Robert Silverberg. The stochastic man (№ 355358)

I felt that he would be President, if not already in the year two thousand, then four years later be sure. But one prediction is not enough. I played Quinn's presidency, as the boy plays himself, exciting himself with the idea, manipulating it to indulge to satisfaction.
Tell you a secret, I was so confused, this is a hasty planning. I didn't want people with a cold mind such as Mardikian and Lombroso knew that I was already enmeshed in masturbatsii fantasies about a bright future with our hero, although I assumed that they themselves were passionate about such thoughts.
I felt him as President, if not in 2000 then four years later. But merely making the prediction wasn't enough. I played with Quinn's presidency the way a little boy plays with himself, exciting myself with the idea, manipulating pleasure for myself out of it, getting off on it.
Privately, secretly - for I felt abashed at such premature scheming; I didn't want cold-eyed pros like Mardikian and Lombroso to know I was already enmeshed in misty masturba-tory fantasies of our hero's distant glowing future, though I suppose they must have been thinking similar thoughts themselves by then...