As I said at CTH: I withhold any commentary until the interview itself is aired. But if Shellie later tries to claim that ABC edited the interview or quoted her out of context, she'll have nobody but herself to blame.

Unicron says:
August 29, 2013 at 2:33 pm

Some have pointed out that we can’t know what is going on and has gone on between GZ and SZ. Absolutely true.

She may have 100 completely legitimate reasons to be frustrated, disappointed, angry with George. Entirely possible. I’ve already said I think his situation since last February gives an awful lot of good reason for him to have been a hard person to be around, and maybe he became somewhat of an emotional black hole and trainwreck… that could be difficult to be around for anyone, let alone a young woman like Shellie.

So I’m willing to cut her plenty of slack and empathize, believe me. If one or both of them has been ready to throw in the towel on that marriage for a while, I’m very understanding of that, particularly given what they’ve been through and given their lack of children.

But even giving Shellie every benefit of the doubt imaginable, and even assuming that any problems their marriage has had have somehow been 100% his fault, 0% hers… EVEN granting that scenario, I am still just baffled by her decision to drag even the slightest portion of that conflict out in front of the world to see.

Because even if at this point she hates his guts? She should still hate the media far more. Especially outlets like ABC. She should *at the very least* have an attitude toward the MSM of “whatever I may think of George, I’m not going to give the media the satisfaction of seeing the cracks in our foundation, or more ammunition to fire at George”

Cracks in the foundation which the MSM themselves *doubtless* created or at least made worse by how they’ve treated the Zimmerman family since last March.

More ammunition to fire at George given to the people who have relentlessly bombarded the Zimmerman family, and George in particular, for more than a year and a half – and mostly with heavy artillery shells of pure lies and race-baiting.

Again, her hatred of the MSM at this point *should* outweigh any negative feelings she may have (rightly or wrongly) built up toward GZ. She should, at the very least, identify with what GZ has been going through and understand who put him through it, enough to have a permanent posture of “I can’t stop the MSM from lying and attacking, but they darned sure won’t be getting any additional material from me to do it.”

That’s what I find so surprising and disappointing.

ZurichMike says:
August 29, 2013 at 12:51 am

Putting aside the marital dynamic of the GZ and SZ, I see the plea deal in a more faorable light in a no-win situation. In one year her record will be expunged, i.e., as if it never happened. In exchange for her plea, she also avoids the emotional, financial, and personal cost of another “show trial” (where, of course, the entire GZ case would be replayed ad nauseum as “background” to her case — and in this case GZ would have been called to the stand as a material witness) in the kangaroo court system of Florida where corrupt political hacks like Lester and Nelson are judges, where corrupt prosecutors like Corey and BDLR and Guy are employed, where corrupt, mincing, penny-loafered lawyers like MOM play career poker with their clients’ freedoms and rights. Does this make her as bad as the system she is in? No. Continuing with the card playing analogy, she is playing the hand dealt to her. And who knows? Maybe *she* insisted on the plea deal over the objections of her attorney.

Perhaps she is going to the media for the simple reason of needing money to pay legal fees. Maybe the GZ was not supportive because he thinks she should not have accepted the plea deal and instead fought to have her her day in court. My guess is that she was not allowed to leave the State of Florida (or the county perhaps) while her case was pending. Another guess is that in one year, she and GZ will leave the State of Florida and start a new life away from the cesspool of judicial filth in Florida. Whether their marriage stays intact remains to be seen. But time heals all wounds, real or imagined.

rumpole2 says:
August 29, 2013 at 4:25 pm

I agree… about the plea deal….I may quote you at RT.

I can not be so understanding about the interview. Mind you, I can not understand the apparent “American” inclination to air personal matters in media interviews, generally.
I guess its a “Culture” thing? British stiff upper lip… eh what?

Chip you have out done yourself again.

Hiya, Sha! Nice to cyber-see you!