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Eat Here? Or at the Next Place?
I've had people come up to me and say, "Hey, I really wish I could vote for you and Senator Clinton both." Well maybe they can. It would be a dream ticket. An unstoppable force.
I could win urban voters, voters with large earrings, voters who wear parachute pants, and Senator Clinton could win rural voters. I know that I'm ready to lead this country. For too long we've had presidents unable to avoid sniper fire.
Not this time.
Earlier in this campaign I railed against TPM for not digging into the Bosnia story a little. I begged them to put it on their front page. Well, what are you going to do? TPM could have made the big time with this story. CBS, NBC, NYTimes, everybody was running with the sniper story yesterday. Look, sometimes you try to be nice to people, you give them everything, and what do they do? They turn around and stab you in the back. Judas.
I know that in the past I've been critical of Senator Clinton. Well, I misspoke. I was sleep-deprived. I had just finished a marathon stand-up session at the Laughapalooza Festival in Topeka. Things come out wrong. I'm sorry. She's a good lady. She sort of doesn't "get" black people, but that's okay. We'll make a good team. Politics is all about "Necessary Roughness." We'll do well in the general, I know it.
Democrats, the choice is yours. 2008 is slipping away. We need to finally come together and put this brutal primary election behind us. It could be our year. Dream Ticket. Ready on Day One. Solutions. Sniper Fire. Eating Here or at the Next Place. Houseguest.
Senator Clinton, I admire you. You're a courageous, honorable, sort of weird lady. And today I'm proud to formally announce that I, Sinbad, hereby publicly offer you the opportunity to be my running mate. Let's make history, Senator. Take my hand and join me. Together we will change this nation, together we will - OH GOD, HEAD DOWN, HEAD DOWN, JESUS CHRIST THE SNIPERS ARE EVERYWH----
Sinbad/Clinton '08 - One is a comedian, the other is Sinbad













Comments (79)
I hate to point out Sinbad's mistake, but Brutus did the whole stab-you-in-the-back thing. Judas did the whole kiss-you-for-30-pieces-of-silver thing. (Rates were much cheaper back then.)
March 25, 2008 4:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do not question Sinbad. He has a 100% accurate memory.
March 25, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
March 25, 2008 4:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stop using Clinton to jumpstart your moribund career. It's unseemly and some people might recognize you for the opportunist you are.
March 25, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Moribund career?
Clearly you haven't seen my latest opus, Cuttin Da Mustard.
Sinbad/Clinton '08 - Wow, Some People Think This is Really Sinbad
March 25, 2008 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Sinbad/Clinton '08 - Wow, Some People Think This is Really Sinbad"
Laughing. Still laughing. Laughing some more.
March 25, 2008 8:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad,
Glad to see you back.
Ya know? Urbinato needs you here:
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/an-open-letter-to-sinbad-your.php
March 25, 2008 9:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
BevD. I really really want to believe that you're trying to be funny.
March 26, 2008 1:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
In all fairness to BevD, there are many people who really have no idea who Sinbad is.
March 26, 2008 1:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hilarious.
March 26, 2008 9:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
Like Hillary with Bill?
March 26, 2008 10:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad! What it is, my man? I was getting worried that you had left for greener pastures.
March 25, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
This makes me almost want to vote for Clinton.
Almost.
March 25, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was worried that you had gone and left us, Sinbad! Now can you please hire Idiotic as your campaign spokesperson?
March 25, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Best suggestion in this election cycle thus far.
March 26, 2008 3:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad, when things get out of hand in this crazy world, you are true north on my moral compass.
Your words have inspired once again.
March 25, 2008 6:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, and we should eat at the next place.
March 25, 2008 7:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was hoping it was the next place! The next place has sushi!
March 25, 2008 7:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I dunno, I think I want the place after the next place.
March 26, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, where is Idiotic?
March 25, 2008 7:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad, Is it true that you screamed like a little girl in that copter?
March 25, 2008 7:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why would he scream? The only thing on the tarmac was a little girl with flowers waiting for Clinton.
Oh, and lots and lots of sniper fire! And did I mention the mortar shells? And the Serbs had released live tigers on the airport grounds! I swear!
