Hoekstra (R) gets shat on via twitter for stupid analogy

[nianfong]

the idiot compared the iranian turmoil with some minor political move by Pelosi
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/06/tw ... of_sa.html

excerpt, best tweets so far:

mike_bosworth @petehoekstra I got a sunburn last weekend. Makes me think of Hiroshima.

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

stealingfrom @petehoekstra Sitting in a chair, feeling a good deal like Stephen Hawking. #GOPfail

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

mmnowakjr85 @petehoekstra our office cooler ran out of water. this must be what its like in Sudan.

curtsmith @petehoekstra, fell off my surfboard in Malibu today, now I know what D-day felt like.

jwzich @petehoekstra Didn't have breakfast this morning, it was exactly like the Great Potato Famine

stevensantos @petehoekstra Still haven't got paid for a job I did. Now I know what slavery is like.

trisloth @petehoekstra Just got into a snowball fight. Reminded me of the Hundred Years' War

donnahon @petehoekstra Got some sand in my shoe. Now I know what it's like to be on my third deployment in Iraq.

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.

trisloth @petehoekstra My toilet just overflowed a little. Now I know what it was like for the Indonesian tsunami victims.

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

benhuh @petehoekstra I had to sit in the last row of our corporate jet this morning. This is what Rosa Parks must have felt like.

BrianYoung @petehoekstra: Missed lunch today cuz I was late and walking to a meeting. Reminded me of the Bataan Death March.

[fuga]

Too funny!

[Bill]

I smelt a fart today. Now I know how the Jews at Auschwitz felt.

[nianfong]

pwned some old man at push hands in the park today. Now I know what it must have been like to be Yang Luchan.

[Bill]

I ate lunch at McDonalds, now I know how Jeffrey Dahmer must have felt.

[everything]

99% of all tai chee sucks. now that i said that, i know what it's like to be Robert Smith saying stuff about all these teachers and leading to a flap on the cmc thread.

[everything]

i submitted someone tall at jiu jitsu the other day. now i know what it must've been like for Fedor to choke out Tim Sylvia

[nianfong]

http://hoekstraisameme.com/

[nianfong]

found out my buddy voted for mccain last nov. now I know what's it like to be luke at the end of empire strikes back.
had fava beans with pork chops today. now I know what it's like to be hannibal lector.
I didn't give up my bus seat to an old lady today. now I know what's it like to be the pregnant yak.

[Ian]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audiosl ... revolution

[Darth Rock&Roll]

Took a huge dump this morning, now I know how william wallace felt when he was disemboweled!

[fuga]

I scratched a mosquito bite on my forehead, now I know what it's like to have a lobotomy.

[everything]

I just did zhan zhuang for 3 seconds then fake punched my buddy's shoulder. So this is what it feels like to be an yiquan master!

[Darth Rock&Roll]

I stepped on three ants this morning, now I know what it is to carry out massive genocide!

[everything]

I wonder if he's even reading his twitter replies now. He should take advantage and laugh at himself as much as possible, maybe say he has a new twitter strategery. At least he didn't spell potato potatoe.