Bravo!!!! Excellent Post! Apparently as long as the lies are supported and no finger is directly pointed at anyone, that family just moves on and survives. But point a finger at someone and blame them for something, and all hell breaks loose. At least Cindy can't hide who she really is. What always got me about George is that he could shed a few tears and maybe do one or two things and all of sudden, everything that had happened beforehand was wiped away and people had tremendous sympathy, including me for awhile. Then he would do a lot of things to make me mad again, and then here comes the tears and one or two nice things to wipe it away. I eventually saw through him. I just don't have it in me to have any more sympathy for him when all the bad things and things he didn't do far outweigh any good things he did do.
I don't want to say he deserved what Casey did to him, but I wasn't all that surprised to find out that she targeted him so viciously. This man is just as bad as the rest of the family, but he hides it under pretending to care and pretending to have a heart, just to throw all of that away time and again let down those around him, including Caylee. I would imagine a lifetime of that would have a sour effect on his family. Plus, he's too weak to get out of the endless cycle he lives in and do something better for himself and his family. He'd rather exist in the toxic vacuum of his family, barely scraping by, than make life any better and do good by his family and himself.
If my stepdaughter were to accuse my husband of something so heinous, THAT would be painful because my husband is a good man and does right by himself and his family. That happening to George? It just doesn't have the same effect for me since he never really stood up for Caylee against CA and Casey. He's just as bad as they are, he just manages to hide it better and garner sympathy much more productively than they do until, like me, a person just has enough of his carp. I think that's why it hurt me so badly because I knew Cindy and Casey weren't good people and never would be. But I had hope in George. There had to be some good in that family besides just Caylee. But time and again, he let me down and let me down HARD. I can see why Casey hates him so much. There's nothing worse than hope being built up then torn down time and time again.
Bringing this back to JA's book, I did gasp when someone on WS mentioned that JA said in his book that Casey blamed George for molesting and killing Caylee in the pool. That is just horrible to accuse someone of, I agree with that. But I wasn't surprised in the least that Casey accused George of the murder and molestation. She has a rage against him, and I suspect it's in part of how he wasn't a good father, and maybe even promised her things that he never fulfilled. Or one day maybe seemed to care about her, and then next maybe he was against her. Sometimes the worst thing is not the abuser (in this case, Cindy and her controlling relationship with Casey), but the person who stands by and watches the abuse happen, and no matter what they say, nothing ever changes or gets better. Or even worse, at the end of the day, they're never on the abused's side even though they say they are, and are always on the side of abuser. I wonder if that is the type of situation Casey grew up with. I can see a hatred of her father evolving from that for sure.
By the way, this post isn't directed at anyone in particular. It's just my thoughts about George and what I think of him. I understand others have sympathy for him, and that's okay with me. I just can't do it anymore. I can't feel anything for George except for contempt.
