Twitter Users Heckle Hoekstra En Masse

[babylonsister]

:spray:

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Twitter Users Heckle Hoekstra En Masse
By Eric Kleefeld - June 17, 2009, 6:01PM


Earlier today, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) put up this astonishing post on Twitter, likening the oppression of the Iranian people to the plight of House Republicans:

Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.

In the hours since, the Twitter community has responded -- with massive heckling. Here's just a small sample of some of the best ones:

ArjunJaikumar @petehoekstra i spilled some lukewarm coffee on myself just now, which is somewhat analogous to being boiled in oil

chrisbaskind @petehoekstra My neighbor stopped me to talk today. Now I know what it is like to be questioned by the Basij!

luckbfern @petehoekstra I stand in solidarity with the oppressed rich white men of Repub Party in the House. #GOPfail Allah Akbar!

aciolino @petehoekstra Today I poked my finger on a hanger. Now I know what all those aborted babies go through.

ceedub7 @petehoekstra I got a splinter in my hand today. Felt just like Jesus getting nailed to the cross.

netw3rk @petehoekstra Someone walked in on me while I was in the bathroom. Reminded me of Pearl Harbor.

MattOrtega Walked out onto Constitution Ave in D.C. and was almost hit by a taxi. Reminded me of Tienanmen Square.

tharodge @petehoekstra maybe now is a good time to reconsider whether you are ready for national politics?

TahirDuckett @petehoekstra ran through the sprinklers this morning, claimed solidarity with victims of Hurricane Katrina

paganmist @petehoekstra Had to move all my stuff to a new office w/o a corner view. Now i know what the Trail of Tears was like. #GOPfail

[Mojambo]

1. I love Twitter.

That #GOPfail tag is HILARIOUS!

[woo me with science]

2. excellent. nt

[aquamarina]

3. those are hilarious

[donco6]

4. Those are hilarious. n/t

[alsame]

5. Best laughs I've had all day. Thanks! nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

6. Twitter will be the final nail in the coffin

of the Rethugs. They should stay away from mass communication devices. However, they just can't help themselves.

[dgibby]

35. Like moths to a flame. n/t

[gratuitous]

42. Not so much the mass communications devices

It's the instantaneous communication devices that show them up for the supercilious twits that they are. They're at their best when they have a chance to run their ideas and arguments through about six or seven focus groups, formulate their talking points, and issue the orders for a uniform message. When left to their own knee-jerk responses, their worst instincts and stupidity don't get filtered out.

The result, of course, is hilarity for the rest of us. Now we know just how the weasels felt at the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[DCKit]

50. Don't over analyze it, just enjoy it.

The Stooges were more cerebral.

[gratuitous]

51. Oh sure, insults

Now I know just how Henry felt, standing in the snow at Canossa.

[K Gardner]

7. ROFL !! Thanks for posting this :-)

[corpseratemedia]

8. very funny

gop crybabies

[sarcasmo]

9. I am ashamed to have that man represent Western Michigan, fucking bible belt.

[Mari333]

37. there are small pockets of resistance in SW Michigan

my house, for one. :)

[wellstone dem]

55. I know how you feel, Michele Bachmann "represents" me. nt

[krkaufman]

49. Isn't Western Michigan far North of the Bible Belt?

Maybe it should be called the Bible Bowtie? (Or maybe the Bible Bracelet, considering the common mitten analogy?)

[rubberducky]

10. I was following the tritters from Iran all day, and all day they went afterHoekstra.

Took me awhile to figure out what was going on. But, it was funny to see him get ripped all day.

[C_U_L8R]

11. It's always about THEM isn't it.

Pete got Hoekstra'd on his own petard

[malaise]

12. Hilarious

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

13. OMG, those are high-larious!!

:rofl:

[elehhhhna]

14. I haven't laughed this hard in DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS. K&R

[Richardo]

15. "Reminded me of Pearl Harbor."

:rofl:

That is some great stuff.

