Actress has a crush on Obama

Politico ^ | June 10, 2008 | JEFFREY RESSNER

[FocusNexus]

Every presidential candidate can use a sexy blonde movie star to liven up his or her campaign, appear at big money events and rally the entertainment community. Sen. Barack Obama's go-to Hollywood hottie is Scarlett Johansson, a starlet who trades frequent e-mails with the presumptive Democratic nominee, campaigns tirelessly on his behalf, hosts lucrative fundraisers and even appeared in that "Yes We Can" viral video that got 10 million views in its first week online.

Drawn to his candidacy largely because of her anti-war views, she met Obama several times on the trail, talking to him one-on-one on many occasions. "The most time I spent with him was the first time I met him, at a private event for supporters," she said. "After that, it's been a few minutes here, a few minutes there on the trail."

She e-mailed him after some of the Democratic debates...

His replies have been thoughtful, she says, more than a brief line or two; on the ABC debate, he responded that the questioning was "difficult" and he was being pounded on "one silly question after another."

Johansson is somewhat shocked that he keeps up their back-and-forth correspondence.

He has followed her career as well, telling her that his favorite performance was her turn in "Lost in Translation."

[Sans-Culotte]

I seem to remember that she went to the Middle East to entertain the troops, so she’s not all bad.

[soupcon]

John McCain doesn’t care, he’s got Bea Arthur.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

It's hard to believe SJ hasn't figured out yet that it's one of Obama's assistants who is communicating by email, not Obama.

At least Paris Hilton has the smarts to actually speak to other well-known people.

Hmmmm. SJ and Paris. Now you've got me thinking . . .

[gathersnomoss]

Nice pin holders.

[Rome2000]

[soupcon]

FWIW, she dated Derek Jeter.

[Rome2000]

She looks like a real genius.

Thank God for the 19th Ammendment, just think, 89 years ago real smart women like her couldn't vote.

[truthguy]

Another in a long line of sub-moron Hollywood airheads. The list is too long to mention. What a pathetic person this actress is. I would be willing to bet a months pay that she could not give you any overview of why Obama stands for. Why do we even care what these stupid Hollywood people think. This group of people must have the highest ratio of money to intelligence of any group outside of professional athletes.

[pabianice]

Nice teeth.

[Rome2000]

[Minnesoootan]

he responded that the questioning was "difficult" and he was being pounded on "one silly question after another."

be interesting to see if someone could get there hands on those e-mails...I'd like to know what he considers difficult vs. silly in the debate.

[wbill]

Why do we even care what these stupid Hollywood people think. ...well, there's two obvious reasons why people pay attention to her.

[OldMissileer]

“Every other woman who works for Hussein should be insulted, I bet they don’t get to trade emails with him why should she?”

Because she has BIG.........Tracts of land!

[taraytarah]

does Michelle know that her man is trading emails with “whitey”

Michelle's probably writing them.

[Grizzled Bear]

These means Obama has two things going for him...

[taraytarah]

Wait until Michelle finds out.

Wait until Chris Matthews finds out.

[HamiltonJay]

Its a good thing she’s pretty, because she sure ain’t bright.

[NathanR]

No, because Scarlett does not work for him.

Maybe, a Marilyn moment though.

[Unicorn]

Good take him.

[Mila]

"Wait until Michelle finds out."

Does her fiance Ryan know? Nice jeans he's almost wearing. :)

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