Nah. The republicans would agree to the balloons, but they would hem and haw over the budget costs of air to blow them up, let alone including string! They would make the case that they're willing to give the American populace what they need, but they're certainly not going to blow them up like the democrats! Fringe elements in the party would agonize and pontificate over the effects of helium as an inhalent, and Conservatives in the party would staunchly point to the Constitution asking for the clause. The whole lot of them would be labeled selfish, heartless scoundrels who hate smiles - and ribbon. ;)

And as for the 912 March, 1.6-1.7 million is actually the number Glenn Beck stands by. On the day of the march, he did say thousands - tens of, hundreds of. The numbers for these events always come out hours to days later, and he revised his quote over that time period. The estimate is actually between 1.2 and 2 million...

"Police agencies estimates the crowd at 1.2 million. ABC News, however, reported this afternoon that the crowd was estimated at 2 million." LINK (http://www.examiner.com/x-3704-Columbia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m9d12-March-on-DC-draws-2-million)

But maybe pictures will help... This is, ah, "tens of thousands..."







Panoramic Full View of 912 March (http://romanticpoet.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/capitol-view-lo-res.jpg)

Heh heh. Tens of thousands. I've been in 15,000 in San Antonio and 30,000 in Dallas. That ain't tens of thousands.