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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...