Hey Turd Blossom, it's honest work .. unlike what you do
White House Red-Faced Over Rove Immigration Remark
February 09, 2007 ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove explained the Bush Administration's guest worker program and immigration policy at a luncheon Thursday by saying, "I don't want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas."
....White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino told ABC News that the White House does not deny that Rove made the remark but claims it has been taken out of context." [..]
Let’s put it in context then--Wouldn’t I be a clueless ass if I said, “I don’t want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas?” (paraphrasing The Great Jon Stewart)
"Well, y'all know that our blacks got all uppity and haven't really worked since we let them go free .. and these Mexicans don't seem to mind workin' all that much .. they keep comin' back for more .. they're friendly and don't bother the white folks too much with talkin' since they don't speak the lingo."
It's one thing to argue for immigrant labor on grounds that you think society is best served by cheap tomatoes and low hotel rates .. but what Rove seems to be doing is deriding the dignity of that work. Not only can immigrants do it cheaper than native workers, it's that native workers, or at least Rove's son, should be above doing it at all.
Surely, no one believes that Mexican laborers want THEIR kids to spend their lives picking tomatoes.
Oh, to live the life of a rich white fat cat in Karl Rove's America .. brown skinned people to mow the lawn, clean your house, cook your meals, tend your kids, make your drinks (and with none of that pesky minimum wage nonsense), pay the taxes and send their kids to war.
Wealthy white fat cat spawn *should* be picking tomatoes, busing tables and making beds .. they should see how it is to hustle for dollars just like poor people have to do for survival.
Seems like that's what the Kennedy's do -- their motto is something like 'For those to whom much is given, much is expected' -- that or having them serve in the Peace Corps.
That's what 17 year olds are supposed to do. How else is a kid supposed to learn how to hold a job, earn some money and be responsible. Those menial labor jobs used to be for kids, so they could save money for college. Tuition was so low, also living expenses, that kids could actually work their way through college.
At least Rove's statement was a refreshing change from the phony "they're stealing our jobs" crowd. The immigrants are here because they do work that Americans are unwilling to do. Period.
Well .. much ado about nothing. Soon, Rove will certainly be giving his son enlistment material so he can decide which branch of the military he wants to join. College can wait, unless you want the terrorists to win.
Good luck kid -- watch your back.
And about that White House red face -- Wait until the various congressional investigations get through with them .. we’ll see how red faced they’re going to be. Libby’s trial already exposed that they would stoop as low as outright “treason” to carry out their agenda.
