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Palin: The Bad Mother

By Monica Jean Alaniz on July 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM in Current Affairs

Originally published at The New Agenda.

Many of us are still unclear as to why Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska. I know that I am. One thing that seems apparent to me is that Gov. Palin has not actively sought the spotlight since her resignation; if anything the media has sought her out, wanting answers to questions that many of us have.

Whether Gov. Palin resigned for personal family reasons, a desire to make sure her state had the best representative in office, or financial reasons, we should respect her decision. Leave her alone already. If she wants to fish with her family, let her fish with her family.

palin-familyYes, there is disappointment that one of the most recognizable female figures has decided to step down from office (even if I don’t hold the same political views that she does). What I can’t understand is the backlash that she is receiving from other women, particularly Washington Post reporter Kathy Quinn.

In her article entitled Palin’s Peculiar Family Values, Quinn, once a strong Palin supporter, attacks Palin about her commitment and dedication as a mother. The blurb used by The Washington Post for this article goes so far as to state, “Sarah Palin should have resigned as Alaska governor for one reason only: To care for her special needs son.”

The article goes on to badger Gov. Palin for the way she handled her family and political career. It accuses her of using her family, putting her political career before her family, exploiting her children to advance her political career, and even of exploiting the fact that her son has Down Syndrome.

I find this article disturbing, sad, and it angers me on several levels.

As pointed out previously on blogs written for The New Agenda (Our Children are Off Limits!!! and Dear Neal Conan and NPR, Is This Really Normal? ) the attack on Palin’s son Trig have been more than a bit insulting. To my knowledge Gov. Palin does not go around mentioning her special needs child as a center point of her speeches or interviews. If anything, she treats him the same as her other children. He’s part of the group.

Quinn points out how Trig was on the stage with Gov. Palin and her family during the Republican National Convention and how this made Gov. Palin a bad mother due to the fact that a baby shouldn’t be up at that time. What should Palin have done? Hide her child away? What kind of message would that have sent? I would hope we no longer live in a time where we hide away relatives with disabilities.

Palin is being attacked for her parenting skills, not her policies or role as a politician. We have never questioned male candidates like this. It’s all right for male candidates to be absent from their children lives, or vice versa, tag their children along when they happen to be there on the campaign trail or photo-ops. In fact, many times they are praised for including their children and point out what good fathers they are. But, in the case of a woman candidate, you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. If you take the kids along, you’re a bad mother for exploiting them; if you leave your kids at home, you’re a bad mother for neglecting them.

Why does the media continue to do this? Why can’t they focus on the real issues such as candidates’ stances on political issues that are important to the public?

  • lahana

    Re: Trig being up and on stage during the convention

    If I remember correctly, Trig was 6 months old during the convention. At 6 months old, babys are still keeping their own schedule. While they are usually sleeping through the night by this time, it is not at all unusual for a baby to decide that he or she does not want that night’s sleep to start until 11 or midnight.

  • http://noquarter foxyladi14

    they are absolutley obsessed with Sarah.
    they must be scared to death of her..

    • Docelder

      they must be scared to death of her..

      and scared to death of us… that we may wake up before it is too late.

      • http://www.dcmediagirl.com DCMediagirl

        They’re not scared to death of her. They don’t like or respect her. They see her as a lightweight ignoramus. Simple.

        • angienc

          Anyone who sees a woman who, without money, the “right schools” or “right connections” got elected as Gov. as an “ignoramus” is an ignoramus themselves.

          It’s fear honey, don’t fool yourself.

  • Animal Control

    Sally Quinn

  • Animal Control

    No one at the Washington Post including Sally, not Kathy, Quinn was/is a supporter of Ms Palin.

    • Rob G in Chicago

      Weren’t Mitt Romneys kids more visible on the campaign trail than even their father the candidate ? Not just photo-ops, but blogs and opinion pieces in newspapers. I remember comments about his treatment or ill-treatment of the family dog, but nothing about his parenting skills. I guess that Mitt just doesn’t evoke the level of “passion” that Sarah Palion evokes.

    • http://firefox AnnieCollier

      Kathy, Sally…who cares? I never read her tripe or MoDo’s either. They are a disgrace to women.

