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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:22 PM
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First official DU "Hoekstra" thread. Post your comment here
Edited on Thu Jun-18-09 12:23 PM by notadmblnd
What’s this all about?
By Donkephant

To Hoekstra is to whine using grandiose exaggerations and comparisons.

It all started with a simple, foolish tweet. On June 17th, GOP Congressman Pete Hoekstra compared the life and death struggle of Iranians trying to get their message out via Twitter to the Republican Party’s tussle with Democrats. (See quote above.) The Twitterati began satirizing Hoekstra’s tweet (see lulz below).

And that’s how the Hoekstra meme was born.

http://petehisameme.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/whats-this-all-about/#comment-56

I'll start......

I stubbed my toe today. Now I know how Kunta Kinte felt when the slave owner cut off his foot.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:23 PM
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1. I haven't eaten lunch yet.
I know exactly how the Biafrans felt.
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sutz12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:29 PM
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2. Cut myself shaving this morning...
Now I know what David Pearl went through.
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:32 PM
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3. I accidentally poked myself with a sewing needle...
Now I know what Jesus went through.
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:59 PM
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27. And just reading that...
now I do too.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:33 PM
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4. WCPT in Chicago just pulled the Ed Schultz Show
It's like a crackdown in Cuba!
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kjackson227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:35 PM
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5. I noticed that too... What's up with that????
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:40 PM
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6. Just turned it on and it sounds like Schultz.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:41 PM
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7. My two yr old scratched my face today,
now I know what it's like to have your face ripped off by a bear.
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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 12:44 PM
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8. The price of aspirin went up 3 cents...
Now I know what it's like to not have health care.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 01:01 PM
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9. a man just asked me about the weather
now i know what it was like being under the inquisition
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:13 PM
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31. Well... no one expects that!


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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 03:15 PM
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10. (found on fark) Someone farted next to me today ...
... now I know what it is like to be a Jew being gassed by the Nazis.

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4454928
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:00 PM
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11. That one is halarious
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:09 PM
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12. I had to speak in a meeting, now I know what it is like to have a dream.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:15 PM
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13. a dog grabbed my ankle and humped my foot today
now I feel kinship with rape victims everywhere.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:19 PM
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14. A fly buzzed near my head today
now I know what Chekov felt like when Khan put the alien brain-controlling scorpion in his ear.

(Terribly tedious and trite...but I had to come up with something quickly)
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:23 PM
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15. it works!
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:23 PM
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16. Turned off the lights in my house, and suddenly it was like I was Helen Keller or something.

stolen from I forget where
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:28 PM
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17. I made some soup in the microwave.
Now I know what Chernobyl was like.
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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:31 PM
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19. Ha!
I like that one. :rofl:
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:10 PM
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30. Damn!
So how was the soup?
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 11:11 AM
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49. Soup was good, but
now my tongue glows green!
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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:29 PM
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18. Got bit by a mosquito today
Now I know what it feels like to have a blood transfusion.
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:03 PM
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29. "A mosquito gave me the eye once...
Now even the skinheads from "The Lost Boys" cannot fathom my terror."
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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:35 PM
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20. I dropped a Tator Tot...
now I know what the Irish went through.
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jhain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:43 PM
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22. snortttttttt n/t
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:55 PM
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24. "Ooops... I accidentally posted this response to the wrong post...
Edited on Thu Jun-18-09 05:57 PM by The Doctor.
... now I know what it's like to invade Iraq."
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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:01 PM
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28. Lmao!
:rofl:
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:43 PM
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21. My OP made the "greatest" page
Edited on Thu Jun-18-09 05:43 PM by notadmblnd
now I know what it feels like to win the Nobel Prize.:bounce::cry::grouphug::fistbump::headbang::yourock:
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:49 PM
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23. "I spilled my diet Fresca on my shirt... I know the horrors of being waterboarded."
:cry: :spray: :cry:
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:58 PM
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25. you're on a roll dude.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:49 PM
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37. diet Fresca.
That already sounds like torture. What are you gonna do next? Listen to Led Zeppelin?
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 05:58 PM
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26. "I said something stupid once...
Now Pete Hoekstra and I are soul-mates."
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:14 PM
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32. I got put on ignore by another DUer.
Now I know what it feels like to be in solitary confinment.
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namahage Donating Member (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:21 PM
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33. Jackass in the next cube over tossed a paper airplane at me, and hit the wall.
Just like 9/11.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:34 PM
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34. I nicked myself shaving
Now I know what Marie Antoinette felt like!
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PopSixSquish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:37 PM
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35. My Dog Woke Me in the Middle of the Night by Howling
Now I know what it's like to hear the air raid sirens during the Blitzkrieg...
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:44 PM
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36. I knocked over a bottle of salad dressing
cleaning it up reminded me of the Exxon Valdez.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 06:50 PM
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38. I got drunk and choked on a pretzel
now I know what it's like to be dubya.

Signed,
W.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:02 PM
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39. That's a good one.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:18 PM
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40. squeezed into my summer shorts. now I know how Jonah felt.
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:31 PM
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41. Dropped my Chanel compact on the sidewalk... two words: Kristall. Nacht.
:cry:
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 07:35 PM
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42. DU starts a Hoekstra thread. Now he knows how Jesus felt...
when he was nailed up on the cross.
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checks-n-balances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:05 PM
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43. We vacated our bedroom for renovations
Now we know how it feels to be homeless.
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DangerousRhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 09:27 PM
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44. This thread = WIN. Mine:
@petehoekstra Typing very quietly, in a darkened bedroom, so as not to make a peep. This must be how Anne Frank felt. #GOPFail
about 12 hours ago from web
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-18-09 10:30 PM
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45. that's a good one. Is it an orginal tweet?
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DangerousRhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 06:45 AM
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48. Yep...
I tweeted that yesterday. :)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 05:09 AM
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46. It's summertime, so now I can finally sympathize with Joan of Arc
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 05:51 AM
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47. I complained at the DMV.
I am one with the protesters in Iran.
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