March 25, 2008 8:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude, its sinbad..he screams in every role at least 4 times..its a rule
March 25, 2008 11:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad is it true that you were Arnie's bitch during filming jingle ever after?
March 25, 2008 8:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
troll
March 25, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude, get off me....Your not my type.
March 25, 2008 11:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
homophobic troll
March 26, 2008 1:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Not homophobic, I only said he wasn't my type...maybe you are?
March 26, 2008 10:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
jingle ever after? Jesus, it would've taken you 8 seconds to look that up on IMDB.
The "arnie's bitch" thing, though. Comedy gold. Good stuff.
March 25, 2008 11:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, Sinbad, seeing you warms the cockles of my heart. Thanks for coming back and telling it like it is. Clinton/Sinbad '08, JINGLE ALL THE WAY!
March 25, 2008 8:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you Sinbad! With all the sniping back and forth in our politics lately, I was losing sleep. You helped me realize that it's no big deal; don't sweat the evasive maneuvers, just keep your head down and run.
Sinbad '08.
March 25, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I demand hammerpants!!
March 25, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh dear, That just reminded me of the illustrious Hammer's "anti-war" song. To YouTube I go.
March 25, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Sinbad/Clinton '08 - Wow, Some People Think This is Really Sinbad"
Laughing. Still laughing. Laughing some more.
Me too. Me too,still. Me too some more. - and it's really nice for a change!
March 25, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, this is about the best analysis of the race I've read in days. I still want to hear from Sheryl Crow before I jump to Sinbad/Clinton, though. And I'm wondering if Sinbad is OK with Clinton's desire to bring back Alan Greenspan to fix the economy and calm Wall Street down in that incomprehensible calming-down-Wall-Street-way he has. What say you, Sinbad? A little more deregulation of the financial markets?
But as to the title of this post, I totally think we should Eat Here.
Can we? Yes we can!
March 25, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Holy crap, I am pissing myself laughing here.
Five stars, Sinbad. Funniest thing I have read all week.
March 25, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
For years I have wondered: Who will represent those of us who wear parachute pants? For a time the Log Cabin Republicans let us rent a log annex, but we never really belonged. Now we have one of our own on a presidential ticket. All hail Sinbad!
By the way, nobody has mentioned this hilarious line: "Sinbad/Clinton '08 - One is a comedian, the other is Sinbad"
March 25, 2008 11:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
But the overarching question for you -- since you'll be on the ticket of course -- is whether your spiritual practices have been properly vetted? Is your church one I would go to? Is your minister one I would approve of? Or better yet, is your church one that would make me feel self-righteous and superior about my own? Are tapes of past sermons/homilies/guided meditations/chants/rituals available so your potential constituents could properly screen for any inappropriate beliefs or philosophies you may have absorbed by osmosis (which of course, would render you completely incapable of acting in a rational capacity when it comes to public policy when it comes to things like, say, climate change or 4000 dead in Iraq).
Oh wait . . . I don't go to church. Oh horrors, that would be an even WORSE prospect for your candidacy if you didn't go to ANY church! Why, even going to a questionable church is better than none at all when it comes to running for elected office, so (psssst) I know a good minister-by-mail if you need one.
Oh, and are all of your friends, family members, co-workers and previous acquaintances free of any character defects that might reflect poorly on you?
March 26, 2008 12:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
I still could have sworn I saw him in School Daze...What about it Sinbad?
March 26, 2008 12:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well, crap. Now this site is going to erupt into a fight between people who want to eat here and people who want to eat at the next place.
March 26, 2008 12:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think that place down the road should step in to ensure we all are united in where we want to eat.
March 26, 2008 1:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
If we decide to eat at the next place, we better run to our cars with our heads down.
March 26, 2008 10:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
those next-placers think they're entitled to decide where we eat
March 26, 2008 10:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
those next-placers think they're entitled to decide where we eat.
March 26, 2008 10:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
If we eat here I will stay home and not eat at all.
March 26, 2008 1:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, Hillary's gotten more votes and delegates than you and you're offering her the VP spot?! That's got to be a joke right??? Who would offer the front-runner the second spot??
March 26, 2008 2:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad, I demand that you answer for your admittedly comedic slander against the future POTUS! Are you really fit to stand alongside her as I did in Tuzla?
