Oh Theresa, We Hardly Knew Ye

Theresa Shaw, the chief Department of Education official responsible for overseeing the nation’s scandal-plagued $85 billion student loan industry, has decided to spent more time with her family, bringing to 33 the number of Bush administration officials who have been convicted, copped pleas, indicted or otherwise brought down by scandal.

For Republicans with short memories, No. 32 was Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias, who resigned after confirming that he was a customer of a Washington, D.C., escort service whose owner has been charged with running a prostitution operation. No. 31 was Robert E. Coughlin II, who was deputy chief of staff of the embattled Justice Department’s criminal division. No. 30 was some guy by the name of Scooter.

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