Obama throws Scarlett Johansson under the bus.

[woolldog]

Obama loses some cool points for downplaying his relationship with a hottie like Scarlett ;)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/24/obamas_emails_with_scarlett_jo.html
By Shailagh Murray

LOS ANGELES -- As he headed to a Hollywood fundraiser, Sen. Barack Obama downplayed the idea that he hobnobs with actress Scarlett Johansson.

The movie star, who campaigns actively for the Illinois senator, recently told the website 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 had responded to one note about a debate, commenting to her that the questions were "silly."

But speaking to reporters aboard his campaign plane, Obama said the actress doesn't have his personal email address. "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"

[HEyHEY]

1. He totally nailed her

[JVS]

14. Finally, a president with some taste!

[Araxen]

67. If he didn't nail her

I'm not voting for him


:sarcasm:

[rateyes]

81. You might want to rephrase that.

:hide:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. In the interests of full disclosure...

Scarlett Johannsen and I continue to exchange e-mails regularly.

[cliffordu]

30. In the interest of full disclosure, that's actually me you are writing

with, but you can still call me Scarlett, if you want to....

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. Gasp!

[cliffordu]

42. That's me in the hoodie...

[greguganus]

65. "Frankly my dear Scarlett, I don't give a damn."

[smoogatz]

3. Damn him!!!11!!

That's it; no Scarlett Johansson thrower's getting my vote. I'm writing in Rduy Giuliani!!!!1!

[Schema Thing]

4. Dayum! Michelle, a little slack on that leash there sister :-D

[woolldog]

5. I think Michelle was POed about this. n/t

[Name removed]

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[izzie]

7. Sounds like he was telling the truth.

He is just the type that some would go for and want to ride on his name. Do you think that is hard to believe?

[galaxy21]

8. 'I did not have email relations with that woman, Miss Johansson...'

[polichick]

10. LOL

[woolldog]

12. ha!

brilliant. :rofl:

[PassingFair]

79. The correct term is "textual relations"..

(I'm in Detroit...)

[xxqqqzme]

25. Oh yea, as if !Scarlett Johansson needs to

ride that Obama name - give me a break

[butterfly77]

9. You just wanted something to talk about ...

didn't you...Another nothing story, I don't give a damn if he talks to her or not...

[woolldog]

11. I'm just having fun. Lighten up a bit, butterfly.

:hi:

[SoxFan]

13. This thread is useless without a pic of Ms. Johannson

Wait, no. That's David Johannson.



There, that's better

[JVS]

17. cleavage!

[Growler]

18. MUCH better n/t

[woolldog]

21. Good suggestion.

Why doesn't Obama want to correspond with this young American? lol

[baldguy]

51. Obama who?

[Fox Mulder]

53. Me likey.

:) :D

[rateyes]

82. That's MUCH better. nt

[Fleshdancer]

15. My guess is that Johansson has an email relationship with about 5-10 male campaign staffers...

...who, for some reason, are also named Barack Obama too. ;)

[SoxFan]

19. Damn. When I was a campaign staffer, this never happened

Of course, we didn;t have email back in 1988, either, but if, say, Julia Roberts or Michelle Pffeifer had come calling...

[TomInTib]

16. I must really be out of touch.

I have never heard of this woman.

Maybe I should cut back on the music and watch some teevee.

[woolldog]

20. Here:

[SwampG8r]

22. oh thanks so freaking much

the wife came in while i was reading this reply
now i have to spend the day pretending i would rather have her than scarlett
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[grantcart]

24. yeah and while I was reading your reply my wife came in saw the picture and now I have to persuade

her why she should rather have me than Scarlett

that's going to be hopeless.

[Tatiana]

55. Heh. I'd rather have Scarlett. n/t

[Darth_Kitten]

64. Oh, the talent is overwhelming us all!!!

:eyes:

[mitchum]

76. She's a rotten actress, but that is a GREAT photo

[rateyes]

83. Damn. I'm now infected with Scarlett Fever!

YOWSA!!

[xxqqqzme]

28. won't help - she's a movie person

(unless movies are on TV).

Tom meet Scarlett - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson

[TexasObserver]

23. She was a dumbass for even disclosing it.

The last thing we need is a Marilyn Monroe figure this time around.

[goldcanyonaz]

26. nt

[woolldog]

29. I didn't think she came across as a stalker.

But I kind of feel sorry for her being humiliated publicly like this.

[quantass]

33. Girl stalkers...that's so cute!

[faithfulcitizen]

75. cute like Alicia Silverstone in "Crush"? She was scary.

[woolldog]

27. I think it made Obama look cool.

I mean, what guy in his right mind wouldn't want to know Ms. Johansson?!

[TexasObserver]

44. It makes him look bad to all the people he doesn't email personally.

Many of whom are more important to his campaign and his success than Johanson.

It sends a distractive message to have her out there talking about emailing Obama.

Obama is good at getting rid of distractions, cutting losses early before real damage is incurred.

