The answer is SIMPLE: It would take away from the narrative that the GOP is RACIST!!
From TheRoot:
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(The Root) — Shortly after it was announced that Rep. Paul Ryan would join the Romney ticket as this year’s Republican vice presidential candidate, I wrote a piece titled, “What We Know About Paul Ryan and Blacks.”
Well, I recently learned of another significant addition to this list.
As reported on Twitter by CNN’s Pete Hamby, Ryan said he has a black sister-in-law, but perhaps even more interesting, his “college sweetheart” was African American.
So here is the million-dollar question: Is the fact that Ryan has dated interracially a noteworthy detail to consider when analyzing his politics and policies?
Full article @ http://www.theroot.com/blogs/paul-ryan/does-paul-ryans-black-girlfriend-matter
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August 27, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Stothes
Paul Ryan is 42 years old. Why would his girlfriend from almost twenty years ago be relevant?
August 29, 2012 at 4:05 pm
JAMES
Because they would want to make an issue about it. Why was Obama’s Senate opponent’s sealed divorce records so important that the Obama machine got them opened… do we care that the man and his wife frequented sex clubs!!