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		badpun on Jan 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Has anyone successfully started their care... According to Olivier Stone's documentary, Truman was nominated to be the Democratic party's president to "prove a point that a party is such a well-oiled machine that it can push through even a complete nobody". So, in other words, he was incredibly lucky.

tamaharbor on Jan 20, 2023 [–]

If you consider a nobody to be a Judge, Senator, and Vice President.

badpun on Jan 20, 2023 | [–]

Sorry, I messed up the story in my original post. It was about the vice-president nomination.

orangeplus on Jan 20, 2023 | | [–]

Truman had made a big name for himself in the Senate fighting war profiteering, he was in the news a lot by then

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