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Patrickvashon: "Reading some of the comments here with the analysis and interpretation rampant reminds me of what an old psychiatrist once told me "sometimes a banana is just a banana", so lets take this at face value and recognize a great politician at the top of her game."
The usual quote is, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," but I can understand why you'd want to avoid that particular word.