Hoekstra Tweet Makes 'Daily Show'

Making the "Daily Show" with Jon Stewart -- what better publicity could a politician ask for?

Here's Stewart's take on Pete's lame attempt to compare his plight as a House Republican to that of Iranian protesters.

Hoekstra Staff Doing Repair Work after Pete's Twitter Fiasco

Rep. Pete Hoekstra's staff was trying to make their boss look a little less dumb on Thursday (June 18, 2009), one day after he twittered that the Iranian protests were like what happened to the poor minority Republicans in the U.S. House.

The spokesman for the Michigan Republican tried to explain that Hoekstra wasn't comparing Republicans to Iranian protesters, who have had their cell phone, internet, and other communications shut down by the government, on top of being shot at. No, the spokesman said, he wasn't comparing them at all. Hoekstra was just saying they were similar.

Oh. That explains everything.

GOP Hopeful Hoekstra Compares House GOP to Iran Protesters -- and He's Serious

Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the Michigan Republican who wants to be governor, is getting hammered all over the inter-tube-thingy for twittering that the Iranian protesters are just like the House Republicans.

Talking Points Memo reproduced some of the comments that Hoekstra received in response. You can read them here.

Hard to pick out a favorite, but this one was pretty good: "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."

Oh, the humanity.