Rockin' and Rollin' With Mike Huckabee and Chuck Norris

The martial-arts legend and action-film star appeared before a fire-code-threatened second-floor crowd of the Mississippi Mug and Below the Bluffs Juice Bar, stumping for Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee.And Chuck wasn't taking any guff. "I get my ire up. I would be choking all of them unconscious," Norris said of Huckabee's Republican challengers, especially Mitt Romney, who have hit once front-running Huckabee hard in recent days with a slew of attack ads.

They ask me why I don't run for president. I couldn't. I would have my opponents choked unconscious," Norris said, to a burst of laughter.Norris said his candidate has shown remarkable restraint despite being constantly "punched in the face" with Romney's negative commercials.Dressed in blue jeans and a black turtleneck, Norris looked the part of the silent assassin with the tough-guy reputation he's earned from his roles in movies like "The Delta Force" and his long-running TV show, "Walker, Texas Ranger.

He was joined in Dubuque by his wife, Gena and Huckabee's wife, Janet.Gena O'Kelley and Chuck met in 1997 on a dinner date in Dallas, Texas. At the time of their marriage, Chuck was 58 years old and Gena was 30 years old. After receiving premarital counseling, Gena and Chuck were married on November 28, 1998 at The North Church in Carrolton, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The ceremony was conducted by Pastor Lawrence Kennedy.