Cindy & George on TODAY SHOW 10/22/08

[MiraclesHappen]

It was the usual. Cindy wanted to haul off and punch somebody/everybody for not getting with the (her) program.

George wanted to keep Cindy from hauling off and punching somebody/everybody, especially himself.

There was a new-and-improved Cindy, who has obviously been strapped to a chair in a warehouse for the past week with attorneys screaming at her with megaphones and tape recordings playing: "The next date your daughter has is going to be Old Sparky if you don't keep your flipping mouth shut."

Positive results were evidenced by displays on Cindy's part of approximately 11.6% more "ummms" and approximately 2 squirms/wiggles that appeared to be from wanting to 'say more'.

I can picture all that. I think you are right!:clap:

 

[PoppyH]

OMG!! Poor Casey??? What about poor Caylee!! So freakin unbelievable, Come on TES do your thing and find that babys body!! Poor Casey my rear end



Poppy

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Dccorigano~ My sympathies for your loss. Losing a child is not the way life is supposed to work and I am sure it is overwhelming. Doing things which give a sense of normalcy is the way many work through their grief. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Bless your heart. Hugs~

However, this isn't the case with the A family. It sure is not the case with Casey. They may be doing things such as washing her sheets or fixing her a plate at the table, but they are also outright lying about things surrounding the child's disappearance to protect their daughter and possibly themselves from prosecution. It goes far beyond denial that Caylee is gone when they aren't out looking for her and chastize the people who are. Washing sheets and knowingly washing away potential evidence of a murder are clearly not the same thing. Fixing lunch for your child and cooking up a story to beat a murder rap are also not the same thing!

I believe that LE has told them 100% they have the proof she is dead. I also believe that they do understand it and accepted it long ago. However, they have to keep up appearances as if they don't to maintain the ridiculous lies from Casey until trial. Baez knows there will be no "Perry Mason" moment in court where he produces an alive Caylee. Baez' team knows this little girl is dead. TB confirmed it no matter what he said to spin it later.

 

[Mendara]

ITA. Isnt that dress one of the Tarj-et purchases using AH's cheque?

GA said it himself in the interview. The photos show KC "having a good time"... surely they have seen the date and time stamps on the pic's???

Forget that - how about the people she was hanging out with and dancing with and the text messages and phone calls and witnesses who all ALL angain ALL said she was at Fusian that night JUNE 20th! There is no doubt about it, she was partying. There are some old photos of her, yes. BUT there are without a doubt photos of her at fusian dancing on June 20th. NO ONE can argue with that.

 

[BeanE]

I can picture all that. I think you are right!:clap:

Fun with creative visualization

 

[TxLady2]

Honestly, I dont like CA either. But Im honestly getting sick and tired of people condeming these people for holding hope, as slight as it might be..

None of us have seen the evidence proving Caylee is 100% dead. Yes, LE has said this and that and I have no doubt that there is evidence. What if it was your child or grandchild and there was mountains of evidence proving the child was dead, but....

There could be a 1% or 2% chance the child is alive?? Would you not hold hope and search, would you not want the exposure these people have to find their gd.
There is no doubt they Love this child as much as any of us love the children in our families. Would you give up on your child with any tiny bit of hope?

Now with the tiny bit of chance the child is alive, (as hopeless as it seems) would you just throw your hands up and accept your child murdered someone?

I have no doubt that Caylee is playing with the Angels, I have no doubt that KC did it. But for one moment put yourself in the A's shoes. We dont have to like them or how they acted, it's bad... but Im really tired of people condeming them for holding hope when any of us would do the same thing.

I agree with you 100%!! Thank you for saying this! I wonder... if this ever happened to any of us... what would WE do? Would we be willing to give up so easily? I don't think I would.
I doubt that Cindy or George has seen or heard any more evidence than any of us has. And there are many here who still hold out hope! God Bless them!
It amazes me how so many claim to LOVE Caylee... yet they didn't have the privilege of watching her grow from a newborn to a toddler, like her grandparents did. They didn't see her first smile, her first tooth, or her first step. They didn't hear her first word or get to brush her hair or dress her in her cute clothes and take her to church or the store or anywhere else.
These grandparents loved her far more than any of us ever could. HOW can you place blame on them for not giving up? For not being able to just blindly accept that she is dead? Maybe some who yell for them to get a "reality check" should write one of those checks to themselves! If you've never been through this kind of situation... you have no right to criticize someone who IS going through it!! As for not supporting their daughter... I might not either. But how can I know unless I'm faced with it? It's a lot harder to DO than it is to SAY!

 

[Mendara]

CA could say "Until they find her body I am going to believe she is still out there because I can't imagine losing her" - we would all understand. However - everything that comes out of her mouth is to protect Casey and bash LE, the judge, the fbi and TIM.

There are other families out there with missing children that WISH and PRAY for the help that the A's have to find Caylee.

 

[MaedchenX]

Respectfully, are these interviews still necessary? While I understand the family's position that Caylee is still alive and the victim of a kidnapping, conducting interviews without ever appealing to those responsible, nor providing any as yet unheard or relevant information that may help resolve this case, makes it seem as though they are using the interview purely as a platform to assert their belief in their daughter's innocence.

 

[BeanE]

In regards to the protesters - CA said if they really think Caylee is dead they should put their energies into a ground search with Tim Miller

Cindy must have taken Todd B's course, 'How the Defense Can Support the Prosecution', this past week...

Seriously, are there still protestors at the A home? I haven't seen anything about them being out there for weeks.

