Don't ignore the majority.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Brief article

Liberals' reaction to reproaches from Obama about not "being serious" and from Joe Biden about "whining" have largely consisted of further criticism of the president and his administration. Consider Peter Birkenhead's quote, "I'll quit whining when you start fighting," in Salon.

Birkenhead cites a recent poll finding that 55 percent of likely voters believe Obama is a socialist--and proceeds to blame Obama for their mistake. I blame Wall Streeters, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and his pals at Fox News--and the failure of liberals to care about persuading the majority of Americans that the lies about Obama are indeed lies.

The liberal media tends to dismiss as fools those who believe the lies. Even my favorite comedians, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, are guilty of...