I was thinking Adolph Hitler.
Who was I supposed to think of? :)
Hitler was not some unknown quantity when he was appointed chancellor in 1933. In fact, he was well known politician in Germany since at least the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. It took Hitler over ten years to build the Nazi Party into one of the largest parties in Germany. His political program was also spelled out in great deal in Mein Kampf. Hitler was also a veteran who had fought in World War I and had large support among fellow veterans.
BHO, on the other hand, was thrust on to the national stage at the Democrat National Convention in 2004 as he was running for the U.S. Senate. BHO is largely a media creation. Hitler had to employ Dr. Joseph Goebbels and Leni Reiftenstahl to craft his public image, whereas BHO has the complicity of the entire leftstream media. In point of fact, Time Magazine has on its cover BHO being compared to FDR and Newsweek compares him to Lincoln.
There are many similarities between Hitler and BHO including cult of personality, innovative propaganda, self-serving autobiographies, belief in big government socialism etc. However, here is one big difference: Hitler was a KNOWN quantity battling in the political trenches for well over a decade before being appointed chancellor. BHO has only been nationally known for a couple of years and has accomplished next to nothing. Where would BHO be today without the support of celebutards like Oprah or his adoring fans in the leftstream news media?