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You really are thick. Weimar Germany was a multi-party system, not a two party system. To compare, the Likud in Israel today holds one third of the seats in the Knesset. That makes them the largest party with more than twice the votes of the next largest party (Labour). Likud has an unbreakable hold on power until the next election in 2007.

The National Socialists were in a similar position in Germany after 1932. By 1936 the Nazis had brutally suppressed all opposition. They didn't need to. They would have won an overwhelming majority in a free election. Indeed, Hitler had many supporters and admirers in the U.S. He took a bankrupt nation and turned it into a world power both economically and militarily in a few short years.

I have studied history. You seem to ignore it if it doesn't meet with your interpretation of the facts.

Tell me: is your purpose to defend Herr Hohman and his speech?

The Weiwar republic had a genuine executive head of state, President Hindenburg. In desperation due to a state collapsing in political/criminal turmoil he chose to ask Hitlers party to form a government, (he could as legally have chosen the Bolsheviks, would that in your mind have made the German situation a tad more like Russias? Which is I believe the point here.) thinking that within the government he might somehow be tamed. Instead from that position and thanks to Hindenbergs dementia and death constitutional government was brutally overturned making Hitler cheif of state. The Nazis were never given an electoral mandate to govern, and sadly by demanding that it be seen in that way , you award Hitler a status he does not deserve. But have it your way, and be sure to catch Showtime to learn all about Ronald Reagan.

By 1936 the Nazis had brutally suppressed all opposition. They didn't need to. They would have won an overwhelming majority in a free election.

I see a contradiction between your two statements.