I think she had been pulling off lies to her mom for so long that she actually believed she was good at it. I only say mom because I think GA gave up on trying to get CA to see thru casey's lies a long tie ago b/c he just couldn't win. I am sure that CA always stuck up for KC and GA was always the bad guy to KC......(respectfully snipped)
So interesting you say this because this is how I see it EXACTLY. Many people consider George suspicious and I believe some has to do with his physical appearance - his eyebrows - his facial expressions. Sometimes we do get influenced like that. It is eerie how influenced we get by someone's physical appearance.
BUT.......As I see it Cindy and Casey and their war of power and control throughout the years pushed the males in the family INTO the background. Cindy and Casey were the STARS of the show, George was the silent walking on eggshells observer who was the ''bad guy'' if he said anything, Lee was the peacemaker between mother and daughter. Remember the story of the neighbor who said there was a big fight in the house on the 15th of June and that the neighbour said he/she would never talk to her own mother like this? And that Casey spoke very badly to Cindy in other occassions as well? The fights were between Cindy and Casey, not George or anyone else.
But it is important to remember some major things:
1. George is the one who from the first night of the 911 call takes a detective aside and
makes sure they know his daughter is a liar, to get a good close look at her and her actions. A lot of things happened that night. And cleaning the car because they thought Casey was in trouble was far away from the later into the night realisation and revelation that Caylee is missing. So George did tell the police his daughter should be considered a person of interest. I don't think he thought Caylee was harmed, but I am sure he thought Casey was lying about Caylee's whereabouts. Why do that if he was covering anything for her? I think he was afraid Cindy was going to cover for her to the police, present the pink-tainted glasses versions. He knew something was going on and he was anxious to let police know his daughter is withholding information. NOW consider what Cindy did from the very first night: immediately bought the zanny the nanny took the baby and sat with Casey to create a myspace account for Caylee to find her. Who does that? Someone who bought what Casey said. George on the other hand was quick to believe it was bullsh1t and took police aside to let them know.
2. George was the one who told the TRUTH about the gas cans on the interview with Greta. Cindy was obviously uncomfortable with George telling that story. He might said the whole ''someone took the cans, returned them, apologised'' but he was the one who came out clean and talked about who took the cans. NOT ONLY THAT BUT: He talked about how Casey was trying to keep him away from the car!!!That is really important. If George was covering for her he would just say yes Casey returned them to me, she apologised, etc. But he wouldn't paint this picture of his daughter trying with every mean to keep him away from her car's trunk. He did say that and that is when Cindy got uncomfortable with the situation.
3. George is the ONLY one of the family who demonstrated REAL EMOTION on camera. Real anguish and frustration and anger, but also in two occassions real tears in his eyes and trembling in his chin about Caylee. Cindy tried to cry when she was on a show with Beth Holloway (sorry don't remember which one), and it looked very forced and unnatural. Remember....when we really cry our chin involuntary trembles. It is a reflex that CANNOT be faked. Actors can fake tears but not the chin reflex. When their chin trembles it is real crying. Cindy was trying to cry, George looked genuinely upset.
4. George also disappeared from the media when the evidence began mounting on Casey. I don't think it is because he is in hiding because he did cover up the crime or anything....I think he just can't get on with Cindy's insane campaign of defending every evidence out there and bending the truth the way she does, throwing wild stories and fantasies to the media defending Casey. And here is a wild speculation: What if it was George who ''tipped'' the police about his gun in the car?
5. Cindy is the controlling one in the relationship. If it is true (I believe it is but that is jmo) the story of Cindy's brother that Cindy was the one who put up George to quit his job as a detective and go into his dad's business with the hopes he will inherit it in the future....that speaks volumes in my personal opinion. That was a major life decision and Cindy seems the one who was the main force of the family, the planner, the one who influenced decisions. Also it was Cindy who dealed with Casey most of the time and who was intrusive enough to call Casey's friend and tell him to stay away from Casey because she is a SOCIOPATH, and Casey will hurt him. That is very controlling behavior.
THAT WAS OPEN WAR, THE UNLTIMATE CONTROL FIGHT BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER MY FRIENDS. And as the case evolves we will see how that war had its innocent victim: Caylee. Even Padilla said that George is OUT OF THE LOOP in that family. And that is one Padilla observation I believe. And Cindy might be defending Casey with all her power but it is also something else: Finally she has control of Casey BACK. Casey depends on Cindy once again to defend her and clear her image. Casey is once again Cindy's little girl that has to listen to her and follow her instructions to get out of this mess, and depend on her for lawyers and bail money and positive publicity. Cindy lost control over Caylee once Casey decided the child was HERS and she was outta there and she was going to do whatever she wanted to do with the child. And Cindy called 911 because she thought she could CONTROL the situation and make Casey allow her to see Caylee. At that point she had no clue the child was in danger. By the time of the third 911 call, the terror in her voice shows she knew something horrible is happening.
Sick? Confusing? Illogical? Dysfunctional? Yup it is all that. But once all the evidence and especially interviews see the light, we will see much more informative details of the relationship between Casey and Cindy and how that war escalated into the disappearance/death? of the innocent child.
