Then Fleischmann hopped on a plane, flew to Florida and went to the beach.
Brutal - sounds as if Fleischman comes from the Clinton School of Political Loyalty.
But I must say that I was surprised by the somewhat amateurish quality of the writing in this piece. Is this typical of the Washington Post nowadays? Is anyone familiar with Lori Montgomery, the article's author?
The quotation above (the last lines in the article), certainly has impact. But it reads much more like an opinion column than straight reporting.
A good reporter would have given Fleischman's side of the situation. Was he in frequent phone contact while away? How long did he remain in Florida, etc?
Lori had her nose up KKT's perverbial you know what for the entire campaign. Blair Lee IV, of the Lee family and long time Democrat would always have unkind things to say about Ms. Montgomery in his weekly column published by The Montgomery County Journal a local rag. It is not surprising that Ms. Montgomery would would find a local Muldoon to blame for the loss. She conveniently ignores that fact that the "National Experts" brought in a hatchet who's name escapes me, to play the race card. It ended up blowing crap all over KKT and all over KKT's campaign. Followed by weeks of discussion as to whether the campaign had or had not fired the hatchet man.
And yes, she is a terible writer but typical of the the Washington Bleep.