On August 28, radio talk show host Ed Schultz, who has proclaimed that he became "converted" from conservative to liberal while eating a baloney sandwich with his future wife in a Salvation Army cafeteria, loudly issued a challenge to all conservative radio hosts to debate him. Since his show that day was simulcast by C-SPAN, the Big Eddy Challenge can be both seen and heard at almost 20 minutes into the third hour of his show:
...We'll stand up to any conservative talker anywhere in America who wants to have the guts to go head to head with me on your radio show, on your TV show, you conservatives, you're absolutely a bunch of damn liars and we're right back on the Ed Schultz show.
So what happened when a conservative talk show host took up the Big Eddy Challenge? Apparently Schultz hides behind his show's producer. Such was the case when Brian Craig, producer and co-host of The Steve Kane Show on WWNN 1470 AM radio in South Florida, attempted to arrange such a debate between Ed Schultz and Steve Kane. Your humble NewsBusters correspondent heard Craig on the radio yesterday talking about the difficulties in arranging this debate with the Ed Schultz Show producer, James. I subsequently contacted Craig who gave me the latest account of James ducking the Big Eddy Challenge on behalf of his boss today:
I called James, Ed's producer right after our conversation. When he answered the phone and I told him who I was he took a deep breath, meaning why are you calling. I asked if he had talked to Ed about debating Steve. He said, "Look, I know what you all are about."
I said, "Really?"
"I know what you are trying to do, you are a bunch of scam job artists and Ed's not interested in that."
He started to hang up and I said, "Do you want me to pass that message along on the air?" He then hung up the phone.
Through the whole conversation he was annoyed.
—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.
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Suprise
September 19, 2007 - 19:47 ET by kdoliverDoes that really suprise anyone? Since the left can't debate facts they make the attacks personal.
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...and several days later
September 20, 2007 - 13:25 ET by TruthMonger...and several days later Ed was heard to brag on the air that "we have yet to hear from any chicken hawk conservative's accepting our challenge...what a bunch of damn chicken-hawk liars they truly are...this is Ed Schultz live, lying behind the protection of my producer..."
...I had to endure a meeting with big eddy myself recently - and I know exactly what he is trying to do, too:)...
please pass the word to press him on this with emails, etc if you can - he deserves a little bit of heat at the very least...although remember he will use it against us very well...the poor "persecuted" bastard anyway:)...
Guts
September 19, 2007 - 20:08 ET by Michael M. BatesGood find. Looks like "Big Ed" has a liberal's guts as well as brains.
Payback humor Mike
September 19, 2007 - 22:27 ET by acumenLooks like "Big Ed" has a liberal's guts as well as brains.
Talk about your gut feeling. That would explain why "Big Ed" goes to Weight Watchers to learn his lessens.
Q: What do you call a liberal with half a brain?
A: Gifted!
Q: How do liberal's brain cells die?
A: Alone.
Q: What do you call a liberal with 2 brain cells?
A: Pregnant.
Steve Kane missed the point
September 19, 2007 - 20:24 ET by Lame CherrySteve Kane missed the point in Ed Schultz was not challenging "Conservatives", but was challenging ONLY Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly........because he wants to be like Keith Olberman in his Soviet association with a superpower to look like the big testies on the scrotum of liberalism.
Schultz isn't interested in debating. Schultz is interested in looking like a big wind blown bag stinking up programs which really are listened to by millions of people. This is Hillary tying the olde apron strings to Bill to ride to the top on her no talent.
What Mr. Kane should do is call into Schultz's program and let Ed cut him off and run........and keep calling in as Schultz like being harrassed as the coward gives out phone numbers of people who he sucker punches in bars.
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Big Eddy Challenge
September 19, 2007 - 20:32 ET by P.J. GladnickHere is what Ed Schultz himself has declared:
That was CLEARLY a challenge open to ANY conservative talker to debate him on their own programs. So far it is nothing but empty bluster.
