The Decider has become The Poker. George W. Bush is officially on Facebook, where he’s now updating fans on his latest post-presidential blunders. We can’t wait to see how he fallows Farmville, makes up words in Scrabble and posts inappropriate comments on Angela Merkel’s wall.

No doubt his Facebook presence will spur the development of a “dislike” button. — PZS

AFP via Google:

David Sherzer, a Bush spokesman, told AFP “a Facebook fan page is the ideal forum on which to keep people up to date on what the former president is doing.”

“Our office hears from citizens all the time: ‘How’s President Bush? What’s he up to? Please tell him thank you for his service,'” Sherzer said.

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