Percy under the influence (Was: Umbridge and Fudge)

[sbursztynski]

No: HPFGUIDX 152981

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Randy" <estesrandy at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
> <justcarol67@> wrote:
> >
> > Carol earlier:
> > > 
> > > >noting that Umbridge is Fudge's Senior Undersecretary and 
Percy 
> is
> > his Junior Assistant, and wondering if Umbridge is also 
responsible
> > for, erm, brainwashing Percy
> > > 
> > Ffred responded:
> SNIP
> SNIP
> 
> > drinking his morning coffee with them, going for a beer at 
> lunchtime,
> > taking notes at meetings - it would be very hard for a young and
> > impressionable man like Percy not to get sucked in to their way 
of
> > thinking.
> > > 
> > > hwyl
> > > 
> > > Ffred (who can't help thinking about the speech by David Owen 
> back
> > in the early 80s when he talked about the "politics of fudge and 
> mudge")
> > >
> > 
> > Carol responds:
> SNIP
> SNIP
> 
> > Carol, imagining going out for coffee with Umbridge and gagging 
at 
> the
> > thought
> >
> 
> Umbridge is the spitting image of the Assistant Principal of my 
> former High School.  She obviously used her connections in 
> Government to move up into the Ministry.  My mom (rest her soul) 
> once went toe to toe with her over my being late to register for 
> classes for my Senior year.  I think my mom would have cleaned 
house 
> at the Ministry of Magic if she had the chance.  Voldemort would 
> have feared two people if he had met her on a bad day. ;0)
> 
> Randy

Sue:

Well, at least you didn't have dear Dolores for your boss - I did! 
I'm here to say that she does exist in real life, even if JKR thinks 
she invented her. :-)

As for Percy, he has always been ambitious - note such events as his 
stopping at the bokshop to browse a book about former Hogwarts 
prefects who gained power. I don't honestly think he needed a lot of 
brainwashing.

Yes, what did happen to Penny? Maybe she saw him for what he was and 
dropped him.
>