[arcadian]

16. Is this the course for political discussion in this country?

Fucking great, I'm moving to Tonga.
:puke:

LULZ!1 BRB - U R DUM

[babylonsister]

19. I don't know if you'd like it there either, but they might not

have tweets, or twits!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Tonga

Politics of Tonga takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the King has the executive power. However, although a constitutional monarchy calls for the Prime Minister to be elected either directly or in-directly, Tonga's Prime Minister is currently appointed solely by the King, and so its status as a constitutional monarchy is debatable. Legislative power is vested in both the executive government and the Legislative Assembly.

[arcadian]

28. Yeah, I know, I like Tonga.

Their King was a big fat guy, but he put himself on a diet as a role model for his people, because there is a high cause for diabetes among Polynesians. They had a land tortoise that was given to the king by Captian Cook, it just died in the 1990s. Isn't that crazy?

[Posteritatis]

23. You must not read DU much, do you? (nt)

[ColbertWatcher]

26. I'm with you. The political discourse in this country is disgraceful.

Especially when an elected politician, who enjoys healthcare and retirement paid by taxpayers, believes his minor inconveniences compares to real world oppression.

[PVnRT]

38. What, you think it used to be better?

Read up on the history of presidential elections sometime and get back to me.

Maybe there really is something to the idea that the left has no sense of humor about anything.

[ColbertWatcher]

17. And now Hoekstra is a meme!

Link from one of the comments on TPM: http://petehisameme.wordpress.com/

[notadmblnd]

40. I left a "Hoekstra" there.

[tavalon]

18. This Repub is a walking, talking, epic fail.

Kudos to the fine folks who made that abundantly clear.

[Hippo_Tron]

20. I just submitted "Pete Hoekstra" to urban dictionary

[MadMaddie]

21. Those are great "twitters"!

Hoekstra is an idiot!

[ColbertWatcher]

22. It's a Hoekstra Life!

Take your pick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahdBUnVEuYM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtn6-XQupM

[snot]

24. babylon sis, you rok.

[WeDidIt]

25. #GOPFail n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

27. Have no fear Pete! The Palin teabaggers will demand the internets fire Twitter! n/t

[varelse]

29. I'm almost tempted to register just to see the rest of the comments

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

30. They're pretty awesome.

[fishwax]

31. lol

:rofl:

#GOPfail :thumbsup: :)

[roguevalley]

43. this from fark> a bug flew into my popsicle. just like 9/11

[roguevalley]

44. delete for dupe

[tanyev]

32. This person worked Norm Coleman in, too. Brilliant.

Burrite: HA! RT @politigal1 @petehoekstra I didn't win the lottery today; now I know what it feels like to be Norm Coleman. #GOPFails


:rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

33. I'm dying here. You owe me a Shamwow®.

:rofl: :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Cleanup on aisle 6, code red!

[ColbertWatcher]

34. (Godwinned) One from fark ...

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4454928

Someone farted next to me today, now I know what it is like to be a Jew being gassed by the Nazis.

Finally someone was able to Godwin the meme!

[notadmblnd]

41. That si great.. I busted out laughing

Please, post it over here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=recent_posts&command=replies&parent_id=5874932&forum=389

[myrna minx]

36. Deliciously served.

[MagickMuffin]

39. As I recall it WAS the republicons who were the ones shutting the Democrats out of the House

Remember Conyers having to hold hearings in the basement of the Capitol building. Then there were other hearings where the republicons turned off microphones, turned out lights and called the hearings closed. I suppose we could say lil Petey been smoking the Ganja he's showing signs of short term memory loss. But really it's just par for the course: Projectionism!


Thanks for the laughs.


edit: typo

[Laurab]

45. Those are hysterical - I have to read the rest.

Maybe Twitter will be the downfall of the repuglican party - their mommies should have never taught them how to use it. Well - scratch that, I'm glad they did! K&R

[Soylent Brice]

46. that's awesome!

[xultar]

47. I dropped 25 cents. Now I know how AIG went down. ROFLPNMFPLMFAO

[xultar]

48. Someone stole a bag of potting soil from my carport today. This must be how Native Americans felt

when they lost their lands....ROFL

[beac]

52. I'm not generally a fan of Twitter, but calling Hoekstra out on his weapons-grade stupidity

seems like an excellent use of the technology! :)

[Deja Q]

53. Reading the subject line, all I could read was "Steve Urkel's hookers have herpes"

:scared:

[Forkboy]

54. That would be a Lounge thread.

:)