All wasn’t lost.  I learned a new word from “Hillary Clinton” last night — Flurge.

Video: Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and “Hillary” says Flurge

Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton implored people to stop calling her a Flurge:

“And don’t refer to me as a flurge. I Googled what it stands for and I do not like it.” 

What is a Flurge?

I’m calling it as a made up word in the context of the show since Urban Dictionary’s Flurge definition is from 2002.  Flurge is “a cross between flush and purge,” according to the site.

It’s too bad that the rest of the show wasn’t as entertaining as the opening skit.  I couldn’t make it past the swim meet skit before flipping the television off and calling it an evening.

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But, it happened recently to Bill Clinton when he leaned — lips puckered up — to give Hillary Clinton a peck on the lips.  Before Bill Clinton can get close enough, Hillary Clinton quickly turns away and instead finds someone else to kiss — Barack Obama.

Bill Clinton was denied by Hillary Clinton!

Video: Hillary Clinton denies Bill Clinton a kiss and instead turns her head to kiss Barack Obama.

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While I still believe you can’t judge the quality of a candidate by the opinions of her supporters, Senator Clinton’s supporters are certainly a group of Americans we don’t often consider in this age of technology and education.

It’s sometimes easy for me to forget that there are people out there who would not vote for someone based on race — the point comes through even though Hillary’s supporters are smart enough to not say it out loud.

They say they’ll vote for Hillary Clinton, but will never vote for Barack Obama.  It doesn’t make sense to me.

While we have problems in Northwest Indiana, it’s nothing compared to what it is like further south in the poverty stricken areas of eastern Kentucky and other places that time and economic prosperity has left behind.

Many of my relatives live in Kentucky and I lived there for several years when my dad was stationed at Ft. Knox, but life for a kid growing up around the military cannot be compared to people living out in the civilian world far away from the post.  It’s a different world because there are so many people from all over the country and the world stationed on military bases.

It just seems strange to me that there are large groups of voters out there who will write off a member of their own party based on race.  But, it’s happening, according to the news report.  It seems that we would have grown beyond that in the 40+ years since fight for civil rights in the 1960s.

Maybe one of these days, people will vote for candidates based on their political positions, rather than making the selection based on race.  After all, is there that much of a difference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama when it comes to their political philosophies?

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Hillary Clinton’s visit to Indiana University might mean that Indiana taxpayers are left paying for the Democratic presidential candidate’s visit to Bloomington if she decides to stiff the state-run institution. Hillary Clinton still owes IU about $55,000, reports WTHR in Indianapolis.

Barack Obama also visited IU Bloomington, but he has already paid his bill.

Reports WTHR’s Richard Essex:

Indiana University says it may have to tap into reserve funds to cover a campaign visit by Hillary Clinton.

The New York senator and Democratic presidential candidate owes IU $55,000 from a stop at Assembly Hall. Her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, held a similar rally there, but his campaign paid up their nearly $100,000 bill.

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