, as those extremists are the ones who hold the keys to the coffers. They have lost sight of right and wrong and the ridiculousness of having to say this on a website about toy soldiers blows my mind.

And before you even say it...
The Democratic Party is no better. But at the very least, they're not the ones trying to freaking disenfranchise individuals such as myself and preventing them from voting with what amounts to a "Poll Tax: Part Deux".

Although, y'know what?

If we're going to get an "issue" out of this?
It is the fact that the Republican Party is going so far out of its way to distance themselves from their opposition (and vice versa with the Democrats as well) that we cannot reasonably have discourse without representatives from either party having to maintain an aggressive posture.

It is the fact that "compromise" is looked upon as a word loaded with such vehement refusal that you might as well have suggested that the individual suggesting compromise was a terrorist or someone who punched a baby.

**whembly**

Kanluwen wrote:
jordanis wrote:
Kan, if you cant debate an issue without deliberately attacking the other side, stay out.

There's no "issue" to be debated here. You posted an article of a man who believes that he has to reveal that Obama is setting a country on a thousand years of darkness.

If anyone deserves ridicule, it is Chuck Norris for even dreaming to do something like this. It is a shame that something of this nature actually needs to be discussed as anything beyond "Is he serious?".

The sheer lunacy of suggesting that my comments on this being somehow "Anti-Conservative" is staggering.

The Republican Party has brought themselves to this. They pander to the extremists within their constituency, as those extremists are the ones who hold the keys to the coffers. They have lost sight of right and wrong and the ridiculousness of having to say this on a website about toy soldiers blows my mind.

And before you even say it...
The Democratic Party is no better. But at the very least, they're not the ones trying to freaking disenfranchise individuals such as myself and preventing them from voting with what amounts to a "Poll Tax: Part Deux".

yah... he's an evangelical... what do you expect? Being a Fire and Brimstone dude...

And how the Republican is trying to disenfranchise you again?

**Mannahnin**

Maybe he got purged off the voter rolls?

I think it's insulting to Evangelicals to suggest that they're all as stupid and crazy as Chuck Norris.

**whembly**

She's just channeling Reagon from "THE SPEECH":

"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done."

It is a bit much though...

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Hey Manny... maybe I'm still lethargic from all the beer and porksteaks... but how is he stupid?

He's trying to rally up the other evangelicals to vote...

**SagesStone**

Jihadin wrote:
K....stop being negative. I can see this turning into a Chuck Norris joke thread

I thought you said stop being negative.

**whembly**

n0t_u wrote:
Jihadin wrote:
K....stop being negative. I can see this turning into a Chuck Norris joke thread

I thought you said stop being negative.

And how would a "Chuck Norris Joke" thread be negative?

One of my favorites... Chuck Norris uses Pepper Spray to season his steaks...

**d-usa**

Oh look, crazy man says crazy things. He used to be famous, let's all take him seriously and make sure we do as he says.

**Kanluwen**

Mannahnin wrote:
Maybe he got purged off the voter rolls?

Negative.

I'm in North Carolina, where the Republicans have put forward a "Voter Identification" bill.

Y'know, as they have in several other states where there was a rather large young voter turn-out.

**SagesStone**

whembly wrote:
n0t_u wrote:
Jihadin wrote:
K....stop being negative. I can see this turning into a Chuck Norris joke thread

I thought you said stop being negative.

And how would a "Chuck Norris Joke" thread be negative?

One of my favorites... Chuck Norris uses Pepper Spray to season his steaks...

Exactly...

Spoiler:

**whembly**

Kanluwen wrote:
Mannahnin wrote:
Maybe he got purged off the voter rolls?

Negative.

I'm in North Carolina, where the Republicans have put forward a "Voter Identification" bill.

Y'know, as they have in several other states where there was a rather large young voter turn-out.

And you don't have any form of ID?

**jordanis**

watch as Chuck is right and Obama will bring around 1000 years of darkness...

i know its preposterous, but if you told an alien that we had a man directly responsible for 6 million deaths, they would say thats preposterous too...

