Please clarify: to whom would that be "negative in the extreme"?
Please understand that I don't wish to get into a "food fight" over this. It appears that we both admire Sarah and are convinced that she's running. That would be an answer to my prayers.
However, I believe that Sarah's REAL supporters are prepared to accept whatever her personal decision might be and move forward.
I guess we shall agree to disagree.
To make a sort of down to earth example, you don’t date someone for months and months and months and then decide not to marry them. That is using another person for whatever your goals are, essentially leading them down a false path, and it is immoral.
So I think if she were NOT to run, it would be negative in the extreme with regards to her character. It would also be inconsistent, since she has demonstrated nothing of the sort in reality (ergo, you can only rationally assume she is running, as every step she takes is consistent with that).
But if she were not to run, she has been doing a lot of things which are drawing time, attention and resources to her while the country is being destroyed by Obama.
The stakes of this election are as high as any in my lifetime. Even higher than 1980. Obama simply has to go and every step that every leader with political stature takes has to work into that sole objective somehow. She has much more stature than just about anyone, and every step she takes is perfectly consistent with running for President. (If not exactly from the now-existing playbook). So bottom line: if she ends up not running (I’m 99.5% sure she is), then it will be right for us to ask why the hell she didn’t decide earlier NOT to run, and then figure out the best way to contribute to someone else’s effort to beat Obama.
Again, though, we are dealing here with metaphysical hypotheticals, and my point has been, since she is a person of character (there is no real evidence to the contrary), then we can only rationally conclude that she is running, and is doing very well. It is her manifest character together with her actions (together with what not running would reveal) which telegraphs to us and anyone else who cares to look at all of the evidence, that she is running.
Sarah all but declared the words that she was running in her “Game On” speech rallied her supporters, her staff endorsed supporters to join Organize4Palin, a grassroots states-wide organization....,.if Palin didn’t run besides family situations or personal health or well being then you can question why she did those things, but we are saying the those type of things do show that she is running
Just so we're all clear, and I don't have time today to go into detail, let me say that I concur with LaybackLenny's sentiments, in that the only reason Sarah would decide not to run is that she would determine she couldn't possibly win the general, and being the patriot she is, she would come forward to tell us precisely that 2012 is too important to lose to Obama and she would then throw her support to X and ask us to do the same. Of course, I believe that this scenario is a 1%-er at the most, given that there is no X *at this time* who even comes close to Sarah Palin and I can't see anyone else either, can you?