Feed: Pete Hoekstra is a Meme - AggScore: 79.8

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Tweet via JimmyWellington
“@petehoekstra I put dijon mustard on my hamburger. Now I know what it feels like to be the leader of the free world.”

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Tweet via Master Mahan
“@petehoekstra My brother poked me in the head. Now I know what it was like for Lincoln.”

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Tweet via maclahoma
“@petehoekstra Just burnt my hotpocket in the microwave, now I know what Chernobyl was like…”

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Tweet via Ben Huh
“Denny’s gave me the wrong order and the waitress took back the dish. This must be what it’s like to be foreclosed on your house.”

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Tweet via Ben Huh
“The bar ran out of the local microbrew and I had to drink a Natty Ice. This must be what it’s like to not have clean drinking water.”

Listen. It’s not like we’re letting this get to our head or anything…

Here’s our first celebrity endorsement:

Rainn (who plays Dwight on The Office) also made a Hoekstra:
Went on a hike with my son & had 2 furiously protect him from Mosquitos. Now I know how the dad from Cormac McCarthys ‘The Road’ felt. – @rainnwilson

Rainn, have your people call our people. And we’ll make it happen.

Also, this magazine (something to do with watches?) wrote about us:

Hoek-on, Twitter.

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Tweet via DMarkSullivan
“@petehoekstra Feeling a little shaky after missing breakfast, just like Michael J. Fox”

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Tweet via hoekstrafan
“@petehoekstra I saw some scantily clad cheerleaders form a human pyramid. It was just like being at Abu Ghraib”

It looks like Rep. Pete Hoekstra was not the only Congressman getting comparative with “Oppressed Minorities”:

“Oppressed minorities includeHouseRepubs: We are using social media to expose repression such as last night’s D clampdown shutting off amends.” @johnCulberson

Anyone wanna take a crack at this one?

MORE Press Coverage of Hoekstra is a Meme:
ABC News: GOP Rep. Hoekstra Compares Iran’s Election to Congressional Politics, Feels Fury of Twitter-verse
Wonkette: Everyone Pray For Pete Hoekstra’s Safety In Iran
Science Blogs: Jon Stewart on Oppressed House Republicans

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Tweet via Tony
“My cat let someone else pet him today… Now I feel like John Ensign’s wife.”