In this game of chicken I am betting on the democrats taking the cowardly route

[no limit]

During the Bush administration Republicans packed defense budget bills with things that were in no way related to defense. They got them all through because the democrats were too scared to filibuster a defense spending bill (for a war they said they didn't support). Now that the Republicans have filibustered this defense bill anyone that knows democrats knows they will be total cowards in this game of chicken and eventually drop the provision.

During the Bush years the democrats didn't filibuster any defense sending bills along with all these other key Bush policies:

Iraq war
Patriot Act
No Child Left Behind
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
Bankruptcy Reform
Military Commissions

The argument back then was that the republicans had a majority and the democrats couldn't do anything to stop any of these disastrous policies. Now that republicans are filibustering everything the democrats do what is the argument? Well we can't do anything about this filibuster so we just have to cave in to their demands.

And I'm supposed to support these fucking assholes? All of this is starting to seem like it's all for show.