With less than a month to go
until the presidential
election,
many
students at
Bucks are
unsure of
Gov. Sarah
Palin’s readiness
to potentially become the next
vice president.
Palin would be the first
female vice president in history,
but a surprising number
of female students felt she
wouldn’t fit the role properly.
Four out of five female
Bucks respondents interviewed
said they were happy
to see a female as vice president,
but not this candidate.
“I don’t think she is ready
to be vice president,” said
Diana Karasanyi, an 18-yearold
biology major. “She needs
people to tell her what to say
and she is too general when
answering questions. And
most importantly, she doesn’t
have enough experience.”
Surprisingly, only two out
of five male Bucks interviewees
said that Palin wouldn’t
be able to lead the U.S. as second-
in-line.
“Yes, I believe she is ready
to assume the role as vice
president,” said Kevin Grass,
a 23-year-old liberal arts
major. “I trust Obama and
McCain to make their choices
for their running mate. Palin
and Biden are good sub
points in the process, but the
vice presidential position
shouldn’t be a deciding factor.”
Since Hillary Clinton suspended
her campaign in early
June, Palin has become the
most dominating woman in
the race to the White House.
Her increased recognition
around the country has been
met with many mixed feelings.
Some feel that Palin might
be taking too much on as second
to the president, while
others believe she would be
able to handle many things at
once.
Some criticized the judgment
of Palin, a mother of
five, for wanting to become
vice president while still raising
her children. Others said
a strong woman could definitely
handle both tasks,
because she has already
proven herself as governor of
Alaska.
Many Bucks students,
though, either have never
heard of Palin or don’t care if
she is elected or not.
“I really don’t care if she
becomes vice president,” said
Casandra Waite, a 21-yearold
liberal arts major. “It
doesn’t interest me and I
don’t care about that stuff.”