As noted on the front page a few days back, Pete Hoekstra really stepped in it when he tweeted about how
Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.
I sometimes wonder if the Fox News Alternative Reality, where trying to save the US economy is the cause of non-sexual Teabagging Parties and a Letterman joke turns Sarah Palin into some kind of feminist, creates a mind fog so thick that the GOPers don't realize how ridiculous they sound to the rest of the world.
Well, the Internet is here to remind Hoekstra that he's a self-aggrandizing moron by officially meme-ifying his redonkulous tweet.
Here's the ongoing collection of responses: http://search.twitter.com/...
From Buzzfeed's top ten:
1. Walking Around
PMcClellan: @petehoekstra Walked around a lot yesterday. Now I know what the Bataan Death March was like.
2. Solidarity
delrayser: Wife made blatant power grab for the covers last night. Wearing green PJs tonight in protest. Solidarity, @petehoekstra!
3. Sitting Down
stealingfrom: @petehoekstra Sitting in a chair, feeling a good deal like Stephen Hawking. #GOPfail
And if you like your meme's LOLcat style, there's this.
A couple tweeters note that Hoekstra could, if he knew how, delete the offending tweet. In all likelihood, he just plum forgot he posted his penetrating insight into the Republican mind, and is oblivious to the chuckles and head shaking he's inspired across the tweet-o-sphere.
I could try to make this a real diary, talking about the power of tweets in Iran and in exposing GOP stupidity, but I'll let you write that one in your own head. Plus, I don't actually use Twitter, so I'm not qualified. And, I'm lazy.
So this one's just for the chuckles.