    • kgirl1028

      There is a picture of Sasha Obama when she was three, terrified as hell of the crowd applauding for her father when he won his senate seat. you can see the anxiet on this kids face. It bothered me as an empathetic person but Oeven though seriously dislike her parents but i would never look at that picture and call Michelle and Barack “Bad Parents”. Infact think parenting is the only thing the do remotely well.

      People in the press are so willing to throw mud at people and write nasty stories because they don’t know what it’s like to be smeared in such a universal way . We come on here and we blog about these people, but if Sally Quinn or any of these tarts open up a newspaper, and had their face smeared on the front page beside some grossly untrue cow manuer they would be a whole lot less willing to right the crap they do. Just this Friday Quinn brought up the fact she had a special needs child. Thank God I’m not a journalist, because i would have had to write a story with Quinns face splashed on the front page, and talk about what a bad parents she is, and how she put her child out there for me to Ridicule. I might even start a few rumours about it really being her dogs baby it’s not nice, and i probably would get sued for liable, but i bet Sally would get the point. One of the resaons the founding fathers gave the press freedom was because the thought the average adult knew what to say and what not to say unfortunately they couldn’t fathom time would produce people like the ones we have now. The good part is that people no longer read the news papers and very few of them watch the news anymore. I think people are starting to relize you can find more accurate articles in the tabloids than you can in our most prestigious newspapers these days

  • Seattle Moss

    Quinn is only happy if Sarah quits politics and sets a good example and raises her children.

    How about Sarah setting the great example for women and standing and fighting for America at the very time this country needs her…

    Why is Quinn wasting our time with her 50′s drivel..

    Shouldn’t she set her own example and get back in the kitchen like she wants the rest of the strong white women to do.

    • http://firefox AnnieCollier

      Yes, Moss. Sally has no reason to chortle about any shortcomings she might find in Sarah. At least Sarah Palin made her own way rather than sleeping her way up the ladder by committing adultery with her married boss. Did he retire as editor of the Post? I don’t keep track.

      Social climbing Sally. Not only did she finally get Ben but bought Grey Gardens (Little Edie even threw in the furniture) for that oh so impressive Bouvier connection. All hail the mighty Quinn…eh, not so much.

  • Fae

    I am a 55 year old female Democrat. I respect
    Sarah Palin and her family. I am ashamed of the media
    and the Democrats and some of the Republicans how they have treated her and her family. Shame on all of them. I also respect her son that is fighting in Iraq.

    • tillthen

      Good post, Fae. I’m a Republican and I am truly furious at some of the pompous elitists who have been unmerciful towards her, the number one suspect – George Will. If this system allows a boob like Obummo to be POTUS, then why shouldn’t it allow someone with much, much more experience, especially executive to ascend to it.

  • EWard

    Sally Quinn is obsessed with Palin. On Greta’s show, she even took Letterman’s side ignoring the fact that Dave had already apologized to the Governor. Quinn is a sad excuse for a writer.

    Go Sarah Palin!!!!

  • tango

    I remember how people slammed Palin for taking her children along when she campaigned with the excuse that Obama didn’t take his kids along so why should she? For one, Obama had a stay at home wife and two school aged children. Different from one parent taking care of 4 kids with the youngest being a disabled infant. Secondly, the Obama kids could jump on a plane and pretty much be anywhere Obama was primarily campaigning within a few hours. Sarah Palins kids would have to spend 8 hours plus to fly to see their mother if they stayed in Alaska.

    You’re right. If she left her kids behind, she’d be a bad mother. She took her kids with her and she’s still a bad mother.

    My favorite articles about the uproar about Palin are from David Kahanes at the National Review called “I still hate You, Sarah Palin”:

    http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDE3MmE5MDVmMGM1YjQ2NmVhMjJkN2I2ZTcxMzhlNjU=

    And Russ Douthat’s New York Times opinion piece called “Palin and her enemies”.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/opinion/06ross.html?_r=2&ref=opinion

    If you haven’t read them, please take a look.

    • jbjd

      Tango, that NR article is spot on. Thank you. (Haven’t read the other yet.)

    • http://firefox AnnieCollier

      Bravo Kahane. Talk about telling the truth…

  • NMK

    Yes, the fear of Sarah is big.

