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"Eileen Sullivan, right, of the Transport Workers Union Local 100, is removed from the room by an unidentified security official as her colleague Donovan Smith, seated left,, continues to shout, during an appearance by New York Republican Gov. George Pataki at the National Press Club in Washington Monday, Aug. 7, 2006. Pataki, who is considering a run for president in 2008, was speaking about a national energy plan when protesting transit workers shouted that he was to blame for the transit strike that paralyzed New York City's subway and bus system last December."

As an American citizen and a liberal Democrat I feel as though I have been kicked in my political gut and left breathless as a result of Tuesday's election. How President Bush could possibly campaign on making the tax cuts permanent and repealing the so called "death" tax to the detriment of the Social Security (which he promised not to touch) and Medicare trust funds and to the benefit to tax payers earning over $350,000 (the "truly" rich and greedy) while the deficits will stretch from here to the moon and beyond and will add billions and billions of dollars...