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Obama Denies E-Mail Relationship with Scarlett Johansson

Obama Denies E-Mail Relationship with Scarlett Johansson
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The Johansson twins are quite the Barack Obama enthusiasts. Hunter Johansson has recently left Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's office to be a campaign organizer for the Obama campaign, while Scarlett has publicly said that she regularly e-mails with the candidate.

"You'd imagine that someone like the senator who is constantly traveling and constantly 'on' - how can he return these personal emails? But he does, and in his off-time I know he also calls people who have donated the minimum to thank them," she told Politico earlier this month, adding that he once wrote about the infamous ABC debate, that the questions he was asked were "silly."

But now comes word from The Washington Post's The Trail blog that the senator is denying the relationship! Speaking to reporters aboard his campaign plane, he said the actress does not in fact have his personal e-mail.

"She sent one e-mail to Reggie, who forwarded it to me," said Mr. Obama, referring to his 26-year-old personal assistant, Reggie Love. "I write saying, 'thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,' and suddenly we have this email relationship."

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Anonymous (not verified) says:

This is the kind of dumb ass **** that does not even justify a headline.
Once again the morons and talking heads of the world strike...

Anonymous (not verified) says:

Another Bill Clinton?

Anonymous (not verified) says:

Another Bill Clinton??

Anonymous (not verified) says:

why choose such an unflattering picture of obama, its scandalous

Anonymous (not verified) says:

"This is the kind of dumb ass **** that does not even justify a headline.
Once again the morons and talking heads of the world strike..."

very true, more scandal sheet news, thats beneath this paper

Broochay (not verified) says:

I have sent several email messages to Senator Obama from his website, and more often than not, have received what looks like a personal reply, beginning with my name, and addressing the topic I raised.

I don't think for one minute that these replies came from the senator himself - they are pre-written position statements adapted by staff members to appear to be personalized replies. How could he possibly have the time to handle it any other way?

That said, I can certainly believe that he is occasionally shown a message which his staff thinks he should see, and he might indeed send a personal "thank you" to that message.

If I were he, and my staff received an email addressed to me from Scarlett Johansson, I would certainly want to know about it.

Anonymous (not verified) says:

Who gives a shit? She should be emailing ME!

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