 

[ExpectingUnicorns]

GA and CA have offered themselves up as public figures. Hopefully, it was done after having carefully considered what that exposure would cost them. I think they probably consider all of the insulting comments about them a small sacrifice that they are willing to pay in order to keep their belief that Caylee is alive in the focus of all of the media attention--and that an active search for an "alive" Caylee should continue.
I don't agree with their theory but I have to give them credit for the strength and acting on their commitments. I hate it when they try to deflect what I see as KC's guilt on any and everyone else. This slinging of accusations is causing a lot of uncalled for suspicions about many innocent bystanders. They shouldn't be causing all this collateral damage to other peoples' reputations. It's wrong and I give them no break for this.
But I do think they need to be given a little break about how many tears each has shed; about if GA's hand movement towards CA means encouragement, warning, or a rejected gesture of support. This microscopic scrutiny is not constructive nor helping anything as far as the case goes---We are in a position, thank God, that we can afford to be more generous in our accusations than can this family.

 

[lizzysf]

At one pt during the interview, I noticed that GA put his hand down on the couch between them, and rubbed his pinky on CA's leg, like he was trying to get her to hold his hand. I think even though there is definitely a disconnect, it is more so on CA's part than GA. I think that he loves his family and wants to maintain the family, he doesn't regret going to the GJ to testify but CA definitely holds it against him. Also, she wants to be in control, not subservient to GA ... my guess on why she is so far apart from him on the couch and is closer to Meredith for the interview. I also noticed she doesn't have gum....

George is used to sitting right next to Cindy with her hand on his leg or holding hands because she gives him hand signals to coach him through interviews to only give the RIGHT answers...George is dependent on this. Cindy is in control of everything and everyone. Days ago I posted the interview done with them on the day of the first bond hearing...check it out, you will see the OBVIOUS. And how about the early interview at their house when they are sitting on the sofa...This has been going on since "day 1" as they like to say...

 

[MiraclesHappen]

I don't know if this has been mentioned already.

Cindy says that WE filed motions a couple of weeks ago to allow US to....


Cindy is officially on the defense team. I wonder if JB has put in a dedicated phone line and extra staff for her input.....cuz you know it's non-stop.:crazy:

 

[BeanE]

Respectfully, are these interviews still necessary? While I understand the family's position that Caylee is still alive and the victim of a kidnapping, conducting interviews without ever appealing to those responsible, nor providing any as yet unheard or relevant information that may help resolve this case, makes it seem as though they are using the interview purely as a platform to assert their belief in their daughter's innocence.

Yes, yes they are. They are valuable resources to me in practicing my creative writing skills.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Thank you, my point exactly. I tell my kids all the time, I may not agree with your actions, I may even hate your actions. But I will never stop Loving you unconditionally no matter what.. HMMMMM, that's a parents job, unconditional love, regardless of actions!! Not to mention, if one of my kids killed someone I would find that so unbelievable I would deny it until the end of time... I know my kids would never do anything like that.

Unconditional love means that you do love them in spite of their shortcomings and antics, but it also means you love them enough to teach them right from wrong so they understand consequences of their actions. You teach them to take responsibility for their mistakes, but you stand by them while they do. You love them enough to say enough is enough and you help them to do the right thing.

You don't deny they did it! You don't encourage them to lie. You don't lie for them. And you certainly do not allow them to get away with murder of another precious member of your family!!! That isn't love!

 

[Janis396]

Did Cindy have the same scratches on her face/neck as she did the last time she was on the Today show?

 

[MaedchenX]

Unconditional love means that you do love them in spite of their shortcomings and antics, but it also means you love them enough to teach them right from wrong so they understand consequences of their actions. You teach them to take responsibility for their mistakes, but you stand by them while they do. You love them enough to say enough is enough and you help them to do the right thing.

You don't deny they did it! You don't encourage them to lie. You don't lie for them. And you certainly do not allow them to get away with murder of another precious member of your family!!! That isn't love!

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

No that is not love, at best that is enabling.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Yes, yes they are. They are valuable resources to me in practicing my creative writing skills.

Hahahahaha~ Well said.

 

[BeanE]

No plea for her return - thats what I don't understand - if this child was given to someone or kidnapped why hasn't Cindy, George, Lee or even Casey plea for her safe return? This is key, meaning it's a creative diversion to say we have tips of her whereabouts and we are investigating them - instead of saying our daughter murdered our only grandchild

What was with all the um's and you know's - we need a psychologist to weigh in - with the placement of the um's and you know's it's telling as to what the Anthony's really believe or know

IMO, inadequate prep for media appearances by Baez. By the time Nejame got on the scene they were just too far out of control.

Whatever happened to Nejame's media blitz?

 

[Janis396]

And did the interviewer from the show ask ANY hard hitting questions this time? I haven't watched it, and I'm not going to (want to keep my blood pressure down today if possible), but the last time she was on the Today show, there were NO hard questions lobbed at Cindy!! Why all this tip-toeing around her, if she's making all these outrageous/ridiculous claims, those "reporters" should be calling her on them!!

 

[Nashville Grrrl]

Meredith asked - have you ever sat in a quiet moment and asked yourselves is it possible you were in denial here (referring to Caylee being deseased)?

THey both answered absolutely not

Tim Miller, PLEASE find Caylee and put these people out of their misery!

Altho, that won't help, either. Then, we'll hear all about how the "kidnapper" killed Caylee...

Not sure how much more frustration I can take with this case...