Not a dumb move at all IMO. An astute move actually to get something out of a game where you were most likely not going to get anything. The thing with Cindy was:
(1) no one was going to take her to the final 2 (or 3 for that matter) because she never ticked anyone off yet played a strong game and was respected by pretty much all of the players. Taking her with you is giving away the win.
(2) She was not in control of the game or controlling the alliance. She had to be questioning the alliance she had as they failed to inform here about voting Judd off. She expressed it right off the top of the show that following the trend she was going to be gone. She had good reasont to think that way.
(3) as much as Rafe wants to say "i would have given all of them a car" it's so much easier to say that than actually do it when in the position of getting a 20,000+ prize. Had she given people the car she would have had a couple of the remaining people questioning her thoughts that she was going to go all the way to the final 2 as she gave up a sure thing. More to the point her confidence about being able to do so brought forth all memories of how well she was doing in the challenges. She would have been seen as the same threat as she was for taking the car. Being a threat while not being in control of the alliance = bye bye.
The end result is if they are smart people should be taking Lydia with them to the final 2. No one respects her game play and no one particularily likes her either. She is viewed as riding on peoples coattails not playing an unassuming or strong game.
In the end because of here position in the game and being on the outside after the previous tribal council she absolutely made the correct choice.
The people who voted her off didn't make the proper choice. In all honesty they left the one person who has the best chance of winning both of the final two immunity challenges...Rafe. That is who should have been voted out. But Cindy made the right choice.
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