The Half-Hour Chat with Fudge

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No: HPFGUIDX 71838

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" 
<Zarleycat at a...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Or, how much does Dumbledore reveal?  Towards the end of Chapter 
> 36, 
> > after the battle in the Dept. of Mysteries, Dumbledore tells a 
> > shocked Fudge that he will give him half an hour to tell Fudge 
the 
> > major points of what has happened.
> 
> ME: I can not see Dumbledore letting Fudge in on everything.  He 
does 
> have leanings toward the "purity of blood" prejudices (after all, 
> Lucius Malfoy was always at his right hand it seems..) I think DD 
> will operate on a "need-to-know" basis with Fudge. One half hour is 
> not nearly enough time to get him up to speed and DD will want to 
be 
> sure that Fudge understands the monumental nature of LV's return 
> before he gives away the store.
> 
> Marianne again:
> I do see the Order continuing as a sort of 
> > intelligence-gathering operation that will funnel that 
information 
> to> people in the Ministry who can act on it appropriately.
> 
> Marianne
> 
> Me:
> While I agree with this strategy too, I tend to think that DD will 
> not let Fudge in on the Order immediately. Fudge has to sort out 
> where he stands on things. You can't just oppose LV becaus he kills 
> people. You have to be against his ideology. And that will be the 
> greater challenge. If, in future, Fudge appears to "get it
<snip> 
Jennifer

Comment:
How does the MOM get elected?  I would think that in view of Fudge 
stupidly ignoring DD, he would be ousted.  I do not see him as 
someone wanting mend fences at all with DD.  I see him still 
interferring in some way in book 6. I trust him about as much as I 
trust Snape.
Fran
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