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Does Paul Ryan's Black Ex-Girlfriend Matter?
The Root ^ | August 20, 2012 | Keli Goff

Posted on 08/21/2012 10:15:49 AM PDT by cdga5for4

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?

(Excerpt) Read more at theroot.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012veep; africanamericans; ryan; ryanrecord
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1 posted on 08/21/2012 10:15:51 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: cdga5for4

Sorry - no time to analyze this. Must return to wall-to-wall Akin coverage...


2 posted on 08/21/2012 10:17:15 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: cdga5for4

The simple and only answer is NO, period.


3 posted on 08/21/2012 10:19:58 AM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: cdga5for4
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?

No.

4 posted on 08/21/2012 10:20:19 AM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: cdga5for4
Is the fact that Ryan has dated interracially a noteworthy detail to consider when analyzing his politics and policies?

It only matters if you're a progressive, otherwise, you don't care either way.

5 posted on 08/21/2012 10:20:39 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (I can haz CW 2 now?)
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To: bolobaby

Ok, this means he’s not a racist.


6 posted on 08/21/2012 10:21:31 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: cdga5for4

Translation: He is still a racist because of his policies.


7 posted on 08/21/2012 10:21:46 AM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: cdga5for4

Obama must go. IMHO this has no bearing on that goal.


8 posted on 08/21/2012 10:21:46 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: cdga5for4

Doesn’t matter to me.
Now if he had dated a democrat...
it would depend on how hot she was.


9 posted on 08/21/2012 10:22:25 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: cdga5for4
Kinda vacates the sleazy democrats racism card!!
10 posted on 08/21/2012 10:22:57 AM PDT by ontap
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To: cdga5for4

No. It.does.not.matter. At least not to conservatives but it will to the racist liberals. Hope they choke on their own hypocrisy.


11 posted on 08/21/2012 10:23:17 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: cdga5for4

So, where is my $1 million?


12 posted on 08/21/2012 10:24:16 AM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: LibFreeUSA

For leftists the fact that they broke up proves he is a racist.


13 posted on 08/21/2012 10:25:20 AM PDT by Hugin ("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
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To: cdga5for4; All
sounds like the pRes__ent O'Bozo Re-election
Campaign playing the RACE CARD Again
have they ever stopped?

14 posted on 08/21/2012 10:25:27 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)
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To: nhwingut

“not a socialist” = “racist”


15 posted on 08/21/2012 10:25:58 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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To: cdga5for4

Actually, I dunno....did Obama ever have a black ‘girlfriend’ that didn’t need to squat to pee?


16 posted on 08/21/2012 10:26:19 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: ontap

He is still a racist because he didn’t find it fit to marry her. But then again, you might be a bigot if, (enter appropriate Jeff Foxworthy line here).


17 posted on 08/21/2012 10:27:01 AM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: cdga5for4

So Ryan has something that 0bama doesn’t, a black, former girl friend?

Gee, how about that. A man has had girl friends before getting married. Isn’t that weird?


18 posted on 08/21/2012 10:28:43 AM PDT by Truth is a Weapon (Truth, it hurts so good.)
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To: cdga5for4
those who hold stereotypes about a particular group of people are unlikely to have those stereotypes altered merely by encountering someone who defies that stereotype.

The writer should read and contemplate her own words.

Ryan, like Republicans in general, are more impressed by the content of your character than by the color of your skin.

The writer makes the mistake of connecting things that don't connect. If you are fond of latin americans in general or Mexicans in particular, that doesn't mean you favor illegal immigration or open borders. Mexicans don't favor it for their country either, and I doubt you can find a single country anywhere where they do favor it.

If you are fond of black people and have the highest respect for them as people, that doesn't mean that you want to treat them as dependent and lesser citizens... quite the contrary. It is the promoters of the dependency culture i.e. Democrats who see black people as second class citizens and insist on patronizing them.

19 posted on 08/21/2012 10:29:03 AM PDT by marron
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To: mazda77
He is still a racist because he didn’t find it fit to marry her.

You beat me to the punch!

20 posted on 08/21/2012 10:32:50 AM PDT by Always A Marine
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