Karl Rove on Immigration

Think Progress catches Karl Rove "thinking" out lout on immigration:

Karl Rove was quoted telling a group of conservatives he supports President Bush’s immigration policies because “I don’t want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas.” ABC reports: “The White House does not deny that Rove made the remark but claims it has been taken out of context. … Rove was not insulting those people in those jobs, the White House explained, he was, according to Perino, saying that every parent wants their child to have a high-skilled, high-wage job.”

Of course, Rove's explanation for his remarks makes no sense so one suspects that the presidential advisor was understood perfectly well the first time around.