Ted Stevens, Ex-Alaska Senator on Net Neutrality (2006)
This is how internet is referred to tubes... The size of the tubes represent how much bandwidth a connection have depending on the tube's diameter. His misunderstanding on net neutrality caused people to ridicule him for the misunderstanding of how the internet works. Net neutrality was a big issue in 2006 when congress tried to pass it, but was shot down until recently when the change of administration happened early this year which brought up net neutrality once again.
Net Neutrality is a hot button issue right now, ever since AT&T temporarily blocked 4chan and is currently considered by the FCC to enforce net neutrality, which will prevent any ISP from censoring or impair access to any website.