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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)

They turn around and stab you in the back. Judas.

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.)

Do not question Sinbad. He has a 100% accurate memory.

For too long we've had presidents unable to avoid sniper fire.
The most morbidly hilarious line ever.
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Stop using Clinton to jumpstart your moribund career. It's unseemly and some people might recognize you for the opportunist you are.

Moribund career?

Clearly you haven't seen my latest opus, Cuttin Da Mustard.

Sinbad/Clinton '08 - Wow, Some People Think This is Really Sinbad

"Sinbad/Clinton '08 - Wow, Some People Think This is Really Sinbad"

Laughing. Still laughing. Laughing some more.

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

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BevD. I really really want to believe that you're trying to be funny.

In all fairness to BevD, there are many people who really have no idea who Sinbad is.

Hilarious.

Like Hillary with Bill?

Sinbad! What it is, my man? I was getting worried that you had left for greener pastures.

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This makes me almost want to vote for Clinton.

Almost.

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I was worried that you had gone and left us, Sinbad! Now can you please hire Idiotic as your campaign spokesperson?

Best suggestion in this election cycle thus far.

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.

Oh, and we should eat at the next place.

I was hoping it was the next place! The next place has sushi!

I was hoping it was the next place! The next place has sushi!

I dunno, I think I want the place after the next place.

Yeah, where is Idiotic?

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Sinbad, Is it true that you screamed like a little girl in that copter?

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!

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Dude, its sinbad..he screams in every role at least 4 times..its a rule

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Sinbad is it true that you were Arnie's bitch during filming jingle ever after?

troll

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Dude, get off me....Your not my type.

homophobic troll

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Not homophobic, I only said he wasn't my type...maybe you are?

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.

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!

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.

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I demand hammerpants!!

Oh dear, That just reminded me of the illustrious Hammer's "anti-war" song. To YouTube I go.

"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!


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!

Holy crap, I am pissing myself laughing here.

Five stars, Sinbad. Funniest thing I have read all week.

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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"

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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?

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I still could have sworn I saw him in School Daze...What about it Sinbad?

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.

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I think that place down the road should step in to ensure we all are united in where we want to eat.

If we decide to eat at the next place, we better run to our cars with our heads down.

those next-placers think they're entitled to decide where we eat

those next-placers think they're entitled to decide where we eat.

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If we eat here I will stay home and not eat at all.

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??

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!!!

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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.

Scandal!!!!!!!!!!! Via Wikipedia:



Sinbad served in the US Air Force as a Boom Operator aboard KC-135 Stratotankers. He was almost dismissed with a dishonorable discharge for various misbehavior including going AWOL.


“I didn't make the Air Force basketball team and went into denial. So, I kept going AWOL. My mother kept begging me to go back. I told her, 'No, I'm not going back. I'll just grow a beard. They won't recognize me. I'll just be another Black man with a beard.' I was going to Georgia Tech to learn about computers. I'd go AWOL all the time. I'd just leave. I'd come back, hoping they'd throw me out.”


After a series of incidents, he was eventually ejected "for parking my car in the wrong position."[7]


Can you say "properly vetted?" Shame on you Sinbad!

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?

Tonight we dine IN HERE!

Okay, *that* was what I call "Necessary Roughness." I'm switching my vote:

Leonidas/Sinbad '08

"Tonight we dine IN HERE!"

OMG. I am crying laughing.

You, sir, deserve a spot at SNL with this worthy rant. Lorne, give it up, this sh*t is real.

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I think with the aforementioned hammerpants...Sinbad has to be at the top of the ticket.

Wow, Louis! Welcome to the fun!

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Hold up lookkin....look up gdub glossed me yesterday. Most of these posts are actually very funny....you have to admit

This is how I started my work day!

John Rambo and Leonidas? This is the thread that keeps on giving! Where is Sheryl Crow?

I say both. Sniper fire makes me hungry.

Remember that Sheryl Crow can make Karl Rove flinch at her lightest touch!

Prove it!

Wow!!

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.

OMG. Still laughing.

Best thing I've read today.

I've heard that at one time people thought Sinbad was funny...and mattered.

Must have been a long time ago.

Sinbad/Clinton '08 - Wow, Some People Think This is Really Sinbad

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.

I'm dating myself here but Commander McBragg would make a great running mate for Hillary.

Webster's word of the day yesterday, coincidence?

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No, I think Tommy Boy would be great with Hillary. Good lord...can you imagine...lol

Except it'd have to be Zombie Tommy Boy…

Hillary/Zombie Tommy Boy '08!

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Yeah sent Sinbad cause the rest of the Cosby Clan couldn't make it.

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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

Give her space, she could still be suffering from PTSD the incident.

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.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/26/blogguest/

Sinbad, what say you????

Sinbad/Clinton '08 - At least one of us knows when to exit the stage gracefully after our time in the spotlight is up.

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