2011.06.22 - Breaking News Folks! George and Cindy Anthony think Casey is guilty!!!

[HRCODEPINK]

I appreciate your unique (as a journalist) take on the statement/non-statement put out there. I am guessing avoiding breaching attny/client priveledge also came into it, as it was worded carefully. my question is, why woudln't CA & GA just make the statement (avoiding any attny/client priv problems)? Or does it hold more power having come from the attny rather than the grandparents who change stories daily?

Not being snarky towards Capri at all, just my opinion. Personally, I am glad they didn't make a statement and I am glad that the attorney is speaking for them. If they had hired someone who could reel them in from the beginning things might not have gotten quite so crazy in the first place. I've been quite impressed with their silence and allowing the attorney to do his job.

 

[AlwaysShocked]

aqua eyes: Regarding betrayal by someone whom you loved very much. Yes, many of us have been through divorce under circumstances of betrayal by someone we loved very, very much. And yes, love often dies under circumstances of betrayal. Sometimes at first you still love them but you just don't like them and what they are doing. But eventually, the love fades away and it just doesn't come back.

So, speaking from personal experience, saying "I will always love him or her" doesn't always apply. Is it different if it is your child rather than your spouse who has betrayed you? I cannot address that issue from personal experience but I've read enough on these threads over the years to know there are members here who could.

Per Gary Tuckman on Insession right now: Mr. Lippman did not say he was misquoted and he has not retracted anything.
IMO Mr. Lippman is now playing "Cover Your Azz" in regard to the attorney/client privilege issue. Hey, Mr. Lippman, welcome to the Casey Anthony case!

 

[SCWldneart]

"My daughter might be a liar, but she's not a murderer" CA

They obviously believe she is not innocent of knowing what happened to Caylee and covering it up, but she is not guilty of the charge of murder. IMO

 

[deelytful1]

Oops...it looks like they've removed the article.:waitasec:

Awe man...I had the article pulled up, pressed the back button on the wrong tab and when I pressed the forward button to go back to the article, I got this message...Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.

And I didn't even get to read it! LOL

Wow, that's weird! It was hal Boedeker! Hmmmm odd.

 

[Dragonlady]

I have a gut feeling that the A's are going to either fire their attorney or make him retract his statement publicly tonight, I just know that CA will never accept that ICA killed Caylee.

 

[deelytful1]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/06/23/florida.casey.anthony.trial/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

(CNN) -- After saying Casey Anthony's parents do not believe she is innocent of charges she killed her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008, an attorney representing George and Cindy Anthony issued a statement Thursday clarifying his remarks.

 

[Turnadot]

Thank you. :blowkiss:

Very gracious of you, especially since you have experienced the kind of loss I don't even want to fathom.

 

[oh_gal]

Oh I so agree that victims shouldn't be bashed. The way the Anthonys vilified and bashed KC's victims: Amy H, Jesse Grund, and Tim Miller just breaks my heart. It's never proper to bash someone who's daughter was murdered and was only trying to help the Anthony family find their precious grandbaby. Tim Miller has gone through so much and has remained gracious and kind!!

God bless him, and everyone who got down into the mud looking for Caylee Marie.

Unfortunately, not everyone responds to grief or stressful situations in the same way. Also unfortuantely, none of us knows how we will respond in a similar situation, unless we are in it, ourselves.

It is always unfortunate when someone is bashed or accused of something they didn't do. However, those people, however hurt they were by these actions, still have their family members, alive and well, to comfort them through their bruised feelings. Unlike the Anthonys.

I am not condoning how the Anthony's conducted themselves. Merely making the observation that I have no idea how I would respond under similar circumstances. While I'd like to think I know how I'd respond...life has shown me far too many times that you can't bet on stuff like that.

 

[downport]

Imagine having to come to the realization that your beloved child murdered your first grandchild who was also sooooooo very loved just because you weren't available to babysit one night. Wouldn't you hunt down any tiny morsel that would make this untrue??

I would be beyond a mental case from the death alone and then you compound all the extra crap piled on top - people picking apart every nugget they can about your family, protesting in front of your home, dedicating whole tv seasons to your pain, betrayal after betrayal.....you get the point. I feel terrible for these people but I also will totally understand if they visit ICA in jail. Murderess or not - she is still their little girl.

This is such an honest and decent post. Thank you. The unrelenting, cold hearted attacts against these people, who are grieving victims, is chilling.
It seems some believe in the perfection of their own circumstances and actions despite the fact they are not the ones living with the Anthony's loss.

What happened to a society where people try to follow a few golden rules given to us in an effort to live in a better world ?
Here's 2 as a reminder
1) Judge not
2) Remove the log from YOUR OWN eye before pointing out the splinter in anothers

 

[oh_gal]

And another thing, no, it's not me having to deal with the loss, but I'm sick and tired of 'they lost their...' whoever being a magic wand to excuse everything under the sun.

CA accused Amy H of kidnapping Caylee: but it's ok, she's grieving, we shouldn't be critical. CA left a disgusting message to Tim Miller on his answering machine, and insinuated he was drinking while searching for Caylee: but she's grieving, we shouldn't be critical of her. CA in an email laughed that she should have given the dog's brush to LE instead of Caylee's: but she's grieving.

