A Look Back at Blanca's 2008 Predictions

One year ago today, Blanca made some gutsy predictions for 2008. Many thought Blanca was crazy for placing her reputation on the line like this. But I always figured if I was royally wrong, I could just go back and change the original posting, to make it look like I was right all along. It's not like anyone could go back and see for themselves.

It is time to take a look at those predictions and see how close she was.

First, let me remind you of those predictions:

• Hillary Clinton will not get the Democratic nomination.
• Rudy Giuliani will not get the Republican nomination.
• There will be a walkout of delegates at the Republican National Convention because of the choice of nominee.
• A third party candidate will arise from this walkout.
• At least one athlete will die at the Summer Olympics due to either air pollution or lead poisoning.
• Mike Huckabee will shoot at least one reporter during a press conference.
• Fred Thompson will finally completely decompose, like those creepy scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark or Poltergeist.
• Mike Huckabee will choose Joe Lieberman as his running mate.
• Joe Lieberman will renounce Judaism and become a Baptist.
• Bill O'Reilly will suffer a major aneurysm on the air while arguing with a secular progressive.
• Rupert Murdoch will die after the option on his contract with Mephistopheles is called.
• The country will finally realize what an amazing President Commander Guy is, and will repeal the 22nd Amendment.
• Pigs will fly. Literally. United Airlines will fly pigs coach class in an attempt to compete with Southwest Airlines. It will fail miserably.'

OK, so how did I do? Well, it appears that I hit the first two right on the nose. Good for me. As for the next one, I had high hopes that the PUMA's would have at least given me a walkout in Denver, but then it all turned out to be a Fox News fantasy, and in the end everyone came together and gave Obama a big victory.

For the next six, I was way off. As for number seven, all I can say is: how can you tell Bill O'Reilly isn't having an aneurysm when talking to a secular progressive?

Eight and nine were a wash, as well. As for number ten, I ask again: how can you tell those flying on Southwest aren't pigs?

So I give myself about a 25 - 35% accuracy for my predictions, which seems to make me more affective than the CIA leading up to 9/11 or the White House leading up to the Iraq Invasion of 2003. Pretty damn good for a Republican, if I must say so myself.