**Kanluwen**

whembly wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
Mannahnin wrote:
Maybe he got purged off the voter rolls?

Negative.

I'm in North Carolina, where the Republicans have put forward a "Voter Identification" bill.

Y'know, as they have in several other states where there was a rather large young voter turn-out.

And you don't have any form of ID?

None that they consider acceptable.

Apparently: my student identification from my college, my voter registration card, my Selective Service card, and learner's permit are not acceptable.

Their requirement is for utility bills, property tax forms, and driver's licenses.

I live at home and go to a local college.

**d-usa**

None of this has anything to do with the 1000 years of darkness that will begin if we re-elect the ~~dark skinned guy~~, the ~~anti-Christ~~, Obama to a second term!

**feeder**

jordanis wrote:
watch as Chuck is right and Obama will bring around 1000 years of darkness... i know its preposterous, but if you told an alien that we had a man directly responsible for 6 million deaths, they would say thats preposterous too...

Haha, what?

Are you a real person?

**whembly**

Kanluwen wrote:
whembly wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
Mannahnin wrote:
Maybe he got purged off the voter rolls?

Negative.

I'm in North Carolina, where the Republicans have put forward a "Voter Identification" bill.

Y'know, as they have in several other states where there was a rather large young voter turn-out.

And you don't have any form of ID?

None that they consider acceptable.

Apparently: my student identification from my college, my voter registration card, my Selective Service card, and learner's permit are not acceptable.

Their requirement is for utility bills, property tax forms, and driver's licenses.

I live at home and go to a local college.

Damn... that sucks.

I'm not familiar with North Carolina, but could you get a non-drivers license card?

In Missouri, you can get one, which looks exactly like the real one, except for the red embossed "non-driver". Does N. Carolina have something like that?

Back to OT:
Reagan did it too!

**Mannahnin**

I was listening to a story on NPR about voter registration drives in Florida, and a law which was just overturned. They were talking about how the state had made a law requiring all registration forms to be submitted within 48hrs, rather than 14 days, and all or nearly all of the organizations who do outreach to youth and poor populations found it too logistically difficult and expensive to meet the requirement, so their registration drives were almost completely shut down.

In the 13 month period ending the August before the 2004 and 2008 elections, the Dems averaged 200,000 new voter registrations in Florida. For the same period for this election, it was 11,000. That's like a 95% drop. Now obviously some of that can be attributed to other factors, like lower Dem enthusiasm going into this election, but that's still really dramatic and pretty disturbing.

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/30/160338603/judge-throws-out-parts-of-new-florida-voting-law

**d-usa**

This also makes me think of Charlie the Unicorn.

"A thousand years or darkness, nooooooooo"

Just go to the 1:40 mark, that will be the voice I now have in my head whenever I see Chuck Norris...

**whembly**

Mannahnin wrote:
Maybe he's concerned about other young voters, rather than himself personally.

I was listening to a story on NPR about voter registration drives in Florida, I think? They were talking about how the state had made a law requiring all registration forms to be submitted within 48hrs, rather than 14 days, and all or nearly all of the organizations who do outreach to youth and poor populations found it too logistically difficult and expensive to meet the requirement, so their registration drives were almost completely shut down. The law was (I think) recently overturned by a court, but perhaps too late.

In the 13 month period ending the August before the 2004 and 2008 elections, the Dems averaged 200,000 new voter registrations in Florida. For the same period for this election, it was 11,000. That's like a 95% drop. Now obviously some of that can be attributed to other factors, like lower Dem enthusiasm going into this election, but that's still really dramatic and pretty disturbing.

I get that Voter-ID is trying to ensure an accurate voting system... but, the States need to provide an official state ID (ie, non-drivers ID) like in Missouri... 'cuz, if they don't, then I certainly see the objection to that N. Carolina law (Utility or Driver's license only?).

But, that part about submission within 48hours? That's assinine... Could it be that registrations deadline within 48hours of polling??? <-----[edit] nevermind, just read that link....