I call bull---it.

Again, compassion doesn't preclude criticism.

I feel compassion that she lost Caylee and now her daughter is on trial, yet I also feel she should take responsibility for her own actions and words.

And I will not be silent on this.

Respectful; yes, but never silent.

While I am not there to see her or witness what she goes through in the still silence of a dark night at 3:45 am, if she hasn't yet, I'm sure she will take responsibility. How could she not? She may be fighting demons over her past misdeeds that you have no idea of.

 

[deelytful1]

Bob Kealing on WESH 2 news just announced that ML admits his comments were taken out of context and he will hold a press conference to clear it up.

Sigh, I guess we should have known it was too good to be true!

 

[Turnadot]

Unfortunately, not everyone responds to grief or stressful situations in the same way. Also unfortuantely, none of us knows how we will respond in a similar situation, unless we are in it, ourselves.

It is always unfortunate when someone is bashed or accused of something they didn't do. However, those people, however hurt they were by these actions, still have their family members, alive and well, to comfort them through their bruised feelings. Unlike the Anthonys.

I am not condoning how the Anthony's conducted themselves. Merely making the observation that I have no idea how I would respond under similar circumstances. While I'd like to think I know how I'd respond...life has shown me far too many times that you can't bet on stuff like that.

Well, I agree with everything you said here, especially the bold.

And let me add, if I were to ever lash out and accuse innocent people, other victims of this tragedy, of harming a baby, I hope someone loves me enough to help me reorientate my moral compass, and tell me that what I'm doing is not OK; not excusable. And I hope I would have the integrity to apologise.

Silence is a powerful enemy.

 

[Capri]

While I am not there to see her or witness what she goes through in the still silence of a dark night at 3:45 am, if she hasn't yet, I'm sure she will take responsibility. How could she not? She may be fighting demons over her past misdeeds that you have no idea of.

With all due respect, my opinion on your "how could she not?" is that she's not like you and me, she plays by a totally different set of rules. The same rules Scott Peterson, and no doubt Joran Vandersloot play by....sociopath rules, and they do not include remorse, unfortunately. Remorse is for us regular folks, she's not.

 

[Turnadot]

While I am not there to see her or witness what she goes through in the still silence of a dark night at 3:45 am, if she hasn't yet, I'm sure she will take responsibility. How could she not? She may be fighting demons over her past misdeeds that you have no idea of.

I've often thought she blamed herself for what KC had become. As a mother myself, I can empathise with that. I'm sure she has her demons, but Calyee needed her in life, and sadly, she needs her in death. I know she loved Caylee, and I would never, ever say she didn't.

 

[little_miss_smart]

Well, I agree with everything you said here, especially the bold.

And let me add, if I were to ever lash out and accuse innocent people, other victims of this tragedy, of harming a baby, I hope someone loves me enough to help me reorientate my moral compass, and tell me that what I'm doing is not OK; not excusable. And I hope I would have the integrity to apologise.

Silence is a powerful enemy.

I'm sure those who the Anthonys have accused will understand what they were going through and forgive them.

 

[oh_gal]

With all due respect, my opinion on your "how could she not?" is that she's not like you and me, she plays by a totally different set of rules. The same rules Scott Peterson, and no doubt Joran Vandersloot play by....sociopath rules, and they do not include remorse, unfortunately. Remorse is for us regular folks, she's not.

I guess my "how could she not" comment stems from me watching her on the stand, full of grief, falling apart. I'd like to think that part of that grief is from her role in all this. But..as you said, she may be playing by a whole different set a rules.

I am nothing, if not an idealistic dreamer.

 

[oh_gal]

I'm sure those who the Anthonys have accused will understand what they were going through and forgive them.

Wouldn't it be nice if it were that simple? Some of the hardest things to forgive are those times when our character has been maligned.

However, I hope those people who have been wronged know that holding a grudge (or being unforgiving) is like taking poison, hoping the other person will die. Forgiveness will help them (the vicitims) much more than it will help the Anthonys.

 

[whiteangora]

Bob Kealing on WESH 2 news just announced that ML admits his comments were taken out of context and he will hold a press conference to clear it up.

Sigh, I guess we should have known it was too good to be true!

That's the problem when an attorney gives statements that have open ended meanings.

 

[Turnadot]

I'm sure those who the Anthonys have accused will understand what they were going through and forgive them.

I'm not so sure something like being accused of kidnapping a baby is something that can be forgiven; it's an accusation that can ruin lives. and almost ruined Jesse Grund's. But of course they may choose to forgive the Anthonys. Their call.

 

[Dr.Fessel]

The first statement made by the Anthony's lawyer was a shot fired over the bow.

When Jose came out attacking George and Cindy and Lee in the opening statement I see the end like this video. It has to happen.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRY9Ge-3SOg"]YouTube - ‪Casey Anthony - Hearing 3-30-11 - Maxwell's Silver Hammer‬‏[/ame]