Reply #133: I don't presume to define what a "good" Democrat is, but I will say this much:

[blondeatlast]

IMHO, you cna't be a "good" Democrat and be anti-Union. Maybe it comes from coming of age in the Reagan era, but I was raised by a white-collar union father and mother (AFSCME) and grandfather who risked much in a railway strike. I've disagreed with several of the Union brothers and sister in this thread on several non-labor issues--but they remain my idea of what the Party should be about.

Full disclosure--I DO drive a well-used 1999 Camry and cannot afford to replace it right now--but fully supported, and I am DAMN glad that GM got relief.

Anti-Union and Democrat? It makes my head hurt (and I apologize for the car; I hope to buy new (for the very first time)--and Union--next year when my situation should improve.