Now Sinbad's Back, From Outer Space!

I've been waiting years, but Sinbad's BACK BABY!  Now I realize some of the younger readers of this blog (not that I am aware of any, readers that is) may not know who Sinbad is.  If you are one of those people I implore you to pick up a copy of Jingle All The Way or First Kid to get a sense of what you've been missing.  Here's the story:

Sinbad, along with singer Sheryl Crow, was on that 1996 trip to Bosnia that Clinton has described as a harrowing international experience that makes her tested and ready to answer a 3 a.m. phone call at the White House on day one, a claim for which she's taking much grief on the campaign trail.  Harrowing? Not that Sinbad recalls. He just remembers it being a USO tour to buck up the troops amid a much worse situation than he had imagined between the Bosnians and Serbs.

If there's any celebrity I trust on matters of politics, it's Sinbad.  He's never let me down before.

Defending Clinton's characterization of her Bosnia mission, campaign spokesman Phil Singer kindly provided experts from news stories written about the trip at the time, including a Washington Post story from May 26, 1996, that said, "This trip to Bosnia marks the first time since Roosevelt that a first lady has voyaged to a potential combat zone."

Singer also cited a Kansas City Star article from September 2000 that quoted Sinbad as describing the situation in Bosnia as "so tense. It was Crips and Bloods."

Ok, fine.  But at least he's still funny.

In an interview with the Sleuth Monday, he said the "scariest" part of the trip was wondering where he'd eat next. "I think the only 'red-phone' moment was: 'Do we eat here or at the next place.'"

Well screw you Sinbad!