There’s no real line between predictions and predilections.
predictions :’Something foretold or predicted; a prophecy’
That reminds me of a lecture I gave a divorced neighbor who had a nack of picking guys (without her asking questions) that caused her big problems. I said “ You cant look at men through the glasses that make them appear as your desires. You have to ask questions”
Those that love talk radio (as I did for many years) do so because it Presents a world that works the way they want to believe it does:“Democrats are evil. Republicans are good. Republicans save the economy, democrats destroy it. Voices that contradicts our vision is biased and have an agenda so dont listen to them.” It is those glasses. Problem is when it all falls apart: election losses, economy crashes, war situation gets worse not better. It takes a true believer to keep those glasses on.
And liberals don't have the answer either. In fact they have their own glasses:"Obama is too nice a guy. He works with Republicans too much. It is all Bushes fault, Bla-Bla-Bla..". Guess what?? Same glasses.