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/jjr-on-hrc-tuzla-under-fire.php
Sinbad! RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
March 26, 2008 2:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, man. To be honest, back when you where more popular, I used to think you weren't funny, but you've convinced me with this one: you ARE funny, and how.
March 26, 2008 3:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
Scandal!!!!!!!!!!! Via Wikipedia:
Can you say "properly vetted?" Shame on you Sinbad!
March 26, 2008 3:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
And sir, have you been vetted? Are you black enough to profit from the country being caught up in the "concept"? What % of black are you? Are you black enough to qualify for affirmative action and all those extraordinary perks bestowed by that special cachet? And what's with the name Sinbad? Sounds Ayrab to me, are you patriotic? Are you a terrorist?
March 26, 2008 3:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
Tonight we dine IN HERE!
March 26, 2008 5:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
Okay, *that* was what I call "Necessary Roughness." I'm switching my vote:
Leonidas/Sinbad '08
March 26, 2008 8:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Tonight we dine IN HERE!"
OMG. I am crying laughing.
March 26, 2008 9:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ha! Excellent.
http://www.amazon.com/Leonidas-Tonight-Framed-Movie-Poster/dp/B000RONP2Y
March 26, 2008 10:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
You, sir, deserve a spot at SNL with this worthy rant. Lorne, give it up, this sh*t is real.
March 26, 2008 8:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think with the aforementioned hammerpants...Sinbad has to be at the top of the ticket.
March 26, 2008 9:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, Louis! Welcome to the fun!
March 26, 2008 10:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hold up lookkin....look up gdub glossed me yesterday. Most of these posts are actually very funny....you have to admit
March 26, 2008 10:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is how I started my work day!
March 26, 2008 9:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
John Rambo and Leonidas? This is the thread that keeps on giving! Where is Sheryl Crow?
March 26, 2008 9:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
I say both. Sniper fire makes me hungry.
March 26, 2008 9:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Remember that Sheryl Crow can make Karl Rove flinch at her lightest touch!
March 26, 2008 10:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
Prove it!
March 26, 2008 11:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Don't touch me" he spat:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/04/22/karl-rove-vs-sheryl-crow_n_46557.html
March 26, 2008 11:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wow!!
March 26, 2008 12:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rove caught one look at the biceps Sheryl was packing [see the link photo] and knew he would be bringing a rubber knife to the gunshow.
March 26, 2008 11:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMG. Still laughing.
Best thing I've read today.
March 26, 2008 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
I've heard that at one time people thought Sinbad was funny...and mattered.
Must have been a long time ago.
March 26, 2008 12:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad/Clinton '08 - Wow, Some People Think This is Really Sinbad
March 26, 2008 12:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've heard that at one time people thought Sinbad was funny...and mattered.
hey, smart guy, in the 90s sinbad mattered enough to be sent by the clinton administration on a treacherous, bullet-riddled mission to find a bosnian diner.
March 26, 2008 12:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm dating myself here but Commander McBragg would make a great running mate for Hillary.
Webster's word of the day yesterday, coincidence?
March 26, 2008 1:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, I think Tommy Boy would be great with Hillary. Good lord...can you imagine...lol
March 26, 2008 1:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Except it'd have to be Zombie Tommy Boy…
Hillary/Zombie Tommy Boy '08!
March 26, 2008 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah sent Sinbad cause the rest of the Cosby Clan couldn't make it.
March 26, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
We really need a statement from Sheryl on the issue of Bosnian diners!
Also: she is one hot mamma of a 46 year old!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sheryl_Crow_with_guitar.jpg
March 26, 2008 2:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Give her space, she could still be suffering from PTSD the incident.
March 26, 2008 3:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I, Sinbad, hereby publicly offer you the opportunity to be my running mate.
Awesome Dude. Funny as hell.
Sinbad/Clinton '08 - One is a comedian, the other is Sinbad
Got my vote.
March 26, 2008 4:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/26/blogguest/
Sinbad, what say you????
March 26, 2008 5:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad/Clinton '08 - At least one of us knows when to exit the stage gracefully after our time in the spotlight is up.
March 27, 2008 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
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