Fudge: DE or not? (was Re: 50 Questions I would like answered..)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 55132

Greicy wrote:

> There could be the *possibility* that Voldemort sent Fudge a letter 
> stating that he is going to kill Harry Potter the night of the 
> Third Task and to not apparate to the graveyard because it will be 
> too suspicious. 

Now me:

LOON point:  Fudge was at the tournament and therefore could not have 
apparated to the graveyard since one cannot apparate or disapparate 
from the Hogwarts grounds.  *However,* he could have taken a portkey 
to the graveyard, since portkeys have been proven to work on the 
Hogwarts grounds...

I believe JKR is intentionally trying to make us question Fudge's 
motives.  From his very name to the bizarre way he dresses to his 
contradictory actions, he simply exudes mistrust. My own personal 
thinking is that Fudge is not a DE or a "Voldemortist," but that he 
will contribute to the efforts of the Dark Side by his inaction in 
facing the reality of Voldemort's return.

~Phyllis