P.J., my guess would
September 19, 2007 - 20:44 ET by JABP.J., my guess would be he is aiming at Rush just to get his name out there, because he knows he's a nobody at this point.
BTW, someone needs to remind him of Mama Cass, he could choke to death also.
P.S. Thanks for the good article.
"Too bad Ignorance isn't painful..."
Exactly. He wants to
September 20, 2007 - 08:58 ET by BinxlyExactly. He wants to debate a prominant TV/Radio Conservative personality because of many reasons.
First and foremost, he knows it's VERY likely he will lose. Luckily, he also knows the liberals out there usually buy into that 'NEVER EVER look down on your own, never bad mouth your own, even when we lose, we really won, we just got cheated.....etc'
That's the second part. if he debates some less than famous Conservative radio host on an AM station in South Florida, AND he loses, not only will that prove he can't even hang with the farm team, but it makes it much more difficult than if he lost to Rush or Hannity or Bill. If he lost to Bill or Sean, he'd complain that Murdoch was behind it and they presented the debate to make it look like he lost when he didn't. If he lost to Rush, he'd blame his network of the same thing or just rather pass it off as something like 'well who listens to a hypocritical narcotic addict anyways..'
Spinning it to the positive would be tough if he lost on an AM station that many may not have heard of. he knows that'd be the final nail in the coffin. Well, until the cult of liberalism ressurected him with great PR and an appearance on CNN to defend his points and answer a slew of softball questions about NOTHING political.
Schulz v. Prager
September 19, 2007 - 20:24 ET by tmfSchulz is such a blowhard. He went through exactly the same routine with Dennis Prager a year or so ago. Prager had called him on some insane, over the top comment he had made about Bill Bennett, as I recall. Schulz claimed he would debate Prager any time, any place. Except Prager's producer could never get Schulz' producer to agree to any specifics. So the debate never happened.
Talk is cheap
September 19, 2007 - 20:34 ET by BufordMy dad used to say....."Talk's cheap, takes money to buy whiskey!" Seems that "Mr. Ed" is all talk and no substance.
The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program...........Ronald Reagan
"E.D." don't they make
September 20, 2007 - 10:44 ET by Casey97"E.D." don't they make medicine to treat that? He could get over his E.D. and become a real man again.
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With Democrat revisionist history and liberals guaranteeing the future (global warming, nuclear destruction, etc.) only the future is certain; the past is always changing.
"I know what you are trying
September 19, 2007 - 21:34 ET by motherbelt"I know what you are trying to do, you are a bunch of scam job artists and Ed's not interested in that."
No, James, ED is the scam artist. He's a typical liberal bully. It goes like this:
Come on, you want a piece of me? Any time, any place. Just name it. Now? Right now? You mean right now? Right here? Yeah, right, like you're ready for it. You're just mouthing off. You really wanna do this now, here, with everybody watching? You do? Yeah, right. Right, like you really mean it. Sure you do. What a bullsh***er . I don't have time to waste on you; I'm going home.
LMAO. Another liberal, hoist on his own petard.
Blowhard douchebag just like all the rest
September 19, 2007 - 21:28 ET by kdizzydazeSchultz is a giant wuss that is just like all the other gasbags that spew the same illogical tripe as him.
You all pretty much covered it by claiming his intent is to get on some bigwigs show (Rush, Hannity, etc.) to make a name for himself.
For me, the defining moment of all liberalism was Brian Craig's conversation with James (Ed's douchey producer). When James spouts off with, "Look, I know what you all are about". That says it all - GAME, SET, MATCH!!!! We win!!!
Say what you really feel.
September 19, 2007 - 21:32 ET by Free StinkerSay what you really feel.
Don't hold back. /Sarcasm off
I would pay to see Ed Shultz vs. Neal Boortz.
September 19, 2007 - 21:34 ET by Dave RIt would never happen, of course, 'cause Neal would eat his lunch. But I'd pay to see it just the same.
