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May 7, 2007
Serious sins in Washington
From CQ Weekly, we have this weird story, featuring Tad Furtado (Tad? Note to Republican parents and politicians: stop feeding into stereotypes when you name your kids and hire staffers. When was the last time a Democratic politician had a staffer named "Moonbeam"? They know better on that side of the aisle.), longtime aide and former campaign staffer of New Hampshire's defeated Republican House member Charles Bass:
In court papers filed last month, Furtado’s girlfriend of 10 months, Renee Howell — the chief of staff to Republican Rep. Mark Souder of Indiana — alleges that Furtado snuck into her apartment in April and trashed the place.Howell alleges that Furtado slashed every piece of furniture in her home with a knife. He did the same thing to her lingerie, her complaint contends — and then proceeded to douse her underwear drawer with Tabasco sauce. Howell also says Furtado poured bleach over many of her clothes, threw eggs, olives, beer and yogurt in her washer and dryer, and threw some of their vacation photos from Paris in her toilet.
Ick. Creepy. Yeah, it all sounds bad. But let's face it, reading the article, I think we know exactly what it was that pushed Howell over the edge and drove her to seek redress through the courts... Furtado attempted to commit a crime even more serious than anything described above:
The filing says Furtado had previously entered her home unannounced and once tried to steal her BlackBerry from her office after they broke up.
In Washington, DC, you do not mess with someone's Blackberry! They're serious about that stuff around here.
(via kos. bonus points to citizenx for noticing the Blackberry angle on all this.)
Posted by Dean at May 7, 2007 8:03 PM
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