the winner advances to a mud-wrestling match with the governor

Sometimes I see news articles that I don't even have to mock in order for them to be funny. Here is a case in point, via the Times-Picayune.

Opponent challenges Sen. David Vitter to Cajundome cage match

Published: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 5:45 PM     Updated: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 1:04 AM

 Times-Picayune Staff 
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You've already seen Louisiana's U.S. Senate candidates sling mud at each another. Now how about a mixed martial arts cagematch? That's what Mike Spears, an independent candidate from Lafayette-- one of 11 challengers to incumbent Republican David Vitter -- proposed last week.

View full sizeLafayette independent Mike Spears, left, is one of 11 challengers to incumbent Republican David Vitter, right.

"In early America, when a politician insulted the honor of another,
a duel was in order. Consider this challenge a modern-day duel," Spearssaid. "Sen. Vitter's behavior, his admission of breaking the law in2007, has insulted the honor of the people of Louisiana."

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Spears, 46, said he wants three rounds with Vitter on Oct. 16 at the Cajundome in Lafayette. "This fight will symbolize the epic battle between the American people and an out-of-control, tyrannical federal government and the reckless politicians at the helm," he said. Spears said he has no previous experience in mixed martial arts, but that he is prepared to go up against a "standby fighter" on the off chance that Vitter declines the challenge.