The ad is kind of a joke. He selects one and only one example...driver’s licenses. Here’s the funny part to what he picked. The state has two significant universities that have well over a hundred visiting professors (all speak English to a fair degree)...and the state has well over 2,000 foreign students in these colleges as well. They’ve gone out and tried to make all of these folks feel “at home” (a top Bama priority in life). So we took a simple 100 question test and made it into twelve languages. It’s not just in Spanish in you are pro or anti-Latino....it’s in French, German, and even Chinese.
The candidate for governor ONLY says that he wants to get rid of this as soon as he’s in office. He has to convince the Bama house and senate of this...and frankly, there’s not much of a chance this will ever pass (they know who takes the test and they don’t think its a big deal).
Now, if you were running for Bama governor and really wanted to fix a problem....make all Alabamians over the age of 65 take the test every five years and have a doctor sign that the guy over 65 is capable of driving. Get five thousand folks in Bama who are capable of killing people on the highway....off the road. But no....he won’t do that...because he lacks the guts.
So this is a nice ad and looks really sharp. Thats about all it gives you.
If he did that he could kiss any chance of being elected to anything good bye. They can't even get drunks off the roads and you think they should go after seniors. according to this your premise is flawed. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070719115903.htm . http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070719115903.htm