  • Peggy Sue

    I mentioned last night that Sally Quinn did an incredibly condescending interview with Greta Van Sustern several days ago, all about what Sarah Palin “should be doing or should have done.” But the subtext was she should have known her place and stayed home. Even her comments about Palin being a strong representative for children with disabilites was couched in a smarmy tone and attitude.

    I’m not sure where Quinn gets off telling Palin or any other public figure what they “should” be doing. Palin has pretty much proven that she follows her own drummer. And it’s one of the things that appeal to people in general. Plus the Palin-bashing is creating a backlash. I’m appalled that so many women are jumping into the food fight. It’s one thing to criticize Palin on her political philosophy but the personal attacks are crude and a total turn off.

    Let’s face it, for the true Palin haters nothing she does will ever be right. And there’s no question in my mind that there’s a double standard when it come to women with a public voice.

    • Chicago Joe

      Sally Quinn is a big nobody. Slept with the boss and gets invited to parties. That is it. Proximity to power doesn’t make you powerful, Sally.

      Here’s a lovely quote from Wikipedia. When Sally has actually achieved something, then perhaps she can offer a critique of others.

      Quinn began at the Washington Post with very little experience: reportedly called by Ben Bradlee after a report of her pajama party in celebration of the election to Congress of Barry Goldwater, Jr., the job interview included the following exchange.

      “Can you show me something you’ve written?” asked Managing Editor Benjamin Bradlee. “I’ve never written anything,” admitted Quinn. Pause. “Well,” said Bradlee, “nobody’s perfect.” [1]

  • o

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302852.html
    By Sarah Palin
    Tuesday, July 14, 2009

    There is no shortage of threats to our economy. America’s unemployment rate recently hit its highest mark in more than 25 years and is expected to continue climbing. Worries are widespread that even when the economy finally rebounds, the recovery won’t bring jobs. Our nation’s debt is unsustainable, and the federal government’s reach into the private sector is unprecedented.

    Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day than on the gravity of these challenges. So, at risk of disappointing the chattering class, let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and where my focus will be:

    I am deeply concerned about President Obama’s cap-and-trade energy plan, and I believe it is an enormous threat to our economy. It would undermine our recovery over the short term and would inflict permanent damage.

    American prosperity has always been driven by the steady supply of abundant, affordable energy. Particularly in Alaska, we understand the inherent link between energy and prosperity, energy and opportunity, and energy and security. Consequently, many of us in this huge, energy-rich state recognize that the president’s cap-and-trade energy tax would adversely affect every aspect of the U.S. economy.

    There is no denying that as the world becomes more industrialized, we need to reform our energy policy and become less dependent on foreign energy sources. But the answer doesn’t lie in making energy scarcer and more expensive! Those who understand the issue know we can meet our energy needs and environmental challenges without destroying America’s economy.

    Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs.

    In addition to immediately increasing unemployment in the energy sector, even more American jobs will be threatened by the rising cost of doing business under the cap-and-tax plan. For example, the cost of farming will certainly increase, driving down farm incomes while driving up grocery prices. The costs of manufacturing, warehousing and transportation will also increase.

    The ironic beauty in this plan? Soon, even the most ardent liberal will understand supply-side economics.

    The Americans hit hardest will be those already struggling to make ends meet. As the president eloquently puts it, their electricity bills will “necessarily skyrocket.” So much for not raising taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year.

    Even Warren Buffett, an ardent Obama supporter, admitted that under the cap-and-tax scheme, “poor people are going to pay a lot more for electricity.”

    We must move in a new direction. We are ripe for economic growth and energy independence if we responsibly tap the resources that God created right underfoot on American soil. Just as important, we have more desire and ability to protect the environment than any foreign nation from which we purchase energy today.

    In Alaska, we are progressing on the largest private-sector energy project in history. Our 3,000-mile natural gas pipeline will transport hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of our clean natural gas to hungry markets across America. We can safely drill for U.S. oil offshore and in a tiny, 2,000-acre corner of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if ever given the go-ahead by Washington bureaucrats.

