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SINBAD SPEAKS!!
Look, Sinbad's been getting a bad rap lately. Yes, I went to Kosovo with Sheryl Crow and Hillary. Yes we rocked it out for troops. And may I say that yes, I certainly did bring the funny. So where's the love? All I hear are jokes about the fact that Hillary arrived with me, and that we were only there for a day. So what? The funny knows no time limits. The funny just <i>is.</>
What I want to know is this: WTF, Talking Points Memo? You guys seem to be running stories straight from the Clinton camp's daily conference call. Finally I get my name back in the news and I'm sitting here asking myself: where is the love? Sinbad's been trying to get back in the spotlight for ten years, and now that people are starting to look into the fact that Hillary isn't being as truthful about foreign policy experience as she lets on, you guys SIT ON IT!! What's the deal! Give Sinbad some love! Throw me a BONE here!
Look, facts are facts. So let's look at them. Sinbad risked his neck in Kosovo. Sinbad saved his best jokes for the troops. Sinbad got a kick-ass haircut. Sinbad wore his best Karl Kani shirt. Those are just FACTS.
So, PLEASE. Let's finally see some reporting about Hillary's trip to Kosovo. What did it entail? What was Sheryl Crow's responsibility? And most importantly:
DID SINBAD ROCK THE HOUSE OR WHAT!
Comments (48)
Dear Sinbad,
Nearly 10 years ago, we met in Denver. My friend and I had given a homeless man some burritos, and the mounted police officer tried to arrest him for begging. Your kids wanted to pet his horse, and you talked the cop out of giving grief to the homeless man. I've always wanted to thank you for that.
Thanks Sinbad!
March 8, 2008 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was exactly that kind of cooperation and negotiation that I used to help Hillary solve the refugee crisis in Kosovo.
Come on TPM, give me some LOVE!
March 8, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
You props from me. I still enjoy that high school class reunion bit you used to do. Especially the part about Pee Pee Johnson. God shit!
March 8, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad,
I'm very disappointed that people are questioning your foreign policy experience and your ability to answer that phone call at 3 a.m. I hope you are now able to set the record straight about the important foreign policy experience shared by you, Hillary Clinton, and Sheryl Crow.
Good luck!
March 8, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Look, ohiomeister, Sinbad appreciates your concern, but the fact of the matter is this:
It's not Sinbad's job to do the work of the damn MEDIA!!
Sinbad knows what Sinbad did in Kosovo! The question is: why are the PRESS and the MEDIA and the people who actually get PAID in real AMERICAN DOLLARS to investigate this stuff not DOING THEIR FREAKING JOBS?
Sinbad will say it again: SINBAD and HILLARY saved MILLIONS OF REFUGEES during the crisis in KOSOVO!!!
And if you don't believe Sinbad, then maybe the FREAKING MEDIA can get off their asses and prove Sinbad wrong.
Is that too much to ask? Greg Sargent? Josh Marshall? David Kurtz? Marc Ambinder? Matthew Yglesias? NBC? CNN? AP? ABC? CBS? New York Times?
Sinbad needs some LOVE, DAMMIT!! Put Sinbad's story on the FRONT PAGE!
March 8, 2008 11:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, I'm just sorry I missed you that one time at Macworld Expo. Might have been NYC or SF. Damn sure wasn't at no Kosovo.
But you need a better picture. Hell, look at mine!
March 8, 2008 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Recommend this post, people!
Sinbad needs your LOVE!
March 8, 2008 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
This reader blog is excellent news for Sinbad!
March 8, 2008 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I gotta know, Sinbad: was Kosovo a different world from where you come from?
March 8, 2008 4:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree. Give Sinbad his due!
I, for one, am definitely willing to take some time out of my day to "big up" my man, Sinbad.
March 8, 2008 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
I bet Sinbad was in Northern Ireland bringing about peace, too, but is just too modest to mention it.
March 8, 2008 6:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Props to Sinbad. A funny man, and the go-to guy when we have an international comedy 'situation' to deal with.
I will now go recommend his post.
March 8, 2008 6:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ever think about running for public office, Mr. Bad? Along with your foreign policy experience and formidable diplomatic skills, you've mastered the art of referring to yourself in the third person.
