"As for the "you lied to us" bit, how in the hell could people have not seen before that the reliance on emotional go-to issues was a smoke screen?"

Well, the first thing I would say is that the Fourth Estate, our media, did not do their job and sound the alarm bells. So when you have the politicians all saying the same things and the media just running with it, I think it is to be expected that the public will just go along as well. I mean I think people that work all day and then come home to take care of the kids are likely not going to have the time, energy, or interest in searching out how their media and government are not exactly being honest with them. They might turn on the news for a bit or read a paper or maybe have a look around the internet but probably just take in the highlights...and the media just highlights the nonsense. The stuff that gets people chatting, or angry, and in the land of social media where everybody can express their opinion and collect likes this is an even larger goal.

I mean just look at how the media has handled the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton. It's buried in the papers and CNN treats it like it is the punchline of a joke. If Trump or Sanders were under investigation by the FBI while running for president the media would be shouting this everyday and it would be added to the end of their names every time they are mentioned...

"Donald Trump, who is the target of an ongoing FBI investigation..."

With Clinton though they just pretend it is not happening. And now a few days back on the 27th the State Department just released their report and it says quite specifically they NEVER told Clinton she could have a private server, never were told she was doing that, she never spoke to legal or anybody else about the security of the set-up and it was flatly never approved nor was it allowed. They also pointed out what she did is nothing like what the previous people that served as Secretary of State did and she never put anything in place to preserve her emails or protect the security of the information on that server. In other words they openly called her a liar.

So, in a short span of time the director of the FBI and now the IG at the State Department have openly and quite specifically called Clinton and her campaign liars...and somehow this is not an issue. If these same people came out and said this about Sanders or Trump you can bet everything you own every major news outlet would be reporting that while under investigation by the FBI that these guys were openly lying to the public about it, making up things to call the investigation to downplay it, and we'd get a boatload of coverage of this every hour on the hour to let us know people under investigation by the FBI should not be running for president...

But since this is "Crooked" Hillary Clinton...well...nothing to see here. She is telling one lie after another about a crime she committed while under investigation by the FBI and openly refused to take part in the State Department's investigation of what she did or answer any questions about it and this is barely a blip on the radar.

So, am I surprised when I bring this up a lot of people just say "Reg, that's no big deal. It was just about her using her Blackberry."

No, I'm not because the media is not sounding the alarm bells and so people just think it is something to ignore. It won't be an issue until the indictment comes down...and then it will be too late. This is what the Super Delegates are for, to eliminate a candidate that is too much of a risk to run for president and to make sure the party is on good footing and can win the election. However, when you have people like Debbie Wasserman Schultz running the show, a moron of epic proportions and total Clinton toady, well...it's full steam ahead let's ram that iceberg!

Are people responsible for getting themselves informed? Sure they are but the media is not helping them to do so.