“I knew in my heart they were going to make him our new deity in just four years”
If you knew that in 2004, then why are you asking us any questions?
"Knew" in the instinctive, colloquial sense.
What I am wondering is whether anyone has read that same conspiracy theory: specifically, that there was a panel of Powers That Be reading out the Clintons and working against them. I cannot for the life of me remember where I heard that and I want to read it again.
If it's a conspiracy theory too rich to be true, you have to admit it's also too rich to be ignored.