I’m going to throw something out there for readers of this blog to ponder. And I want to hear back from them.

The question is this: Why should anyone care one bit about anything that flies out of Sarah Palin’s mouth?

The 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee has just criticized Time magazine’s choice of President Obama as its Person of the Year. She made some remarks the other day, in response to the Sandy Hook school massacre, that the nation lacks “moral leadership.” She keeps yapping about socialism, loss of freedom and even “death panels.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/sarah-palin-slams-time-on-person-of-the-year-85351.html?hp=l7

Palin’s public service record is, at best, spotty. She served half a term as Alaska governor before quitting not long after the 2008 election. Before that she was mayor of the tiny town of Wasilla, Alaska. Palin has been a superstar on the Fox News Channel, fielding softball questions from the network’s talking heads. She and members of her family have been featured on “reality” TV shows. Palin has developed a virtual cult following on the political right.

And yet the “lamestream media” – the term she hung on commentators with whom she disagrees – keep giving her air time and space in print … as if she has anything important to say.

She doesn’t.

Could someone explain to me why this individual still matters? You can comment at the bottom of this blog post. I’m all eyes and ears.