Flyspeck

Name me one Democratic leader who says we can declare peace, pull down the Levalor blinds, and everything will be peachy -- Kerry doesn't talk that way, the voluble Biden doesn't (who said this weekend he didn't want to "flyspeck" the magnitude of Israel's military response), Hillary certainly doesn't. ❋ Wolcott, James, 1952- (2009)

Back in the glory days of Newt Gingrich, the House enacted a rule that would limit revisions to the Congressional Record to correct mistakes in grammar, typographical errors, and other such "flyspeck" matters. ❋ Unknown (2006)

ZIMMERMAN: Midway Island taken at the same time, in the same summer as the -- as the Spanish were defeated, another kind of flyspeck with a good naval base possibility in the Pacific. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He was arguing that Clinton had only a "flyspeck" of support and that the party should consider nominating someone else at the convention. ❋ Unknown (2009)

11-Mar-2009 - At Expo West recently, Shane Starling sat down with industry stalwart, Loren Israelsen, to discuss the Obama effect, Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois, the "flyspeck" that is the Dietary Supplements and Health Education Act (DSHEA), ❋ Unknown (2009)

He posted on Twitter: "Am I a Grinch or is it just an unbearably cute flyspeck?" ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)

Aside from placing limits on jury awards in malpractice cases, two other ideas seem to have consensus support among Republicans: strengthening the prohibition against the use of federal funds to pay for abortions, and flyspeck oversight of the Obama administration's efforts to implement the health care law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was a flyspeck island off the coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, not far from Siberia. ❋ Gene Weingarten (2010)

Like the camera honing in on a flyspeck on a Pacific map, this miniseries zeroes in on a few key, fact-based characters and shows us things from their perspective. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There are only a flyspeck of votes in that hall and they are mostly semi-pro politicos, not regular voters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Warren Buffett seemed to be even-handed: The Democrats should not use the economic crisis to push all of their pet projects, while the Republicans should not flyspeck each teeny aspect of the stimulus: ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

I pointed out that flyspeck was your word and then responded to your words. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

It just means that probable cause was not an issue in the case, and the “odd flyspeck of a case” only dealt with the exigency prong of the conjunctive test. ❋ Unknown (2009)