    Obama supporters respond
    —————————————————–

    Moveon.org wants to run an ad against Palin
    Help stop Sarah Palin’s lies about clean energy

    http://pol.moveon.org%2Fdonate%2Fpalin_energy.html%3Fid%3D16575-17150696-8Iy3hPx%26t%3D3

    Hilarious: HuffPo Says Sarah Palin Had No Authority To Write An Op-Ed In The Washington Post | KXNet.com North Dakota News

    http://www.kxmb.com/News/Nation/405296.asp

    • Ani

      Stick with it — her editorial will be our next thread up — thanks for mentioning it…

  • o
  • Andy

    Monica Jean Alaniz :

    Excellent post and excellent questions. It takes courage, intelligence and integrity to write this post and ask these questions; especially when one may disagree politically with Gov. Palin. Thank you for this and I sincerely hope it gets as much exposure and circulation as possible by other bloggers.

  • Diana

    I heard this morning on the radio that some people think she may be considering a 3rd party, since I am no longer a member of any party that suits me just fine. I prefer to vote for who I think will do the best job regardless of party, and if my choices in 2012 will be her, Mitt, or Obama. I’ll not only be voting for Sarah, I’ll be volunteering to help her in any way I can.

    • ConfusedAmerican

      I heard on one of the shows that everything Sarah tried doing was under by stupid accusations so that nothing was able to be done in Alaska.

  • J.J. (The P.U.M.A.)

    There are two issues here.

    1. Sarah Palin
    2. Treatment of Sarah Palin.

    As for number 1: For me Sarah Palin destroyed her credibility as a future president by quitting. It made her seem like a flake. And her resignation speech made her seem to have little depth.

    As for number 2: I think Sarah Palin is hated in so many quarters for one reason. She became pregnant with a Down’s baby and did not abort it. She is not only pro-life in theory, but in the most dramatic way she is pro-life in the way she lives her life. The David Letterman attack showed the depth of this hatred. The terrible attacks on Palin and her family made me stay loyal to her in my heart, long ofter my mind told me that she was not fit to be president.

    • tillthen

      Your post is a crock…and I suppose someone who dodged sniper fire is qualified to be POTUS. This is just justification to support HRC the person who stumped for the Bummer, neither of whom are qualified, ones a liar and the other’s a fraud. I would trust Palin to do the right thing for this country. The aforementioned would do the right thing for their party first. Who are you to judge that Palin is not fit for the job? Did you read it somewhere or did you hear it on MSNBC. You idolators and Dems are a total sham.

  • tillthen

    I wish only the best for her. She is in the rare group of honest politicians, and that really pisses off a lot of people because she is a Repbulican. That she is a woman, engenders it.

    Idolators, take a look at what you’ve been worshiping and compare. One may be a well-educated, and a well informed lawyer (I’ve always felt that this country would be better off if members of the ABA were disallowed from holding public office) but the other is true to herself and her country, and certainly no dummy. The only fire she has had to dodge is the sniping of the pathetic MSM and moronic, myopic Democrats, much worse than the ‘real’ thing. I would trust her in the Top Spot.

  • Hedy

    I find it sooo shameful that people just write and say these things about Sarah. We have come to a time in this world that nothing is sacred anymore the values of this country are gone and we need people like Sarah to bring them back.When I keep hearing the vile things that people say I think how can they say these things when they don’t even know this woman. Quinn should keep her mouth shut because she has a family and why didn’t she stay home with them.

  • http://deleted BuzzisbackLatte

    It’s a case of real vs illusion. Obama and company live and believe in a world of illusion. Palin lives and believes in reality.

    It’s making the WA DC elite and pundits nuts because it makes them have to be real, too. They don’t know reality. They only know spin, innuendo, and obfuscation.

  • buckybadgerboy

    Sally Quinn is just an opportunist screaming, “Look at me, look at me – I hate her too – so love me.”

    (Didn’t she steal someone elses husband? Another family values hypocrite.)

  • Patience

    The former mayor of SF, Willie Brown, thinks Palin is a political genius:

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/12/BA9A18MCT5.DTL

    • Ellen D

      Willie Brown is a political genius!

  • Ani

    You are right in that if she didn’t take Trig with her to the Convention, she would have been accused of hiding him. It truly is a damned if you do damned if you don’t scenario.

