Fudge is Way Evil and I have the acronyms to prove it

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

No: HPFGUIDX 35768

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> ::waves away clouds of pipe smoke, opens a window and lets 
> the fresh air in::
> 
> Okay, there's a possibility Fudge could be evil. Dumbledore 
> seems to be weighing that when he takes his hard look at 
> Fudge. ... Also, if Fudge were a DE...

Dicentra replies:

I don't allege that Fudge is a bona fide DE, dark mark and all.  He's
not a member of the inner circle, but a covert supporter who enables
Voldemort and the DEs and their Evil Doings.

Pippin continues to insist on signing off thus:
> 
> Pippin
> F.U.D.G.E.F.A.C.T.O.R.
> 
> > Dicentra replies:
> > 
> > Yes, yes, you've got an acronym in your support. But I've got 
> FIVE!!! 
> > 
> > I win.

And Pippin retorts:
> 
> "One man and the truth is a majority" -anonymous :-)

So Dicentra parries:

...and one chick and five acronyms *and* the truth is a supermajority.
Ha! :D

Go ahead.  Fight F.I.E if you can.  Fight F.I.R.E. too (Fudge Is
*Really* Evil). But I don't think JKR aroused Dumbledore's suspicions
just to dash them to bits in OoP.  When *he's* fooled (as in the case
of Moody), *we're* fooled (though not necessarily the reverse; he
always knows more than we do).

But if you want to go for a more nuanced Fudge--someone who is
indifferent about Good and Evil and plays both sides against each
other for his own benefit, then THAT would be an interesting theory.

--Dicentra, who would think of an acronym but it's lunch time