When I heard the news, I couldn’t help but laugh. Liberals like Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse like to refer to conservatives as the “lunatic fringe,” but isn’t Air America’s bankruptcy evidence that the exact opposite is true?

The big names on Air America were Al Franken and Rachel Maddow, who now has a show on MSNBC. If you look at the ratings, MSNBC’s liberal shows hosted by Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and others are way behind behind the conservative shows aired by Fox news. Sean Hanitty, Bill O’Reilly, and Glenn Beck are always near the top, while MSNBC’s cast of characters are near the bottom. Let’s not forget that those hosts also have radio shows, along with others like Michael Savage, Mark Levin, and Rush Limbaugh. The conservative hosts are still working and thriving, while the liberal network collapsed. What does that tell you about the opinions of typical Americans?

Liberals enjoy attempting to marginalize conservatives, but when they do so, they accomplish nothing but illustrating that they are out of touch with reality. They conveniently ignore the millions of American that are conservative and listen to these programs, just as they write off the people who attend Tea Party rallies and town hall meetings.

Maybe they think Americans will start to believe their lies about the “lunatic fringe” if they repeat them enough. Personally, the surge among Republican candidates and conservative commentators tell me that the “lunatic fringe” is actually on the left.