Sarah Palin has pretty much shown herself to be a big nothing in 2012 politics. She hasn’t exactly endeared herself to Mitt Romney who will almost certainly be the Republican nominee. Recently, she urged Republican primary voters to vote for Newt Gingrich in Florida and Nevada and, well, it’s plain to see how that one worked out for her. Plus there was her ridiculous tease about a potential candidacy of her own that nobody with an ounce of intelligence could have possibly fallen for. But somehow Fox News has not gotten the message. They keep trotting her out for her so-called insights into the race.

Last night, BFF Greta Van Susteren trotted out Palin to discuss the fact that President Obama has risen in the polls.

Palin lectured the candidates, “We need to make sure that (the Republican candidates) are using the debate platform that they have through the nominating process to focus on Obama.”

So just how does Palin think she and others can “make sure” that happens? Van Susteren didn’t ask. She did, however, point out the lack of enthusiasm among Republicans for their candidates. “I don’t sense that glowing enthusiasm,” Van Susteren said.

Palin blamed the lack of enthusiasm on the seeming inevitability of Mitt Romney’s nomination.

Ironically, Palin’s advice to the candidates went unheeded by herself. She spent a lot of time criticizing Romney and very little focusing on Obama.

So let’s see. Last night, we had pretend Middle East expert Rudy Giuliani on Hannity and we had pretend political insider Sarah Palin on On The Record. No wonder some people call Fox “Faux News.”