FUDGE IS A DE!!!!

[serious_schwartz]

No: HPFGUIDX 78925

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" 
<zanelupin at y...> wrote:
> KathyK:
>  
<heavy duty snip>

> "Losing" Bertha Jorkins was probably bad enough press for the 
> Ministry.  How would Fudge combat the accusation that he can't keep 
> his own people safe and under control?  He doesn't even want these 
> things to come up.  So he has the Dementors kiss Crouch Jr.
> 
> Then he has to deal with Dumbledore's tall tales about Voldemort 
> returning.  What's a Minister of Magic in love with his position to 
> do?  Cover *everything* up.  Not just Voldemort's return but Harry's 
> story, the truth behind Bertha Jorkins, Crouch Sr., and Cedric 
> Diggory's disappearance/deaths. 
> 
> Once again, this does help Voldemort.  But it helps non-DE Fudge more.
> 

I totally agree that Fudge is all self-preserving politician and not  
a death eater. He is often shown reacting to things with a line 
such as This will reflect badly on the ministry... or What will 
happen if the press gets hold of this? Or -- when taking Hagrid to 
Azkaban in CoS -- that he needs to be seen taking some kind of 
action against the attacks on the students.

This ties into thoughts of Percy's future. I reread GoF recently and 
smirked while reading the part where Harry, Ron, and Hermione 
are leaving the cave after meeting with Sirius. Hermione 
chastises Ron when he says that Crouch reminds him of Percy. 
(I think that's what he says... don't have the book handy.) She 
says that Percy would never throw his family to the dementors. 
And Ron reacts skeptically, saying that he wasn't so sure of 
that... esp. if Percy thought his family was standing in the way of 
his career plans. More proof of Percy as the future Fudge? (In 
CoS, one of the Weasleys boys says that Percy's goal is to be 
Minister of Magic.)

--serious_schwartz