Dumbest Tweet of the Year

[lame54]

http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2009/06/18/twitter-users-mercilessly-heckle-rep-pete-hoekstra.htm

Twitter Users Mercilessly Heckle Rep. Pete Hoekstra
Thursday June 18, 2009
If an award is ever given out for the dumbest tweet by a public official, there will be no competition: Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) wins hands down.

Earlier today, he put up this ridiculous 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.
That's right, he compared the mass uprising of Iranians – utilizing Twitter as an organizing tool -- to the GOP's attempt to express dissatisfaction over Nancy Pelosi's decision to adjourn Congress before an energy vote last August.

In response, Twitter users have been mercilessly heckling Hoekstra en masse, turning his idiotic statement into a full-blown Internet meme. "To Hoekstra" now has its own definition, which is "to whine using grandiose exaggerations and comparisons."

Here are some of the best Twitter responses, via Talking Points Memo and Pete Hoekstra Is A Meme:

• My softball game was rained out today. Now I know what Hurricane Katrina felt like.

• Rode a packed metro into work this morning. Now know what it's like to be in a concentration camp.

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

• I burned my finger this morning on a hot plate, now I know how Joan of Arc felt.

• I spilled some lukewarm coffee on myself just now, which is somewhat analogous to being boiled in oil.

• Our office cooler ran out of water. This must be what it's like in Sudan.

• I splashed my face with cold water this morning after shaving, which is similar to having been waterboarded.

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

• Someone walked in on me while I was in the bathroom. Reminded me of Pearl Harbor.

• 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.

• Ate leftover for lunch today. Just like the Donner party.

Add your own Hoekstra-style exaggeration

[ck4829]

1. I slipped at the bottom of the stairs, now I know what it feels like to fall off of Mt. Everest

I had a cold a couple of weeks back, now I am one with the smallpox sufferers.

There was an argument at the office, it was like I was fighting in the American Revolution.

A cop asked me for my driver's license, so I know what Rodney King went through now.

K&R.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Obama didn't come through on everything yet, now I know what it's like to live in Orwell's 1984.

Or under George W. Bush, cuz, ya know, they're the same. :sarcasm:

[asdjrocky]

7. Everything yet?

God, you people never fail to show up and snark. No matter what the thread is about.

[Marr]

18. I think they get 10 cents per post.

The DLC's got lots of cash since the big bank executive bonuses went out.

[phasma ex machina]

23. Snarked on DU. Now I know how it feels to entertain like a Seinfeld.

[asdjrocky]

3. Some instant classics there.

Just got foreclosed on. Now I know what four million other people feel like, just this year.

God what an asswipe.

[bfarq]

14. Coke machine took my money. Now I know what home foreclosure feels like.

[bfarq]

15. Woke up suddenly last night. Now I know what the last moments of the Challenger flight were like..

[bfarq]

17. Got a C- on my test. Now I know what McCain went thru in 'Nam.

[Richardo]

4. That is some hilarious stuff.

:rofl:

[elehhhhna]

5. Accidentally locked myself into the bedroom -- now I truly understand

Anne Frank.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

6. I have a pimple on my ass...I'm getting a smallpox booster shot.

[lame54]

8. Rush, you're a DU'er?

[sarge43]

9. I shoveled some snow off the walkway today

Now I know what Napoleon's soldiers felt like on the retreat from Russia.

Washed my hands in cold water. Must have been the same for the survivors of the Titanic.

[The Straight Story]

10. I had explosive diarrhea, now I know what it is like to light my undies on fire on a plane

:rofl:

[live love laugh]

22. At least you cracked yourself up.....LOL nt

[dem mba]

11. A tourist asked me for directions today

now I know what the Spanish Inquisition was like.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

12. Bigmouth Strikes Again............

"now I know how Joan of Arc felt."

[here_is_to_hope]

19. Caught that too....eom

[StarfarerBill]

13. I have a size 12 foot, yet it still fits easily into my mouth.

[izquierdista]

16. I cut myself shaving

Now I know what Louis XVI went through.

[roguevalley]

20. watched my cat yawn. Now i know what Todd Palin feels like.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. I went hunting with Dick Cheney. Now I know what it's like to be shot by the enemy.

Oh wait . .

[AwakeAtLast]

25. ROFL!!

:spray:

:rofl:

[Contrary1]

24. "My wife squealed angrily out of our gravel driveway this morning, peppering me with gravel...

Now I know how it feels to get sprayed in the face with buckshots by your “friend”. I apologized immediately, of course."

:rofl: (One of the comments left at the link.)

[AwakeAtLast]

26. I had a lightbulb burn out. Now I know how it feels to be blind.

What a Rightwing tool!

[intheflow]

27. I lost power one night during a storm. Now I know what Helen Keller went through!