Something wrong with this Fudge

[joyfulstoryteller]

No: HPFGUIDX 107373

> SSSusan:
> MY original point was that some people have claimed Fudge is a
> good ESE! candidate because he opposes DD, is friends w/ Lucius, 
> is unfair to Harry in his trial, won't take the position of
> informing the WW that Voldy's back even though the evidence is 
> clear, etc.-- all the CLEAR, SURFACEY detail from canon.  


Joyfulstoryteller:

One of the cannon tidbits that leads me to believe that Fudge is
either actually evil, or at least suspicious, is something that no one
has mentioned yet... 

In PS/SS, Fudge is the one who sent the owl to Dumbledore, taking him
away from Hogwarts at the same time as Quirrell/Voldemort is making
the attempt to steal the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone.  It's easy
to miss, especially as Hagrid has already set us up to dismiss it by
stating that Fudge is constantly running to Dumbledore for advice. 
But Dumbledore himself tells us that no sooner did he reach London
than it became clear to him that he needed to head back to Hogwarts.
(US paperback, Ch.17, p.297)

I didn't really even notice it myself until I read OotP for the first
time because I went back and re-read the whole series right before
hand, and reading them all together like that allowed me to notice all
of the strange coincidences that link Cornelius Fudge with very
suspicious goings-on.

Once is accident, twice is coincidence, and three times is enemy
action... Fudge has more than three strikes against him in my book.