Okay – this is totally hilarious: politician makes dumb remark on twitter, entire country responds (also on twitter).

My contribution: @petehoekstra I got a little sunburned today. Now I know what Chernobyl must have been like.

I think the term for this is “LMAO-schadenfreude.”

RTFA: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/twitter…

Earlier today, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) put up this astonishing post on Twitter, likening the oppression of the Iranian people to the plight of House Republicans:

Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.

In the hours since, the Twitter community has responded — with massive heckling. Here’s just a small sample of some of the best ones:

ArjunJaikumar @petehoekstra i spilled some lukewarm coffee on myself just now, which is somewhat analogous to being boiled in oil

chrisbaskind @petehoekstra My neighbor stopped me to talk today. Now I know what it is like to be questioned by the Basij!

UPDATE: what have we here? Oh! Pete Hoekstra is now a meme.