Obama Denies ScarJo Digital Friendship
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Posted: 2008-06-26 13:07:13
(June 26) - With a grueling presidential campaign to run, does Sen. Barack Obama really have time to have an "email relationship" with screen star Scarlett Johansson?
Fat chance, the senator
told reporters this week in response to an interview where the "Lost in Translation" actress implied she gets "personal emails" from him.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens to his Senior Campaign Advisor David Axelrod, left, during a flight between Chicago and East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to photographers during a flight between Chicago and East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to photographers as he talks with Senior Campaign Advisor David Axelrod, left, during a flight between Chicago and East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., gestures during a flight between Chicago and East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama is welcomed by Caroline (L) and Sen.Edward Kennedy(D-MA) upon arrival in Newark, New Jersey on February 4, 2008. Obama is on the campaign trail to try to clinch the Democratic Party ticket in the race to the White House. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama is welcomed by Caroline (L) and US Sen.Edward Kennedy (D-MA) upon arrival in Newark, New Jersey on February 4, 2008. Obama is on the campaign trail to try to clinch the Democratic Party ticket in the race to the White House. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama exits a plane after flying from Chicago, Illinois to Newark, New Jersey on February 4, 2008. Obama is on the campaign trail to try to clinch the Democratic Party ticket in the race to the White House. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama and his senior campaign strategist David Axelrod aboard a plane from Chicago, Illinois and Newark, New Jersey on February,04, 2008. Obama is on the campaign trail to try to clinch the Democratic Party ticket in the race to the White House. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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CHICAGO - FEBRUARY 04: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) talks with his staff members on the charter airplane before departing Midway Airport for the last full day of campaigning before Super Tuesday Feburary 3, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Voters go to the polls February 5 in 24 states on a day dubbed Super Tuesday where 41 percent of the Democratic delegates and 52 percent of the Republican delegates are up for grabs. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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CHICAGO - FEBRUARY 04: Obama Campaign communications director Robert Gibbs (L) and chief strategist David Axelrod talk with reporters on the charter airplane before departing Midway Airport for the last full day of campaigning before Super Tuesday Feburary 3, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Voters go to the polls February 5 in 24 states on a day dubbed Super Tuesday where 41 percent of the Democratic delegates and 52 percent of the Republican delegates are up for grabs. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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"She sent one email to Reggie, who forwarded it to me," Obama said, 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."
Johansson, who has been a vocal supporter of the Illinois senator, started the whole thing when she told Politico, "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 said Obama responded to one of her emails about one the debates and said that the questions he received were "silly."
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