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To: Colonel_Flagg

You mean Hitler didn’t win with a majority. He did indeed win as do most leaders in a multi-party parliamentary state, with a plurality.


45 posted on 01/04/2013 3:02:34 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Hitler was never elected to anything.

He finished second in the 1932 German Presidential election, forcing a runoff with Paul von Hindenburg, which he also lost. He was then appointed Chancellor by von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933.

The only election Hitler ever won was his 1934 plebiscite over his assumption of state power, and even then he was not standing personally for election.


49 posted on 01/04/2013 3:36:06 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: jjotto

One benefit of our “cumbersome” American system of government. The two party system, bicameral houses, Electoral College are all blessings to prevent tyranny or tyrants getting power.

That’s why we need to undo the imperial Presidency. It extends well beyong the man, to the entire Executive Branch.


51 posted on 01/04/2013 5:08:38 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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