As for Ed's story that he "converted" while eating a baloney sandwich. Well, that is just a load of baloney. I think Shultz was a lib all along.
Nobody "converts" to liberalism unless someone has polaroids on them.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
A slow day? Perhaps.
September 20, 2007 - 05:43 ET by HeikiNobody "converts" to liberalism unless someone has polaroids on them.
Dave- That's the funniest thing I've read all day. Thanks, buddy.
Where are the polaroids of
September 20, 2007 - 06:36 ET by danybhoyWhere are the polaroids of Ariana Huffington then? I also wonder if she had polaroids of her ex Micheal Huffington...remember that goofball?
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
How convenient for our
September 19, 2007 - 22:17 ET by Warner Todd HustonHow convenient for our pseudo-intellectual lefty to issue a boast, then have his producer pretend he misunderstands every call by someone accepting the challenge!
Ed Who?
September 19, 2007 - 22:57 ET by Dr_LibertyGive a guy a microphone and he thinks there are a million people listening to him (as I say this to my two million readers).
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He's BIG here in dinnis kucinch land..
September 19, 2007 - 23:01 ET by upcountrywaterEddy has his own time slot like 10:00 pm here on the "magic" <gag> isle aka: Maui.. dennis won the presidental primary here in '004.. I just turn off the radio, when he's on..
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
A bozo trying to boost his ratings
September 19, 2007 - 23:28 ET by SlicksterEd is a clown, his show is failing and he needs to lash out in liberal fashion to attempt to salvage his failure
by licking the asses' of better men.
The high price of conservatism...
September 20, 2007 - 00:48 ET by Conservative_in_mass.The amount of supplies required when debating a liberal is really getting out of control. You must be prepared before entering the ring. For example you'll need:
Aspirin: for the headache you get from all the screaming and yelling while "debating" the issues.(ex: Rosie O'Donnell)
Spit masks: For all the flying saliva jettisoned from their oral cavity while screaming about said topic. (ex. Chrissy Matthews)
Reference texts: to point out (to no avail) that history may not be as they understand it. (ex. there was no holocaust)
Extra clothing: For when the verbal word is not enough, your sweaters get deformed from the pulling on your sleeve while uttering "why don't you understand it's all a lie!"
A phone plan with lots of minutes: For repeated calls to talk show hosts who challenge you but will not return a call at all. (ex. article above).
This does not apply to everyone on the left. You can have a healthy debate with a grounded person who is logical in their beliefs.
The above is suggested equipment prior to debating Move on.org types, Michael Moore groupies or Alec Baldwin.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ~ Unknown
Haz-mat
September 20, 2007 - 07:34 ET by USA4freedomHaz-mat suit.
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
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talk radio
September 20, 2007 - 07:42 ET by Joe SantoraI want to live to see the day when someone challenges Michael Savage to a debate. Why he is virtually ignored by everyone in the media both left and right is just beyond me. I started listening to Limbaugh in 1988 when he became national and have great respect for him...But....in my opinion comparing Rush to Savage is like comparing a little league player to A-rod.
Interesting, Joe. I've
September 20, 2007 - 10:27 ET by MikeBInteresting, Joe. I've listened to Michael Savage exactly twice. Both times I thought, "this yoyo needs to get a sense of humor." Michael Savage does for the right what Howard Dean does for the left: if he doesn't drive people to the other camp, at the least he drives them away from his camp. To each his own, I suppose. I listen to Rush whenever I get the chance. I don't agree with everything he says. But what he says, he says with reason and humor. Both times I listened to Savage, it sounded like he was off his meds.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
savage
September 20, 2007 - 11:50 ET by Joe Santorajoe santora
Mike B.
If you've only listened to Savage twice I really believe you haven't given him a chance. I been listening to him for at least 7 or 8 yrs and although he often gets quite vitriolic he makes his points rather soundly. After all, he is extremely well read and educated as am I, and his audience is huge. I would also say that the majority of his callers are well informed . At last count he has close to 19 million people who want him to run for the presidency. Not that he will but numbers like that are significant.
