Oh man.
I’m thinking of two predictions here, both of them by Pedro Picasso (Atman), a non-primitive on Skins’s island.
One of them was that the Republicans deliberately allowed the Democrats to eke out a razor-thin win in 2006, so as to “set them up” for the bigger elections of 2008.
That was the comment that got quoted on the most-popular talk-show on radio, bringing much embarrassment and humiliation to my fellow alum Skins.
The other, an older one, was where Pedro Picasso swore that the impeachment of the Impeached One was “pre-planned” by Republicans in anticipation of a Republican president in 2001, in which case the Democrats, scared, wouldn’t try the same thing on him.
I don’t think that one got quoted anywhere.
Anyway, one sees the usefulness, to Democrats and liberals, of having Skins’s island. Like a magnet, it attracts the fringe ones, segregating and isolating them on the island, out of view of the general public, so they won’t embarrass and humiliate Democrats and liberals.
Imagine, for example, if Pedro Picasso were allowed to run amok all over the internet, shooting off his mouth. This way, he’s under control.
One great reason to visit my DUFU blog is that the DUmmies are now leaving lots of comments. 175 comments at last count for yesterday’s edition.