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Oh, the Humanity!

by John Cole|  June 19, 20097:18 pm| 40 Comments

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Priceless:

I’m crying right now. I bet if he asked Peter Hoekstra, he’d learn this is just like the potato famine.

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  1. 1.

    Jim-Bob

    June 19, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    Era of Wretched Excess isn’t over until Howie Kurtz is on the streets looking for a job.

  2. 2.

    Laura W

    June 19, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    It’s hard out there for a crudité?

  3. 3.

    C Nelson Reilly

    June 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    The WB party’s hoppin

  4. 4.

    Comrade Stuck

    June 19, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    The Villagers must have had a bumper crop of ego this year.

  5. 5.

    Mouse Tolliver

    June 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    Worse than the potato famine even. It’s like living in hiding from the Nazis and having nothing to eat but rotten potatoes and canned pickles like Adrian Brody in The Pianist.

  6. 6.

    chuck

    June 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    Whutz th’ partying about?

  7. 7.

    joe from Lowell

    June 19, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    Your continuing mockery of Peter Hoekstra is just like the Hutu militia massacres in Rwanda.

  8. 8.

    JenJen

    June 19, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    You’re welcome! :+)

    And speaking of Hoekstra, you know, I’m thinking about getting bombed tonight, so I’ll know what The Siege of Bastogne felt like!

  9. 9.

    smiley

    June 19, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    Pre party for what? I’d bet my house it is fruit + cheese + booze.

  10. 10.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    June 19, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Howie must not be aware of all internet traditions. Speaking of Pete Hoekstra this website just continues to bring the yucks. This is just the current offering. I think we now have the LOLcats equivalent for DC insiders.

  11. 11.

    JenJen

    June 19, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    Howie has just been killin’ me all day. These new entries are cute:

    HowardKurtz Reason #nerdprom2 so late this yr: postponed twice to get Obama. Nother example of sucking up!
    5 minutes ago from mobile web

    HowardKurtz Huge booze line at CBS reception at #nerdprom2. Major grumbling from media stars.
    6 minutes ago from mobile web

    Our poor Obama-suck-up health-insurance-carryin’ media-stars. :-(

  12. 12.

    Chaz

    June 19, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    I just saw my first “Where’s the Birth Certificate” billboard in PA – It’s on East I-78 near Kutztown. I nearly flipped the car trying to get a cameraphone picture, but wasn’t fast enough :(

  13. 13.

    JGabriel

    June 19, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    I burned my finger this morning. Now I know what it was like at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

    .

  14. 14.

    Karatist Preacher

    June 19, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    So sad.

  15. 15.

    El Cid

    June 19, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    Is it the wrong time to be reminded that I really do just hate these people?

  16. 16.

    Library Grape

    June 19, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Have you guys seen the new site “Pete Hoekstra is a Meme”? http://petehisameme.wordpress.com/

    Here are a couple of my faves:

    Stuck inside working from home today. Now I know how Anne Frank felt.

    stepped over a puddle in the parking lot today — felt like Moses leading his people out of Egypt

  17. 17.

    MikeJ

    June 19, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    I’ve just run out of vermouth. Exactly like being in the Kalahari around here.

  18. 18.

    dmsilev

    June 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    The local cafe ran out of soup just before I went up for lunch; now I know what the Irish Potato Famine was like.

    -dms

  19. 19.

    JGabriel

    June 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    I shot a spitball at Hoekstra today – I’m fightin’ The Man, like Lee Harvey Oswald!

    .

  20. 20.

    Mike in NC

    June 19, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    Chill out, Howie. Everyone knows who’ll be first in line at John McCain’s July 4th BBQ.

  21. 21.

    DougJ

    June 19, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    Turn out the lights, the party’s over.

  22. 22.

    JGabriel

    June 19, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    @Library Grape: Just checked out that Hoekstra meme site. My favorite was:

    Someone stole a bag of potting soil from my carport today. This must be how Native Americans felt when they lost their lands.

    .

  23. 23.

    JK

    June 19, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    Howie Kurtz is the biggest twit using Twitter.

  24. 24.

    Memefail

    June 19, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    I just had gender reassignment surgery. Now I know what it feels like to be a woman.

  25. 25.

    JenJen

    June 19, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    @Library Grape: That was quick! And wicked-clever. I could riff on The Hoekstra Meme (and all Internet Traditions, really) all night. Who couldn’t? :-)

  26. 26.

    Laura W

    June 19, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    @JenJen: Are you on MSNBC?

  27. 27.

    Ked

    June 19, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    …what?

    I mean, huh?

    I swear, twitter is a compressive force on the political continuum which is causing not just wingularities but also oddball press singularities.

  28. 28.

    JenJen

    June 19, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    @Laura W: Yeah, but on mute and listening to live Dave Matthews Band (don’t start with me, people). Heard most of POTUS, and then started kickin’ out the jams.

    Wha hoppen?

  29. 29.

    Laura W

    June 19, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    @JenJen: I don’t know. I muted it when Hodgman started yakking and am about to ask Sade to gay marry me.

  30. 30.

    different church-lady

    June 19, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    Never forget: the first syllable in “Twitter” is “Twit.”

  31. 31.

    alex milstein

    June 19, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    Thank god for twitter. Now people can gain self importance by relaying utterly useless information to more people faster than ever.

    Me, I havent participated in any ‘social networking’ system yet. I’m just waiting for the last one to be developed before jumping in.

  32. 32.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 19, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    I haven’t seen any Tunch or Lily pictures today. Now I know how baby seals feel as they’re being clubbed.

  33. 33.

    JenJen

    June 19, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    @Laura W: Can I be in charge of the guestbook? Best people-watching spot.

  34. 34.

    Fwiffo

    June 19, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    Jesus. Everyone in the village needs to be beaten with a club.

  35. 35.

    D-Chance.

    June 20, 2009 at 12:04 am

    Kurtz found a source for better swag:

    Much better food than #nerdprom2 at MSNBC party. plus candy and free keychain!

    Seriously, people follow this shit on a regular basis? Why?

  36. 36.

    Jason

    June 20, 2009 at 10:07 am

    Kurtz did give the dish on Fox setting up Major Garrett with Carrie Prejean. Poor Julie, stuck at home writing up her next article on balancing motherhood and journalism, waiting for the next call to appear in a segment about balancing motherhood and journalism, wondering if she should start Twittering about balancing motherhood and journalism…

  37. 37.

    John Kearns

    June 20, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    My twenty-month old grandchild pushed me. Now I know how they felt when the comet hit Yucatan. Oh, the dinosauria!

  38. 38.

    Nylund

    June 20, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    Funny, I don’t seem to recall Howie ever complaining about the life of “wretched excess” when the wine was flowing more freely.

    These people act as if they honestly believe that the job description of a journalist is to simply get free food and drink at cocktail parities. They confuse journalistic talent with the ability to RSVP for a party, and, on top of that, they think they actually deserve respect for it.

  39. 39.

    Oilfieldguy

    June 20, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    I coined the term Hoekstroika. Think it will catch on?

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