That would be almost as humorous as The Huffington Post story on the host of the MSNBC program, The Ed Show, challenging Rush to a debate. Did you hear about that one?:

The C Dawg came us with his own take:

The story reported by Huffington Post that MSNBC The Ed Show host, Ed Shultz, had issued an on-air challenge to Rush Limbaugh to debates, calling Rush a “coward”, apparently has flaws.

The conservative blogs quickly jumped on the story, questioning whether the program was actually televised. Blog spokesman C Dawg, reports that their investigators have been searching for anyone who actually saw the original airing of the bombastic challenge.

Nielsen Ratings confirmed low ratings for the show for the night of the alleged airing of the program, stating that their survey showed that one family in San Francisco may have seen it. A Moveon.org reader who phoned in to that he had watched the original program, waffled, when questioned later under oath, an oath sworn to “Mother Nature”, at his insistence. His sworn affidavit says that he thinks he “might” have seen the program, but his mind was foggy on the subject, after a night of peyote and Red Bull. “Dude,” he said,” I’m not sure now. Is that like the one where the cool horse talks?”

Huffington Post founder, Arianna Huffington, after arguing that the Nielsen ratings and the MoveOn caller’s affidavit did not prove anything, is said to be examining another July post. This, now questionable post, was published on July 3, 2009 by the Post.

Referring to their opponents as “sissy boys”, Joe the “Plumber” and Todd “ First Dude ” Palin have challenged Ed, “ The Mouth ” Shultz and Keith “I wish I had O’Reilly’s ratings” Olberman, to combined wrestling match and snow machine race wearing only Speedos, on the frozen Alaskan tundra at Anwar, calling the two opponents, “sissy boys.” Olberman, lowering his voice an octave, responded that he was no sissy boy; he used to work the sports beat where some of his best friends are football players. “Masculine” through association failed to convince the “Plumber”, who refused to retract the slur….

FOX is said to have agreed to televise the “Plumber”, Palin, Shultz, and Olberman matches in a double header with Shep Smith and Anderson Cooper in an arm wrestling contest.

NBC’s Katie Couric is said to want a piece of Sarah Palin, challenging Gov. Palin to a newspaper reading contest. Palin, who demanded that Polaris snow machine repair manuals would be included with the New York Times, said that she would whip Couric, “like a rented mule.” When told that PETA and SMUT (the Society of Mule Utilization Transportation) had filed ethics charges in Alaska over the remark, Palin laughed and said,” Nanny Nanny Boo Boo. I’m no longer a governor, so shame on you two!”

Sources close to CIA Chief Panetta confirmed that Panetta likes the trend towards public challenges. Said to be secretly getting into shape, training with CIA agents, Panetta plans to issue a challenge to Nancy Pelosi to an ultimate caged fighting match. The winner will be awarded the coveted, “I’m Not A Liar, She is” Trophy. Panetta promised a full report to congress.

This is not Schultz’s first debate challenge/rating boost. See Wikipedia report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Schultz.

Schultz-Prager exchange:

Schultz has engaged in a minor conflict with talk-show host Dennis Prager. Prager defended controversial comments made by William J. Bennett on the September 28, 2005 broadcast of his morning radio program, which Schultz characterized as being racist. Prager asserted that Schultz had quoted Bennett out of context and Schultz challenged Prager to a debate. Prager accepted the challenge but Schultz never responded. No debate has taken place and the issue appears to be dead. [citation needed]