[wideawake]

Adolf Hitler was not running for President of the Weimar Republic, a largely ceremonial role in a parliamentary republic (with one interesting exception in the case of Weimar) - he was the leader of a party looking to gain enough votes to lead a parliamentary government and make him the Imperial Chancellor (Prime Minister) of the republic.

This is precisely the kind of error that Buchanan and his ilk like to exploit.

Here's a question - why is Buchanan so upset over the UK's loss of its empire when he is a dyed-in-the-wool isolationist?

Why is he not lauding the UK for disentangling itself from its overseas adventures and proudly congratulating the Little England movement for this great achievement?

[mkjessup]

Adolf Hitler was not running for President of the Weimar Republic

The Hell he wasn't. Hitler changed his nationality from Austrian to German expressly for the purpose of running for President in 1932, and he pulled 36 percent of the vote.

That is why President Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor in 1933.

[johnwcassell]

I beg to differ wide awake..he did indeed run for the presidency of the Weimar republic...if Deft and dextrous or Ol Pat wanna exploit that as an error...that’s just another thing they have wrong. Goebbels ran the presidential campaign...its theme was “Hitler Over Germany” playing off the fact that Hitler did most of his campaign travelling by plane, one of the first modern politicians to do so.

As to your question...you’re not expecting me to get inside that man’s head, I’m sure, but many isolationists supported the British Empire because the Royal Navy kept a peaceful staus quo. It was good for business and didn’t cause the American taxpayer a cent.

[johnwcassell]

beg your pardon...Hitler did run for the presidency...he got about 1/3 of the votes. Hindenburg won. If pat buchanan called this a misstatyement he’d be skewed alive.