Sinbad Refutes Clinton's Bosnia Claims

Back in 1996, Sinbad, the actor and comedian (A Different World, Jingle All the Way) accompanied then-First Lady Hillary Clinton on what she is calling a "harrowing" trip to Bosnia.

According to Sinbad (born David Adkins), the most "harrowing" part of the trip--which included foreign-policy heavyweights Chelsea Clinton and Sheryl Crow--was figuring out where to eat next. In an interview with The Sleuth, he said, "I think the only 'red-phone' moment was: 'Do we eat here or at the next place.'" Sinbad, an admitted Obama supporter, has become an unlikely defender of the Illinois Senator against Senator Clinton's foreign-policy preparedness claims.

Back in December, Sen. Clinton recalled a "corkscrew" landing in Bosnia and the threat of sniper fire, to which Sinbad said, "I never felt that I was in a dangerous position. I never felt being in a sense of peril." And refuting her claim that President Clinton sent her to the area because it was a dangerous trip, Sinbad says, "What kind of president would say, 'Hey, man, I can't go 'cause I might get shot so I'm going to send my wife...oh, and take a guitar player and a comedian with you.'"

But he's mostly hopping mad that Clinton might consider Obama a small obstacle to the fulfillment of her destiny, "like he messed up her plan, like he had no reason to be there."

Should Sinbad's allegations cause concerns for the Clinton campaign? You bet: Along with Gary Busey, expect the inevitable career comeback.

B. Brandon Barker is the author of the novel Operation EMU.