| Pete Hoekstra's merciless heckling on Twitter can't help his chances for governor of Michigan. I can just see the Twitter ads run against him now. Twitter Users Mercilessly Heckle Rep. Pete Hoekstra click here to read the rest of the article. Thursday June 18, 2009 Heckling Hoekstra on Twitter 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. Heckling Hoekstra on Twitter 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." |
