House Republicans: Iranian Protesters Just Like Us

House Republicans want Iranian protesters to know that they feel their pain. After all, they've been there. According to Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) and John Culberson (R-Tex.), the post-election uprising that has left at least 32 dead is just like when the GOP doesn't get its way on Capitol Hill.

Said Culberson, referencing last night's appropriations bill debate:

Good to see Iranian people move mountains w social media, shining sunlight on their repressive govt - Texans support their bid for freedom

Oppressed minorities includeHouseRepubs: We are using social media to expose repression such as last night's D clampdown shutting off amends

And Hoekstra:

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

Last August, Republicans refused to vacate the floor when the House adjourned without doing something about gas prices. They talked about it on Twitter.

As Spencer Ackerman points out, this analogy makes House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) the Ahmadinejad of the legislative branch. Iranian protesters might not appreciate the link, but it's probably a better point of comparison for the House GOP than the Taliban.

There's no word on when Pelosi's militias are going to start beating up innocent Republicans. But for updates on the protests in Iran, go here.

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Comments

[foxbat]

11:54 AM on 06/19/2009

While this might be grandstanding/posturing by GOP members to get the TV 30-second spotlight, what scares me the most is whether this is the same reasoning/decision-making activity that these guys use when the cameras are not on them. I suspect that, while the GOP gets more of the spotlight nowadays because they are more visible in this type of silliness, it cuts across both parties. If this is the way that these folks reason when the camera isn't on them, then it's no wonder that things are as screwed as they are with our country's leadership.

[Mellenbal]

10:58 AM on 06/19/2009

Yeah... riiiiiight.... Hope you have jobs lined up for yourselves after the 2010 elections. Mama's boys.

[skorpeo]

10:20 AM on 06/19/2009

exactly!!! the republicans are constantly being shut out of the democratic process. just like the protestors in iran who want hope and change, the republicans want....oh, wait a minute.

what was the question again?

[amistad]

11:10 AM on 06/19/2009

LOL!!!!! ;)

[ConnorMarc]

10:14 AM on 06/19/2009

[curocat]

09:56 AM on 06/19/2009

Geez, you guys are really screwed up...

[fedupinfla]

01:16 PM on 06/18/2009

Gee whiz....I got a splinter once...now I know how Jesus felt nailed to the cross!

[Mellenbal]

10:55 AM on 06/19/2009

Excellent!

[smileatfear]

10:42 AM on 06/18/2009

Nobody has been less victimized than the republicans. Nobody has been the greater oppressor than the republicans. Yet nobody plays the victim more than the republicans.

For your information, GOPers, 30 people teabagging in Podunkville is not the equivalent of hundreds of thousands risking their lives in street protests. And being soundly spanked in an election by the majority of your own people is not the equivalent of having an election stolen. That equivalent happened in 2000. Stop your childish whining.

[DaveyDavey]

10:28 AM on 06/18/2009

Yes, the House Republicans are indeed just like the Iranian protestors: irrelevant to most Americans.

[racom]

09:49 AM on 06/18/2009

They have it right, just the wrong group. More like the taliban than the Iranian protesters. Every time I think they have found the bottom they go deeper. Please, no more quit digging jokes, I really want to see how big and how deep they can dig the hole they are in.

[dinglebe]

09:46 AM on 06/18/2009

The Republicans told us they were the Taliban. Now they are Iranians? I wish they would get the story straight, although it does become clearer all the time that the Republicans certainly don't think of themselves as Americans.

[BikeFreak]

09:11 AM on 06/18/2009

ummmmmmmm...no you're not like Iranian protesters.

Although I wouldn't mind seeing some GOPers dragged into the streets and beaten.

[kareemachan]

10:54 AM on 06/18/2009

Gee, it was just last week that neocons were rooting for Ahmadinejad to win because it would show that Obama wasn't effective in world affairs. Now they are soulmates with the protesters... The GOP, party of illogical flip-floppers.

[BlueFloyd]

08:56 AM on 06/18/2009

oh just shut the eff up already. good gawd. spare us. i only thank gd that the African slaves didnt have twitter, or these neo-clowns would be comparing themselves to black folks in the 1800 as well.

Dont laugh. Each day i am dumbfounded by the new lows to which these clowns sink. I could actually see them co-opting the american-black experience for their own.

[realpolitic]

08:44 AM on 06/18/2009

The crazy House Republicans probably really believe for some reason they are like the Iranian protestors. Wanting to bomb Iran does not make you like the people of Iran!

[Angmorg]

08:36 AM on 06/18/2009

What a ridiculous comment.

I think the Iranians really care more about their country then their party

[OMG1109]

08:26 AM on 06/18/2009

Republicans have now become a true embarrassment to the United States of America. To make such a comparison is the most immature thing I have seen and they all should RESIGN, board a plane immediately and go anywhere and stay forever, outside of the United states of America!