Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor.
After that, within a month, the Reichstag burned (courtesy of Hermann Goering and Nazi operatives), and Hitler was able to ram his "Enabling Act" through the Reichstag that basically let him rule by decree.
The correct respone to "Hitler was elected", and I always like to add: Hitler and his Nazis were socialist, not conservative.
It could be said that John Kerry is running to be Neville Chamberlain, and that Michael Moore is Leni Reufenshal(sp?)
An old point, but it certainly bears repeating.