This Day in African American History Feb 22

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1881 Music		A unique composer/bandleader, James R. Europe. *James R more...
	1888 Theatre/the Arts		Horace Pippin, an early twentieth century artist *This date marks the birth of Horace Pippin in 1888 more...
	1866 Politics/Law/Military		J. Frank Wheaton, Minnesota law pioneer! *The birth of John Frank Wheaton is celebrated on this date in 1866 more...
	1988 Music		First Rap Grammy Award given! *On this date in 1988, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince won the first Rap Grammy Award more...
	1841 Theatre/the Arts		Grafton T. Brown, painter of western beauty *On this date in 1841, Grafton Tyler Brown was born more...
	1933 Literature		Ishmael Reed is a total writer! *Ishmael Reed was born on this date 1933 more...

Why So Shocked?

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I must say, I'm very shocked that people are being so critical of Sarah Palin for resigning from the governorship of Alaska. After all, nobody screamed when Minnesota governor Pawlenty decided not to run again. This is a pretty schrewd thing to do right now for many reasons:

1. For starters, she's going to run for president in 2012. Why would she want to continue being governor right now?

2. Once she announced that she wasn't going to run for reelection, that made her a lame duck. Might as well just give it up now.

3. She can now go & do a lot of things like fundraising & speeches for other politicians or even herself.

4. Most importantly, she has a book coming out. This will definitely sell it. Plus, the will she or won't she run questions will sell just a few more copies.

People who count her out & say that she's imploded haven't looked at a calendar. It's July of 2009. The presidential primaries don't start until January of 2012. People who underestimate either Sarah Palin or the republican party do so at their own peril.

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