March 8, 2008 6:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad has thought about it.
But first, Sinbad needs to get back in the SPOTLIGHT!
Come on TPM! Give Sinbad some LOVE!
March 8, 2008 7:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I waited on you at Hibiscus Cafe in Georgetown when I was in college. That was the late 90's. I can't recall why were in town. Still...you were the best! That means: you tip well.
I liked you before then but after that rendition of service, I realized you were just as you came across on television.
I have never forgotten you or your generous and kind entourage.
March 8, 2008 7:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
So all this time I've been waiting for "Jingle All the Way 2" you've been out stopping world crisis after world crisis?
With your gallavanting around the world and Arnold's gubernatorial duties I suppose next Christmas will again end in disappointment.
Why do redundantly-named comedians of the 1990's always do this to me??
March 8, 2008 7:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
a belated congratulations for you are in order, Sinbad, on crossing the foreign policy threshold. you're now ready to run for President.
March 8, 2008 8:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm writing in Sinbad on my ballot if Hillary is the nominee.
Uhhohhh - is Sinbad a muslim? He damn sure has an arab name!
A victory for Sinbad sends the wrong message to al qaeda!
March 8, 2008 8:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Clinton/Sinbad '08!!
Not only does Sinbad pass the Commander-in-Chief threshold, Sinbad brings the funny!
Solving refugee crises since 1996!
That's Comic Relief you can BELIEVE IN!
Come on, TPM! Show your investigative chops! Tell the world how I solved the crisis in Kosovo!
Give Sinbad some LOVE!!
March 8, 2008 8:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gosh, as a child of the 90's I gotta love the Sinbad.
But I'd prefer an OBAMA/Sinbad ticket....
Or even a Sinbad/Clinton ticket
March 8, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad. Where do you stand on NAFTA? Whasupwiddit? Can we correct the imbalance with a modern day Smoot-Hawley tariff, yo? Or, would Canada and Mexico just front with more protectionist policies?
I can't stand for it much more, dog. All the good agricultural jobs that Americans don't want have pardoxically been off-shored to people who sleep on-shore and cats recognize how ill the situation is.
We need peeps like you who bring those mad international trade negotiations skills to the table to hook the country up. Don't let us down, playa.
March 8, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey Sinbad,
You prolly don't remember me, but I once saw you waiting for a your ride out in front of the W hotel in downtown Chicago. I was on my way to work that morning and walked right past you making brief eye contact. You looked at me like you thought I should have recognized you. Little do you know, I did. Thanks for all the work you did to save Kosevo and the Apollo and that other shit man. All teh shit they saying about you thinking about your gig there with Hillary just ain't true, we all know the brother always does the heavy lifting. Hill didn't do jack. Sinbad gets some love!
Peace yo.
March 9, 2008 1:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
SINBAD!
I love you, man. But how come you get to have only one name?
March 8, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
YES!!!
RECOMMEND
March 8, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
SINBAD! You & Sheryl Crow... Corkscrew landing...Superdelegates. You've earned it!
March 8, 2008 10:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Seems like a lot of people are dissing my good friend Hillary on the internet lately. Well, Sinbad wants you to know that she's a very nice lady, and if she doesn't get the nomination, I hope things work out for her. Who knows, maybe she's pissing so many people off that things will start spinning wildly out of control. I truly hope it doesn't come to that.
But if it does:
Clinton/Sinbad - Ready to be your House Guests on Day One!
March 8, 2008 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Massive props man!
But I think it should be Sinbad/Williams (Robin) '08.
We need twice the funny these days, plus Robin has experience playing President.
March 8, 2008 10:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you get the nomination make sure you get to approve the pictures of you. Otherwise they'll have you looking like Michael Jackson.
