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Does Obama know what to do with new Facebook page?

President Barack Obama apparently decided to join the 21st Century and today got his very own Facebook account.

What's that you say? Your grandmother has had a Facebook account for years?

Probably. But unlike your grandmother, the leader of the free world has probably been too busy to read postings from friends with cute kitten photos or funny videos of goats and has let the FB imperative slide until now. His first message, according to wire accounts was: 

“Hello, Facebook! I finally got my very own page. I hope you’ll think of this as a place where we can have real conversations about the most important issues facing our country – a place where you can hear directly from me, and share your own thoughts and stories.”

Wait a minute. Real conversations? About important issues?

Does the president actually know what's on Facebook? 



Jim Camden
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.

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