Spying Game Philosophy - The Phoenix must die!

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No: HPFGUIDX 81217

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 Kneasy:
 He [DD]doesn't think it [Fudge's job] is all that important or 
influential otherwise he would take it. If it was a position of real 
power, he could have built a nice little centre of influence, weed 
out the duds and be ready for The Return. Would anyone object to such 
as McGonagall as Headmistress? Seems to be eminently suitable and 
would have maintained DDs ethos with little effort. 
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Sandy:
I think any contempt Dumbledore has for Fudge is personal, not aimed 
at his  office. Anyway, if Dumbledore is planning to give the 
WW "enough rope to hang" itself (which fits new MD IMO), he'd avoid 
the MoM position.

Laura:

Fudge deserves plenty of contempt on a personal level regardless of 
DD's opinion of the Ministry.  *rolls eyes*

When we come into the Potterverse in PS/SS, things have been quiet 
for 11 years, and no one knows where LV is, what kind of condition 
he's in or when he's likely to reappear on the scene.  I very much 
like Pip's theory that DD is at Hogwarts to mold his students in his 
own image.  Given that there's only one school of wizardry in the UK 
and there are no institutions of higher learning, Hogwarts has to be 
a very important and influential place.  If you needed any further 
proof, Lucius sat on the Board of Governors,and he's not going to 
waste his time going to meetings if they don't add to his prestige 
and influence.

DD sits on the Wizengamot, as we know.  Moreover, there is clearly 
ongoing communication between Fudge and DD throughout the books, so 
DD can have his cake and eat it too.  He can wield power when he 
wants to, either directly or via Fudge or his other supporters, and 
oversee the moral/ethical training of upcoming generations of witches 
and wizards at the same time.  This way he can avoid stupid 
bureaucracy, skip the ceremonial ribbon-cuttings and just do what he 
wants to do.  He's a lot less constrained at Hogwarts than he would 
be at the Ministry.

I would suggest that DD doesn't necessarily have contempt for the 
office of Minister, but he doesn't find much to respect in the way 
Fudge is doing the job.  As always with a leadership position, it is 
what the holder makes it.