Jamaican Me Crazy, Harry! (via Drudge)
Singer Harry Belafonte said on Friday he stands by remarks likening Secretary of State Colin Powell to a plantation slave who is “serving his master well” but insisted he never meant to defame the former general.
“This was not a personal attack on Colin Powell,” Belafonte said in a statement issued through his New York-based publicist. “However … speaking on behalf of so many African American citizens, I have found Colin Powell to be a tragic failure.”
Open mouth, insert foot.
Repeat until out of credibility.