Former US President George ‘Dubya’ Bush has created himself an account on Facebook, as reported by the BBC, and he was ‘liked’ by 20,000 fellow facebookers within the first few hours.
Some people though are calling on the real George W Bush to stand up, after his first post was written in the third-person.
"He has visited 20 states and 8 countries; given over 65 speeches; launched the George W Bush Presidential Center; participated in 4 policy conferences through The Bush Institute; finished the first draft of his memoir, "Decision Points"; and partnered with (former) President Clinton to establish the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund"
The post, detailing the things he’s been doing since leaving office, and obviously omitting riding horses, sleeping and playing golf read like an entry in Who’s Who rather than a blog post.
Within only a few hours groups had opened on the social networking site complaining, some entitled "This isn’t really you…" and "Change your profile pic, sir".
Ordinarily I would scoff at such events but one Facebook user summed it all up rather poignantly.
"I do wish that the REAL George W Bush would write something to the US people. I’m disappointed that everything is filtered through a media representative. Please connect with us."
Facebook is, after all a social networking site first and an advertising medium second. Besides what, if anything, would the former President have to advertise now? His charitable work has already had Facebook groups for some considerable time.
There’s no word yet on whether this is the real George W Bush, let’s wait for a few posts to see if his inimitable ‘style’ bleeds through. He could yet as popular the the most genuine political leader in social networking, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who signed up to Twitter last month.
