tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post4213655245727121733..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: When Cheating Does Not WorkClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-416304916132970102022-01-26T14:22:24.524-07:002022-01-26T14:22:24.524-07:00The "Pendergast machine" got Truman nomi...The "Pendergast machine" got Truman nominated for the Senate, and helped him win the election. (But they didn't "run" the state.) He made his own reputation in the Senate, and that led to FDR picking him for VP.<br /><br />Pendergast himself had been sent to prison in 1939 for income tax evasion, i.e. by the Roosevelt Justice Department. By 1944 there was nothing left of the "machine".Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.com