    If someone wants to attack, they can always dig up a reason to do so.

    • http://firefox AnnieCollier

      Yes, Sarah taking her family on the campaign…bad, bad, bad Sarah.

      Zero taking the family on a diplomatic trip, charming, authentic. BTW, did we pay for the family for this trip too?

    • tillthen

      As an American, I am so ashamed of these ‘holes in the MSM and the Dim Party.

  • jbjd

    It just hit me why D’s might hate SP so. BO, together with his co-conspirators (BA, RB, DB, GS, RE, the MSM…) spent immeasurable human and financial capital for years fashioning him into a prospective D nominee for POTUS, eventually virtually flaunting their dirty tricks just to ‘win.’ Then along comes SP who, without the tentacled connections to the power brokers and, with nothing else but a nod by JMc, is elevated to that same lofty status of potential CIC. No matter what this looks like from the outside, inside, BO and his gang feel their impotence.

    • Patience

      I agree. Take away their ability to annoint and you take away their power.

  • http://firefox AnnieCollier

    When one of my gay friends invited me to be his friend on facebook, I did. I knew he was a fervent Zero supporter but I chose not to respond (or slam him) to any anti Sarah emails he sent during the campaign and only responded to his glorification of Zero with “Sorry, not a fan.”

    I found it interesting on facebook that he is a fan of not only “1 million for Obama” (no surprise) but that there is an accompanying “1 million against Sarah Palin”. It prompted me to join Sarah’s facebook friends and to send her a message of encouragement. Guess I can thank him for something…

    Go to Sarah’s facebook page and sign up, please.

    It is simply beyond me as to why she merits so much hatred from the gay community (I know not every single person) and adulation for Zero when her views and his are identical.

    • tillthen

      Yes, I went and signed up after reading your post. I am gay too, and I love Sarah Palin, but now, after the initial sign-up, I can’t get back in to make a post on her behalf, and I don’t see any help link.

      What do Obot gays think she will do to them? Tell them to shut up and get a job? Poor babies. I truly think that these whiners are too lazy to make their own way and want someone to pave it for them. Some of the largest corporations in America are also some of the finest as employers. Its a funny thing. They are interested in serving the stock-holders and the bottom line, and if a flaming queen can help them do that, they will hire her.

      I wonder if you friend is aware that Sarah can count gays among her friends.

      • tillthen

        I don’t know what happened, all of a sudden I no longer have a problem signing in. All better now!

  • jt

    Sally Q. has never been a supporter of Palin and she has been writing hit pieces on Hillary for years. Fortunately no one takes her seriously. She is a joke. Can’t believe Greta had her on.

  • Karma

    Since the election I have listened to more conservative radio. Besides the ethics complaints in her state. She was getting nailed for not coming to the normal Republican events that one must do in order to be even considered for high office in their party. The Reps complained that she would accept offers and then back out or stall RSVPs to appear. I think Noonan, no surprise there, and few other Republican women offered a few body blows for her no shows just for effect as well. After all if even women don’t support her…..ugh…you know the drill.

    Well obviously, it is no small feat to fly down to the lower 48 for various events. And they gave little consideration to the complaints coming from Alaska that she wasn’t focused on their state.

    So while the Republicans, who have no love loss for Palin, have exploited the distance and the complaints from Alaska. The Democrats/liberals/MSM are busy taking to her children, in a way I haven’t seen in my lifetime.

    Just for good measure, the other rumblings is that AK Democratic politicians are getting the word from up high to take it to Palin every chance they get. Which apparently was a huge shift in support from them.

    So she was pinned down in a way I haven’t seen other politicians have to face.

    What she did is unconventional but I think it might be the best thing she could do in a strange way. The MSM, Republicans, Democrats, etc will still try to define her but she isn’t following the usual plan and that gives her freedom. If she stayed on the usual track she would be even more damaged by them. And they would know exactly where and how to get her….every single time.

    They expected her to bob…but she weaved….and then threw a punch in the Wash Post.

    People claim she is a quitter….I think she is fighter….and I am hoping she is like Manny Pacquiao.

