How Can I Be President Obama's FaceBook 'Friend'?

FaceBook suggested that the author "become a supporter" of Barack Obama (highlighted in red).

I noticed a funny thing on FaceBook the other day.

Before I go any further, let me tell you that I don't do much social networking on FaceBook. I don't participate in a lot of the online games or trivia, but I enjoy reading what my "friends" are up to or have to say. I will occasionally post links to blogs I've written that aren't necessarily "local" and they may find interesting.

I essentially use FaceBook to get back in touch with old friends from high school or college.

For those of you who haven't used FaceBook, the software will often suggest new people for you to become "friends" with. This is often based on the people who are "friends" with your other FaceBook "friends."

The funny thing I noticed on FaceBook concerned this list of recommended friends. There were 9 people listed. I recognized a couple of them that FaceBook suggested I "add as friend."

But there in the list was President Barack Obama's mugshot. However, FaceBook was not suggesting that I add him as a "friend," but rather to "Become a Supporter."

I don't know if this is good or bad from a FaceBook friendship perspective.

If you are "supporter" of someone on FaceBook does that also make them a "friend?" Or because Obama is a politician do I need to send him a donation and therefore buy my way up to being his "friend?"

Remember that police officer and professor who were invited at the end of July to the "Beer Summit" at the White House? I wonder what their FaceBook status is with Obama to somehow finagle an invite to a kegger in the Rose Garden?

Those guys have got to be more than a "friend" or a "supporter" to be invited to the White House for a beer bash.

Maybe the cop and the prof actually have some kind of a super-special FaceBook status of "buddy" or "compadre" or even "amigo" with The President. You've got to be something special to be invited to play quarters at the President's crib.

I can't imagine that Vice President Biden is one of Obama's FaceBook "friends." He's likely an "ally" or a "colleague" on FaceBook. I'm really not sure how Biden managed to horn his way into the Beer Summit. The guy drank a non-alcoholic beer of all things. How lame. That's like ordering in Domino's at a Weight Watchers meeting. It's just bad form.

I bet the only reason Obama even let Biden stay was so he could be the designated driver if the cop or the prof had one too many brewskis.

The media wasn't allowed to listen in on the Beer Summit. They were told it only lasted 45 minutes and that's what they reported to the public.

I find that a little hard to believe.

After all, this was The President of the United States, the most powerful man on the planet having some brews with his FaceBook "buddies" -- and Joe Biden -- likely needing to blow off some much needed steam after months of being at the center of the fishbowl that is our political process, his wife and kids leaving him 'batching' it for the evening.

Do you really think Obama had just one beer with his buds and called it a night?

I don't.

I bet the foursome actually grabbed a couple cases of suds and a big value-pack of Charmin from the Kroger en route to Reagan National where they took Air Force One over to Moscow, partying all the way. Playing poker. Doing beer bongs. Farting. Perhaps even holding a belching contest. Basically guy things that Michelle frowns upon back home.

And when they got to Russia, they snuck over to Prime Minister Vladmir Putin's house and gave it a good T-Ping. They might have even left one of those flaming bags of poo by the front door.

But Putin wouldn't mind. He would know it was just the Barack-ster having some good clean fun. Friends will play practically jokes like that on one another occasionally. How do I know they're friends? Putin is on Obama's FaceBook social network, of course.

He has "comrad" status.