This reply by SoConPubbie tells an awful lot of the truth in just a few words, so here they are again.
“No, Keene is not correct.
What Keene, and the rest of the middle-of-the-road NON-FIGHTING “conservatives” have either purposefully or ignorantly done is CONFUSE FIGHTING BACK WITH WHINING.
The general public and most all regular voters out there get this. Only the DNC, the Media, RINOS, and the disaffected supporters of moderate and non-fighting GOP presidential candidates don’t get it.
Furthermore, Freepers who take this line are mostly disengenuous supporters of some other potential candidate.
One last thought, If Keene had any constructive criticism for Gov. Palin he would have given it privately. Giving it this way seems that he has some other motive.