0 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/371/thumb/vietnamese-tiger-cage.jpg?1245336774 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/371/square/vietnamese-tiger-cage.jpg?1245336774 2009-06-18T14:52:55Z Twitter 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= deadpool image macro, catchphrase 10 Pete Hoekstra <p>To Hoekstra is to whine using grandiose exaggerations and comparisons.</p> <p>It all started with a simple, foolish tweet. On June 17th, <span class="caps">GOP</span> 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. His exact tweet was &#8220;Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.&#8221; In short order, twitter users began satirizing Hoekstra&#8217;s tweet, comparing mundane activities with more epic, grandiose events.</p> <p>And that’s how the Hoekstra meme was born.</p> <p>The website <a href="http://petehisameme.wordpress.com">Pete Hoekstra is a Meme</a> has been created and started making image macros of several of the tweets people have made.</p> 2009-07-13T12:07:33Z 371 7 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/371/original/vietnamese-tiger-cage.jpg?1245336774