Delores Umbridge

I’m enjoying the Saturday discussion prompts at the My Friend Amy blog, so I thought I’d respond to this week’s as well.  The question: Who is your favorite and least favorite fictional politician?  I’ll stick with Harry Potter on this.  Feel free to answer either from Harry Potter (considering every member of the Ministry is a politician in one way or another) or from any other kind of fiction.

• My favorite: You’ll have a hard time guessing this one, won’t you?  Albus Dumbledore, of course – primarily because, in good libertarian fashion, he turned down the Minister position 3 times, prefering to work in the fields of justice (Wizengamot), international cooperation, and education.  Honorable mention: Arthur Weasley, who wouldn’t compromise principle to get more recognition and power.
• My least favorite: Delores Umbridge – and by least favorite, I mean that I hated her, not that she’s not a brilliant character.  Honorable mention: Lucius Malfoy and Cornelius Fudge.  I never liked Scrimgeour, but he died defending Harry, so you can’t get too mad at him.

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