Take that, Barbara and Oprah

There's big news on the campain trails. It doesn't have anything to do with illegal immigrants cutting grass ["who knew?"], Iran, fun with Chinese paint, or elementary school essays on the presidency. Nope, this is bigger; much, much bigger. Mike Huckabee just picked up an enormous endorsement.

So Barrack can have Oprah. Hillary can have Barbara Streisand. Rudy can kick it with Pat Robertson.

Mike Huckabee has Chuck. Not Chuck Bartowski [voila].

Mike got Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris. He of Walker, Texas Ranger and the Missing in Action franchise fame. And countless Internet references. A pretty cool soft drink commercial. And of course, the Chuck Norris Action Jeans. I remember these jeans from when I took karate in high school. The studio [call it a 'do-jo'
if you wanna poke fun and/or mock people who know 23 ways to hit you from the wrist down] got magazines that sold equipment, gear, weapons, etc. In them you'd always see an advertisement for the Chuck Norris Action Jeans. The "secret" of these jeans is that they stretch in the crotch [make your own joke here]. This allowed you to move freely in them. Why, you could even kick above your head in them; if you're Chuck, this meant your kicks could almost reach a normal man's waist [see Chuck is what is know as a bit undersized in the business...much like Sly Stallone.].

Evidently Chuck feels that Mike is the best hope for the country [or at least the party], and so they had a nice little press conference to announce his support for Mike. By the way, Yahoo!!!! is reporting that searches for Mike Huckabee have gone up an astounding 457% since this endorsement. Read about it here.



Here's Chuck explaining why he supports Mike:














And here's Mike, already following Chuck's lead with the arm extension:


If this copying continues, I'll expect to see Mike on basic cable, either roundhousing some schmuck or dragging an American soldier out of the jungle. Both of those should add points to his polling numbers. And I expect that Mike will be able to stay in shape on the campaign trail by using Chuck & Christie Brinkley's Total Gym.

By the way, you know that this endorsement has won Mike Huckabee at least 10 votes in Iowa, if for no other reason that there are people who will think it's funny to vote for Chuck's guy.