Picking at scabs

In the recent midterm elections, the voter turnout nationally has been estimated at just under 30 percent. Assuming winning Republican candidates averaged about 55 percent of the vote, roughly 16 percent of eligible voters actually cast  ballots in favor of a Republican. Right-wing nose pickers conclude that this represents a massive transformation of the American electorate in favor of radical tea party conservatism, when all it actually suggests is that 84 percent of American voters prefer a party other than the GOP or don't care much one way or the other.

If you want to see something funny, tell a cranky old white conservative that he doesn't really have a sweeping mandate and watch his reaction.