With its organizers' poor sense of public relations, it was bound to draw political flak, particularly as the costs to the public skyrocketed.

He took political flak for this error and resigned his aldermanship in February 2007.

He cleared the road, he took the political flak.

He was an important journalist in the local community and often showed no fear of political flak and was killed.

So this just gangs up on you, plus the political flak out there.

"I'm not too worried about the political flak."

He did this mainly by dispensing personal favors and by taking so much political flak himself that it gave cover to the others.

That political flak led them to modify the rule.

"The political flak the President's taken over that, he's not going to reverse himself the very first day, just because you ask him to."

He had several options at the turn of the year that might have deflected some political flak.