The Golden Dukes

I'd been somehow ignoring TPM's awards show for the most corrupt Republican officials, but here are the nominees and it's a hoot. Well worth 5 minutes or so of your time. The sheer breadth of Bush Administration and Republican scandals is astounding. And I think there are a lot missing, they actually had to weed some of the garden variety corruption out to end up with this tight list. My favorite so far (somehow I missed this one):

A late, Friday of the deadline nomination for the Outstanding Achievement in Corruption-based Chutzpah section. As outlined by the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7152378), Ginger Cruz, an deputy at the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) and a wiccan has gone beyond earthly realms in her bid for a Golden Duke. Besides, and I quote, a "sustained patterns of inappropriate behavior", she threatened to "put hexes on employees". Add in a dash of "inappropriate sexual remarks" and "access(ing) without authorization employee e-mail messages stored on computers maintained by the U.S. Army", and you've got a lovely little Bush employee disaster in the works. Outstanding work Ginger!

Oh, did I mention there's an investigation of overspending and mismanagement on top of it?

But there are dozens more just as mind-blowing. Enjoy, you'll thank me later.