Pete H. is a meme

[Olo401]

Early yesterday, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Michigan) posted this on his Twitter feed:

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

Whether you think this tweet is accurate, inaccurate, funny, dumb, hypocritical, blow way out of proportion or even a silly political stunt, the response has been to make him an internet meme. Twitter users have been responding to Hoekstra with their own anecdotes combined with comical & satirical comparisons.

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!

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.

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

An image-driven version has been set up at petehisameme.wordpress.com, by the creators of icanhascheezburger.

[Cephius]

What is with the GOP and embarrassing themselves with anything/everything they do? Ever since Obama won it's been a constant stream of bitchyness and QQing, christ.

[Alleya]

What is with the GOP and embarrassing themselves with anything/everything they do? Ever since the 1960s it's been a constant stream of bitchyness and QQing, christ.

Fixed.

[Olo401]

I'd still be laughing my ass off if Harry Reid or John Kerry did something like this. Socially & technologically inept politicians exist in both parties.

[Dimmauk]

http://petehisameme.files.wordpress....pg?w=450&h=399

[Mizango]

lol those are awesome.

[tyven]

pete hoekstra is the man

[ZarakiKujata]

outside of the whole helping the new Iranian Revolution, this is the only other reason twitter has a purpose.

[Akucaen]

I got an evil eye from my professor while stiffling a laugh at this. These are pretty damn funny, haha.

[Akucaen]

benjabroni: @petehoekstra I got really bad sunburn yesterday. I know now what it was like to be a survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Oh god these are gold.

[Qalbert]

I got banned for saying Darwinism, now I know what it feels like to be stoned for heresy.

[Guyverarmor]

I'd still be laughing my ass off if Harry Reid or John Kerry did something like this. Socially & technologically inept politicians exist in both parties.

Oh yeah, I could see Kerry doing something like this. I agree with Lewis Black when he said "Kerry talked so damn much, that after 10 minutes, I didn't have enough breadcrumbs to get home."

And these Memes are gold :3

[Galaika]

http://petehisameme.files.wordpress....pg?w=450&h=336

Oh lawd, this one got me

[Dimmauk]

I got banned for saying Darwinism, now I know what it feels like to be stoned for heresy.

I got a suppository the other day, now I know what it is like to be Gay.

[Penthesilea]

My leg fell asleep. Now I feel the pain of quadriplegics

i skinned by knee today, now i know what it was like to be matthew shepard

[Dimmauk]

My leg fell asleep. Now I feel the pain of quadriplegics

i skinned by knee today, now i know what it was like to be matthew shepard

Yeah I saw those tweets LOL

[Jaybar]

These are amazing memes and might actually be funny for more than a week! (I guess it's "one" meme, but whatever)

[Gunitsoldier]

MEH. This'll survive five days tops, u'll see.

Funny now though, A+.

[Izzy]

Today I burned myself on the stove. Now I know what the holocaust was like.

[Day]

My girlfriend is pregnant and I'm sterile. Now I know what Joseph felt like.