[woolldog]

56. You'd be emailing her too.

:evilgrin:

[whatchamacallit]

31. She's soft like slightly melted ice cream

and that's about all I have to say about that.:loveya:

[Occam Bandage]

34. "thank you Scarlett for doing what you do" - aw, yeah.

[woolldog]

35. wow.

what a talented young actress she is.

[Radical Activist]

103. lol

It just took on a whole new meaning for me.

[JimGinPA]

36. As Long As He Throws Her Under My Bus

:evilgrin:

[blogslut]

37. Ya know, if Reggie Love was emailing me

sigh...



What was I saying again?

link to da troof! http://defamer.com/397212/rejected-by-barack-obama-crestfallen-activist-scarlett-johansson-will-never-e+mail-again

EDIT ADD: Gotta have the Love pic!

[Runcible Spoon]

38. these Scarlett threads stink...

not just a little bit sexist...

[Occam Bandage]

41. She is extraordinarily beautiful. It is not sexist to realize that.

[Runcible Spoon]

43. yeah that's not quite it.

nt

[Darth_Kitten]

47. I don't think so, she looks like anybody off the street.....

actually people off the street are more attractive. Without being made up, is Scarlett really attractive? :shrug:

[Alcibiades]

52. Yes

The first movie I saw her in was "Girl with the Pearl Earring" (for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, the first of four). I might be wrong, but it didn't look like she was wearing any makeup at all in that movie, and she was still way, way hot. Much more to my taste, actually, than in those hyper made-up Hollywood photos in this thread.

She actually looks a bit like my wife did when she was younger, which I find somewhat appealing. I am sure there are women on the street more attractive than this young lady, but not terribly many of them, to be sure.

Thanks to this thread, I have to go and wake my wife up now.

[Kahuna]

59. She's a beautiful woman. I see women equally as beautiful as her everyday. nt

[Teaser]

71. Lucky you. Everyone I see

looks like a shambling sea sponge.

[Clark2008]

60. What's sexist is to insinuate that Obama would cheat on Michelle.

I'm tired of men thinking that's OK if the other woman is a hottie.

It's NOT OK. And I'm sure Michelle agrees with me. If she was reading this blog, this thread would hurt her.

[Occam Bandage]

77. That is not sexist in particular. Perhaps indicative of an innate human

desire for loose rather than strict monogamy, but not sexist. Women cheat nearly as often as men do.

[woolldog]

90. Where is it insinuated that Obama would cheat on Michelle?

Since you're going to throw stones and wallow in your own self-righteousness, why don't you give us a post number where that is insinuated?

[redqueen]

85. It's stupid not to realize that kind of shit doesn't belong in this forum. (nt)

[redqueen]

84. They certainly have no place here.

Some men STILL don't get that whole 'time and a place' thing.

Pitiful and disappointing, to say the least.

[woolldog]

88. It's a relevant political issue

which has been discussed in general election coverage on television and print media.

[redqueen]

91. Sorry... yeah, the issue, sure. The ogling and pics?

Not the time or the place... disgusting and pathetic.

[woolldog]

92. Sorry you feel so threatened by the pics.

But where were you during all those "Obama is so hawt" or "Reggie Love is so hawt" threads?

Oh that's right. You're outrage is selective.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6415264&mesg_id=6416078

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6141888&mesg_id=6142028

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6141888&mesg_id=6142107

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6141888&mesg_id=6142353

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6141888&mesg_id=6142245

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6141888&mesg_id=6142365

Nothing disgusting or pathetic going on in either case. You might want to drink a beer or take a nap if this thread offends you so.

[redqueen]

93. Threatened?

:spray:

That's a good one! :D


No, it's really more sad and embarrassed. One has to hope the people engaging in such out of place stuff are kids.

And please... you can't compare talking up our dem candidate or other politicians with posting *cheesecake shots*... especially of only tangentially-related actresses. Yeah... great analogy! It's SO totally the same! :rofl:

[woolldog]

94. Those links were discussing Reggie Love body, his arms etc.

Where was your outrage then? You're a hypocrite.

[redqueen]

95. No, I'm someone who can distinguish the difference

between cheesecake shots of actresses and discussion of whether an aide is hot.

Were there barely-covered pics of Reggie Love?

Fuck, it's not rocket surgery.

[woolldog]

96. Uh-huh.

you said you had a problem with "the ogling" and the pics. Now you just have a problem with the pics, since I posted links of other posters ogling Reggie Love.

You're right you're not a hypocrite. Just a wet blanket.

[woolldog]

39. I wonder if Obama was a little too quick to distance himself

from this?

What better way to close the "gender gap" Democratic candidates face in elections than to have someone like her out on the campaign trail stumping for you?

That would be a very effective way of recruiting men into the Democratic party. ;)

[1Hippiechick]

50. "to have someone like her out on the campaign trail stumping for you?" Well, now wouldn't the RWers

have a field day with that, particularly if she were seen in proximity to him, going from locale to locale....

[woolldog]

54. I didn't mean campaign together! lol

that would be a bit much.