Don't get me wrong, I have a ton of respect for Rush but I truly believe Savage displays more depth to his opinions. Give him another shot.
joe
Joe,
September 20, 2007 - 12:14 ET by Dave RI listen to Michael's show several times a week. As you say, he is extremely well educated along with being highly intelligent (a decided rarity these days).
He is a little out there on occasion, but I think many of his insights are dead-on. He provides a perspective on things you won't find anywhere else.
My only problem with Michael is that he tends to allow his passions to cloud his thinking at times. He is a very emotional guy (not that there is anything wrong with that), and sometimes I think he allows them to sort-of take over.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
Remember
September 20, 2007 - 08:12 ET by Senior ChiefRemember Rosie-the-fat-lesbia-loudmouth O'Donnell, folded and finally (fired) quit her job when confronted with truth. All leftoids are just like fat ed- liars and don't have brain or guts when confronted with facts! Losers...
I've never heard of Ed
September 20, 2007 - 08:25 ET by Free ThinkerI've never heard of Ed Schultz but I am not surprised he is cowering from his own challenge. The left's radio talk show hosts can't debate because their ideals get destroyed when scrutinized. If you've ever listened to any of these people their shows have little to do with issues and much to do with their hatred of President Bush. After you laugh for a few minutes it becomes quite boring and does not challenge anyone in the audience to think.
Baloney
September 20, 2007 - 09:42 ET by Hero SquadSo he decided to dedicate his life serving baloney to the masses? How nice.
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I heard Sean Hannity pick
September 20, 2007 - 10:38 ET by charlietexasI heard Sean Hannity pick up the challenge some time ago. He
asked Eddy baby to come on his show. Never heard anything else after
that. I think the bologna was ransid and he just wanted to get
lucky. Ed is jealous cause no one listens to his show.
mom
"I listen to Michael's show
September 20, 2007 - 19:02 ET by ckc1227"I listen to Michael's show several times a week. As you say, he is
extremely well educated along with being highly intelligent (a decided
rarity these days).
He is a little out there on occasion, but I think many of his
insights are dead-on. He provides a perspective on things you won't
find anywhere else."
There has to be a problem somewhere though since almost every other conservative talk show host doesn't like the guy. Mark Levin, another highly intelligent host DEFINITELY doesn't like him, and thinks he's a fraud.
http://www.marklevinfan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2276
I listen to Savage several times a week, mostly because I find him funny. He makes some good points at times, but for the most part, I don't take him seriously.
ckc1227-About Michael Savage
September 20, 2007 - 21:07 ET by Dave RMichael's show has only been airing in Atlanta for just over a year now. I often do not agree with his positions (but then, I can say that about all the other talk show hosts as well, including Boortz, who I have been listening to for over 20 years), but he raises some very valid points.
Michael considers himself to be an anti-establishment independent conservative. As such, he tends to view Limbaugh, Hannity and Levin, among others, as being a little too beholden to the republicans. I think this has caused a bit of friction between himself and the others.
I think Michael makes a valid point, to a certain extent, as I long ago felt that Rush had, to a certain degree, sold out. I also feel the same way about Sean. Levin I cannot speak for as I have only heard his show 9 or 10 times.
In Michaels defense, he has done far more for the Haditha Marines than all the rest of the conservative talk show hosts combined.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
"Michael's show has only
September 20, 2007 - 21:46 ET by ckc1227"Michael's show has only been airing in Atlanta for just over a year
now. I often do not agree with his positions (but then, I can say that
about all the other talk show hosts as well, including Boortz, who I
have been listening to for over 20 years), but he raises some very
valid points."
Oh, I agree, he does raise valid points at times. But there is some question as to whether he is legit, or just putting on an act. These aren't my questions, as I don't know enough about him to raise them. I'm just passing on the 411 so folks can do their own research.