**jordanis**

feeder wrote:
jordanis wrote:
watch as Chuck is right and Obama will bring around 1000 years of darkness... i know its preposterous, but if you told an alien that we had a man directly responsible for 6 million deaths, they would say thats preposterous too...

Haha, what?

Are you a real person?

yes I am a real person, have been for 22 years...i was poking fun at my own thread...am I not allowed to do that?

**Mannahnin**

whembly wrote:Back to OT:
Reagan did it too!

A) Reagan didn't say quite as many crazy things as Norris.
B) People thought Reagan was nuts when he said stuff like that, too. Have you ever listed to Bill Hicks talk about him and Bush I having their finger on the button?

**Kanluwen**

whembly wrote:
Mannahnin wrote:
Maybe he's concerned about other young voters, rather than himself personally.

I was listening to a story on NPR about voter registration drives in Florida, I think? They were talking about how the state had made a law requiring all registration forms to be submitted within 48hrs, rather than 14 days, and all or nearly all of the organizations who do outreach to youth and poor populations found it too logistically difficult and expensive to meet the requirement, so their registration drives were almost completely shut down. The law was (I think) recently overturned by a court, but perhaps too late.

In the 13 month period ending the August before the 2004 and 2008 elections, the Dems averaged 200,000 new voter registrations in Florida. For the same period for this election, it was 11,000. That's like a 95% drop. Now obviously some of that can be attributed to other factors, like lower Dem enthusiasm going into this election, but that's still really dramatic and pretty disturbing.

I get that Voter-ID is trying to ensure an accurate voting system... but, the States need to provide an official state ID (ie, non-drivers ID) like in Missouri... 'cuz, if they don't, then I certainly see the objection to that N. Carolina law (Utility or Driver's license only?).

But, that part about submission within 48hours? That's assinine... Could it be that registrations deadline within 48hours of polling??? <-----[edit] nevermind, just read that link....

Oh no, it's quite well-known at this point that the voter ID laws are not to "ensure an accurate voting system". It's a non-solution to a non-existent problem.

As stated by Pennsylvania House Majority Leader...

"Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it's done," Mr. Turzai told the gathering of party activists. "First pro-life legislation -- abortion facility regulations -- in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor [Mitt] Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done."

**dogma**

jordanis wrote:

Now I didnt post this to start another political flame war, or any flame war. I know it will eventually get out of hand, but lets at least try to discuss this like adults.

You want us to discuss "...1,000 years of darkness..." like adults?

Though, seeing as Obama is clearly pining for dictatorship, and has merged with a sandworm, the fear is legitimate.

**whembly**

Mannahnin wrote:
whembly wrote:Back to OT:
Reagan did it too!

A) Reagan didn't say quite as many crazy things as Norris.
B) People thought Reagan was nuts when he said stuff like that, too. Have you ever listed to Bill Hicks talk about him and Bush I having their finger on the button?

A) True

What happened to ol'Chuckie?

B) Bill HIcks was awesome... made the proverbial "Mountain out of an Anthill" regularly. [off to see if there's Bill Hicks transcript in the interweb]

**sebster**

jordanis wrote:
Now I didnt post this to start another political flame war, or any flame war. I know it will eventually get out of hand, but lets at least try to discuss this like adults. I think we need some more pro-conservative threads in here, as almost all of them are appearing to be anti-conservative.

This isn't pro-conservative. This is crazy pants nonsense.

Actual conservative politics are important, and it'd be nice if they were to appear again. In the meantime, as long as you take stupid nonsense like this seriously, then we're going to make fun of you. If you want to be taken seriously, then take yourself seriously.

**Mannahnin**

Yup. The entire purpose of the voter ID laws being written and introduced is to make it harder for certain voting populations (poor, poor and old, and college students) to vote. Populations which are more likely to vote Dem.

They've been sold to the public as an attempt to address voter fraud, but in-person voter fraud is practically nonexistent. And that cover story has slipped, like when the PA House Majority leader made his public comment about its purpose.