March 8, 2008 10:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does anyone else remember the Sinbad brand of pants from the early 90s? They were Hammerpants with colorful prints. Z Cavariccis had their logo written vertically down your crotch, but Sinbads took a different approach. Sinbads abandoned the belt buckle, and in its place was a velcro strap, with the word "Sinbad" written in white, on a black background, surrounded by two swords. And I always felt about Sinbad pants, that they had done to Sinbad what the Baby Ruth candy bars had done to Babe Ruth. They simply capitalized on the pop culture phenomenon that was Sinbad, without giving him his due. But perhaps my impressions were mistaken? Were the proceeds from those pants really going to solve international crises? If anyone can post pictures of Sinbad wearing Sinbad pants, I would greatly appreciate it.
March 8, 2008 11:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
They're called Zubaz.
I just want you to know I registered an account with the explicit purpose of answering this question.
March 11, 2008 3:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just laughed my Hammerpants off!
March 8, 2008 11:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad,
You're being too modest by not mentioning your Air Force service. Combined with your extensive foreign experience, I think you've crossed the Commander-in-Chief threshold.
Sinbad/Clinton 2008!
AM
March 8, 2008 11:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey Sinbad,stop saving the world and make me a PINA COOOO-LADA!
March 8, 2008 11:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Alright, people, Sinbad is tired. Sinbad is going to bed.
Sinbad leaves you with a little taste of the kind of diplomacy and charm Sinbad demonstrated during the crisis in Kosovo in 1996.
I Ain't Lyin'
March 8, 2008 11:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad, how much would your friend Hillary charge you to be a House Guest in the Lincoln bedroom?
March 9, 2008 12:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
SINBAD FOR PRESIDENT! SINBAD '08!
He solved Kosovo! Isn't that enough?
(Note: Catchy slogan needed. Also, policies.)
March 9, 2008 12:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
I found "He solved Kosovo! Isn't that enough?" pretty catchy! But, I'd like to try my hand at this.
1) Tippecanoe and Sinbad too.
2) A chicken in every pot. Sinbad in every garage.
3) A return to normalcy (Sinbad).
4) Give 'em Sinbad, Hillary!
5) He kept us out of war. He being Sinbad.
6) I like Sinbad.
7) Ma ma, where's my pa? With Sinbad, in Kosovo.
8) It's the economy, Sinbad!
9) Jingle All The Way Islamofascism
10) Sheryl Crow Has Killed Several People
March 9, 2008 4:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad you rock, HilLIEary... not.
March 9, 2008 6:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad, my dear, you learned negotiation and total ass-kissing skills from working with Mary Jane Teall. Am I right? Huh? Huh?
Love ya,
Jan
March 9, 2008 10:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
Glad to know Sinbad is alive. I thought he went the way of Arseneo Hall and MC Hammer.
March 9, 2008 11:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Someone killed Arsenio and MCHammer? Does OJ have an alibi?
March 9, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad needs to stop referring to himself in the third person and Sinbad needs a new agent if the last gig the agent got Sinbad was in a war zone.
March 9, 2008 12:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad's agent did not bring Sinbad to Kosovo. Sinbad went upon his own initiative. IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE CRISIS! WHICH HE DID!
Why is Iraq in such a terrible situation? BECAUSE SINBAD IS NOT THERE!
(Paid for by Sinbad For President)
March 9, 2008 1:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hety, maybe it isn't really SINBAD. Maybe it's a con.
March 9, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL...Sinbad's in the house!!! Welcome to the Funny Farm. Now funnier in new and improved ways.
But even though Hillary did assist Sinbad in Kosovo that doesn't give her the experience to be president. Obama in '08!!!!
BTW...the media always misses the bigger picture, like your invaluable contributions in Kosovo.
March 9, 2008 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sinbad rules!
March 9, 2008 4:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
While Sinbad's diplomatic credentials are unquestionable, his account of the trip to Kosovo has a glaring omission -- namely, the role of Chelsea. It is a matter of public record that she was also there. Could this be a cover-up? The public demands to know: what did Chelsea know, and when did she know it!?
March 12, 2008 12:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ha! I just saw this!! I appreciate the effort, but I do remember Zubaz, and I seem to remember Sinbads being distinct from Zubaz. Now, Sinbads could have been a type of Zubaz, but I really remember them being competing brands. I followed your link, and I didn't see any Sinbads. Let me know if I'm mistaken, or if there are further developments in this fascinating story.
March 27, 2008 2:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
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