Sigmund Freud supposedly said: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." He meant that we can read too much into things.

So, I wonder, who are these people at TPM who just can't resist bashing Barack or Hillary? Democrats?

I thought Democrats wanted to win in November. But bash Obama and you're bashing the nominee. Or bash Clinton and you're bashing a very strong party figure with perhaps enough unhappy supporters to deny Obama the White House in spite of what she asks of them.

Do any of these "Democrats" doing the bashing remember that the 2000 election turned on a few hundred Florida ballots?

Sure, unity is hard for Hillary and Obama supporters alike. Life's hard. Living under a McCain presidency is harder.

When you see a michelle bociurkiw comment, it's not even worth considering that it's the comment of a Democrat. Because real Democrats don't make stupid, egotistical remarks that split the party over issues not at stake. So understand that you can trust appearances now: michelle bociurkiw is what she seems — a Mctroll.

But there are Hillary supporters who aren't as aggrieved, who are on the fence and who will not fondly remember how some Obama supporters couldn't even accept winning with grace. Thank your lucky stars if they decide not to hold those "Hillary sucks" posts against Obama and still vote for him anyway.

But they don't "owe" Obama their votes. That means it's incumbent on those who support Obama not to screw this up by playing into the hands of hillaryis44 and people like michelle. Hillary hasn't attacked Obama in weeks, if not months. She'll be campaigning for him very soon and very hard. And I don't really give a damn about those GOP commericals featuring her statements in the primaries. That's history. The general election is the future and it depends on not being divisive, ungracious lunkheads who hand McCain the very gift he seeks.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sometimes a dick is just a dick. So back to my original question for all those people who hate candy-ass unity threads:

What kind of Democrat bashes either of the two most important people on our side?