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To the Republican Party, Ronald Reagan has become like Chuck Norris

For whatever reason, a few years ago Chuck Norris made a comeback - not in film, but in becoming a superhero myth. The elderly poor-acting action star no longer became known as the lead in films such as Missing in Action, The Delta Force, and Invasion U.S.A. He became known as the strongest, most manly man the world has ever known. Jokes (or facts) started to be spread about him, such as the following:

- "Fear of spiders is arachnophobia. Fear of tight spaces is claustrophobia. Fear of Chuck Norris is logic."

- "Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear carpet in his room. The bear isn't dead. It's just afraid to move."

- "Chuck Norris has already been to Mars. That's why there are no signs of life."

In an odd way, I think the Republican Party has followed a similar model when it comes to Ronald Reagan. Sure, the man passed away over 9 years ago, but each and every day, his legend grows. According to the Republican Party, Ronald Reagan wasn't a man; he was a superhero.

The party of faith rarely asks the question, "What would Jesus do?" They ask the question, "What would Reagan do?" and typically answer their own question by speaking for a mythical figure - even making up similar Chuck Norris-esque "facts" along the way. At some point, members of the GOP will likely say, whether he was living or not at the time, Reagan did the following things:

- "Ronald Reagan didn't just say to tear down the wall; he tore it down with his bare hands in five minutes!"

- "With just a golf ball, a plastic cup, and a paper airplane handy, Ronald Reagan killed Osama bin Laden!"

- "World War II ended when Ronald Reagan closed his eyes, thought about ending it, and instantly, Hitler died!"

- "Superman wasn't fiction! That movie was Ronald Reagan's life story!"

- "In the Bible, when Jesus was asked if there was anyone he'd rather be, you know what he said? Ronald Reagan!"

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