1.6K views Dec 2009
A satirical news report imagines the GOP resurrecting Ronald Reagan to lead the party, appear in ads, criticize Democrats, and shape Republican policy.
0:06 After months of struggling to find their footing, it looks like the GOP has finally found an effective spokesman. 0:12 Since Republican leaders unveiled the reanimated corpse of Ronald Reagan at a fundraising event last week, the undead former president has quickly emerged as the new face of the Republican Party. 0:25 Michael Steele was a good attempt at finding a new kind of face for the party, so was Bobby Jindal, but in the end they just didn't represent Republican ideals as well as a 100 year old dead man. 0:33 Since Reagan was brought back from the grave by GOP leaders in a top secret 2.2 million dollar reanimation project, poll data shows Reagan with a higher favorability rating than all other high profile Republicans combined. 0:46 The voters know Reagan, they trust Reagan. When he moans at them, they're going to listen. 0:50 Making Reagan's position as party leader official, Michael Steele stepped aside as Republican National Committee chairman this Monday to make way for Reagan's walking corpse. 0:58 There's questions as to whether he still has capacity for thought, and he does, uh, eat people, but big picture, he's the best option they have right now. 1:05 Between his 6 times daily feedings, Reagan has been appearing on talk shows to criticize the Democrats for overspending. 1:11 You really have, um, become quite a phenomenon among the conservative movement on healthcare. 1:16 You feel that passionately about it. 1:18 And appeared in a series of GOP ads promoting the Republican Party's traditional values. 1:23 Congress and the president say they're trying to help fix our country's economy. 1:30 Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party have the right idea for America's future. 1:36 Despite his criticism of the Democrats, Reagan seems bent on forging a working relationship with them, and Reagan has already begun creating policy for the GOP. 1:44 Bobby Jindal and Florida Governor Charlie Crist were among the Republicans who headed off to a remote mountain resort with Reagan yesterday for an all night strategy session. 1:53 Today, Jindal returned to Louisiana, praising Reagan. 1:56 Reagan. 2:00 In other news out of Washington, the EPA announced it has lost the endangered species list. 
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