    He had raw talent, like Palin has, and with each fight he worked on his weaknesses and kept coming back stronger. With impressive results no less. His left was deadly but the next fight he had clearly worked on his right. If his jab was missing, the next fight it was clean and strong, like it was always there. Now he is a well rounded fighter.

    Well now Palin is free to work on her fight technique. She may not go for President ever…or she might wait until she is well rounded.

    Either way, it wasn’t going happen in AK, they had her pinned against the ropes. And that is a deadly place to be for a fighter…no matter how tough they are.

  • RPL

    First, the more radical wing of the democratic party has made it a central point to go after the children of their opponents. I wish these people nothing but ill will and misfortune. I notice that no one ever went after Chelsea. In fact, a lot of Republicans went after people who attacked Chelsea. Not so the Bush twins. At this point, it’s to be expected.

    Regarding the resignation, there’s something in Palin’s history that people should be aware of; namely, she did this once before, and the results turned out pretty well. She was on the Alaska Oil Commission (or something like it), and she wound up resigning over what she felt were unethical practices. She could have had this nice, safe, cushy position, but chose to resign and run for higher office, where she might do some good. This also allows her to raise money outside of Alaska, and broaden her national appeal.

    I do know that alot of people are upset about her treatment, and she does resonant with people who DON’T have all sorts of fancy Ivy League degrees. We’ll see.

  • HATE MAIN STREAM MEDIA/PRESS

    Let’s not get fooled here of how many women jumping on the band wagon. The women if you want to call them women are those who are and have been in Obama camp including the press and media.

    They are all fear of Sarah Palin fpr what she can do for the people and our country.Take out the corruption in wall street and in our white house.
    They are very much so “Very Afraid Of Sarah Palin ”

    I don’t watch the main stream media any longer and never will as long as we have a bunch of NUTS in reporting nothing but lies. I wonder how they sleep at night. Or do they ? Maybe to busy with their mission in destorying our country. We have people on the inside protecting their wealth and keeping us all america people slaves.But this time not only are we slaves they want our country. wake up AMERICA.

    I will take Sarah Palin any day over anyone in Washington ! Period

    Keep shuting out the main stream media of msn-msnbc-cnn-abc-cbs-nightline-dateline.Let’s see how they like it when they no longer have a job cause people have shut them out of their homes therefore no media in our homes.they make no money off of us and that will lead to hopefully losing their jobs as millions of american have already.

    The media sucks-lies and cheats,they are nothing but trash who have put our country into the dump with them.

    NOMAINSTREAMMEDIA

  • Jerry

    RPL yes she has done this before and took out the corruption of the oil companies and gave back what the big guys took from the people and gave back to the people.Sarah Palin is no dummy and in which Washington/Wall Street knows that she is no dunny.It’s that Wall street/Washington are so afraid of not baing able to take from the america people as we still see now going on.

    Many times Obama took his children on stage I think that press media will use Sarah Palin children to no end in getting what they want which are the misinformed people.The thing is more people are now against Obama who by the way was never vetted or never did a thing but worked with Bill Ayers,Acorn Tony Resko and more.He is one big smelling RAT !

    Sarah Palin was also the commader-n-cheif of the national gaurd that protected any missles coming over from Russia into Ameica.She was a mayor, Gov and very much so can handle being president or V.P of United States Of America. And hey she has a birth certificate unlike Obama.He chooses to hide,run and pay over a million to hide his birth certificate.Now many sites including his web site,facts check and move on are being cleaned and taken down the fake colbs that he had on his website.Even Hawaii put up a fraud long form which maked out all the information on it.

    Obama is not an america citizen and people better wake up to the fact of what’s going on in our country fast. Facts check is not anyones friends but those of Washington and Wall Street as well as those far beyond and the insider who are in our country as well as our governemnt.

    I will stand by next to Sarah Palin anyday.

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  • Paul

    Back in September 2008, we saw her wagging her finger that Hillary Clinton, that Hillary should not whine about tough media coverage, she was not doing women any good, she should just plow through it, she should have known what she was getting into and should just try harder and prove herself. “WOW”, I guess she loves measuring others by standards that she does not follow. What a hypocrite, but expected from most political false prophets types. Now we see that she attempted used her official position for personal gain, this is too sweet. Thank you Sarah, great job.