[1Hippiechick]

66. LOL - Yes, it WOULD be a bit much!

[zulchzulu]

40. I would hardly call it throwing Scarlett under the bus... sheesh...

This kind of crap is bound to happen... manufactured "bimbo" eruptions... it's an old trick.

:puke:

[CitizenLeft]

45. I'm sorry he said it that way, but I see why he did.

I heard another mention of her emails tonight on one of the pundit shows, and noted the snide inference in the reporting. The implicatoin was that they email each other every day, or nearly - that impression was left hanging in the air, as intended. He had to nip that in the bud. And true, she should never have mentioned it, but she's young.

[Darth_Kitten]

46. Scarlett's a tad full of herself.....

not really the hot thing she wants the world to believe if you look at her more closely.

[kwassa]

49. Hotness is in the eye of the beholder.

or in the mind, or other areas of the body.

It is all quite subjective, of course, but many men find her quite beautiful.

Your mileage might vary.

[woolldog]

57. quit hating

:eyes:

[Darth_Kitten]

62. Why should anybody love Scarlett.

Geez, take a major chill pill. :eyes: I don't hate. :eyes: Poor Scarlett, her life is just tragic with all the hate, huh? :sarcasm:

[ecstatic]

104. LOL. Perfect! The sexism cries reek of jealousy IMO nt

[PassingFair]

80. Your claws are showing, Darth Kitten.

[Cha]

48. Remember the Obama Girl?

Sasha asked if "Are Mommy and Daddy still together?" after seeing that so Obama doesn't need anymore "women" situations.:P

Scarlett and a lot of young people are really helping to get the word out to the younger voters. She was in Will.i.am's "Yes We Can" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEO_fG3mm4

[Teaser]

73. Remember her? She used to post here.

.

[Cha]

87. The Obama girl posted here?

She should come backB-)

[woolldog]

89. she was TSed, I think.

[Cha]

97. Oh

dear. Too enthusiastic, no doubt.

[Teaser]

107. I'm not sure what she did.

.

[Blue_Tires]

58. Obama only returns e-mails to actors that have at least a little TALENT!

Yeah, I said it!:hide: :nuke:

Don't take it personal, Miss Scarlett...:yoiks:

[Darth_Kitten]

61. Uh, oh. No talent? :)

Actually, you are right. Scarlett's recent career missteps are not putting her in the Talent Hall of Fame. :evilgrin: :hide:

[Teaser]

74. Even good actors and actresses go through bad patches

.

[greguganus]

63. From looking at her pics, I wonder if she can even fit under the bus.n/t

[malik flavors]

68. I hope you're not suggesting that she's over weight. That's what a woman's body should look like.

[scheming daemons]

69. A-fucking-men

[Teaser]

72. I think the user was suggesting

that certain portions of her anatomy would make it difficult. That's what I took from it.

[Occam Bandage]

78. Pretty sure he's talking about the size of her chest.

[watercolors]

70. Good for him!!!

She is just looking for the publicity, or her manager is. Stopping the trash talk is great!

[Indenturedebtor]

86. Well she might actually be inspired n/t

[Radical Activist]

102. It sounds like the trash celebrity media making a big deal

out of a flippant joke.

[Apollo11]

98. Come on guys! Let's try to keep cool here!

There are hundreds of internet sites where you can drool over photos of young women with big boobs.

Let's try and keep Democratic Underground as a place for serious discussion of serious issues.

We don't want to confirm female DUers assumptions about how shallow we all are! ;-)

[Radical Activist]

101. Huh? There are pictures of women on the web?

Next it will be porn! What is this online world coming to?

[Apollo11]

99. OK folks, here is Obama's personal e-mail address

It's an easy one to remember:

[e-mail]

It has to be correct - right? :eyes:

[Radical Activist]

100. That's OK. She can ride on my bus.

I can't believe I'm the first to type that.

It makes Obama look like the man to turn down a hottie like her. He's loyal to his family and Michelle must be the shit.

[ecstatic]

105. OK now, let's keep it PG. :p nt

[genna]

106. I gave him TEN cool points for knocking this gossipy point aside.

If I were Michelle Obama after watching the hell HRC has gone through with Bill, I would have made it known early b4 this Scarlett comment a week ago...we AREN'T HAVING ANY OF THAT should we campaign or should we win.


We aren't having the hint of this kind of crap. No down low. No down and out. No turning any women inside out. NONE OF THAT.


Males feel good about the number of starlets who make it their business to tell us how attractive Obama found them (did anyone else see Morning Joe this morning with John Travolta's wife? gag me with a serrated knife if I have to watch one more president spend too much time talking to a woman on the rope line), fine good great. But it better be going in one direction only.


My worse nightmare is what could possibly happen if Obama tries anything close to what Bill Clinton did and Michelle has a reaction anywhere near any of the women of color I know. If it is close to what I've been through or any other sister I know, it is going to be ugly...

Let's not joke about the mere hint of a possibility. Comedians might try to do it, but I'm sure by the conversations I have had with other black women it would not even be pretty or dignified. Coretta Scott King is a rare entity and Michelle isn't from her generation.