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Casey Anthony’s Lawyer Squirms As Joy Behar Asks, ‘Would You Let Her Babysit Your Kids?’

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When just the right question catches an interview subject off guard–and the cameras are rolling–well, kids, we call that the beauty of television. And it was in full display on Wednesday night’s Joy Behar, when Behar sat down with Casey Anthony lawyer Dorothy Clay Sims. Behar got Sims squirming with a simple yet brilliant question: “would you let Casey babysit your kids? You say she’s innocent.” Strange smile. Long pause. Deflection. “My kids are older.” Behar says “let’s say they were younger, would you leave her with your children?” Even stranger smile. Longer pause. Weirder deflection. “I…I liked Casey Anthony. I came to trust her. And that’s a… that’s a really…” Long pause.

She never exactly answers the question, just says a few times that she “trusts” Casey Anthony. Behar says “well, I guess if you think she’s one hundred percent innocent, you would.” Odd eyeroll from the attorney. Simply put, this is a great moment well worth watching.

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  • LoyalOpposition

    I wish they’d hold Eric Holder’s Injustice Department to half the scrutiny they do this woman’s attorneys. Project gunrunner–sanctioned by the Obama administration which resulted in the deaths of American citizens shows that the libs’ anger is severely misplaced. If Bush were still in office, there would be protests in the streets and calls to impeach and try him for murder, but of course it has nothing to do with principle, only the little R or D after their favorite politician’s name.

  • BR

    I have asked the same question to the jurors. (via blogs of course)

    Casey Anthony has to live somewhere so why not next door to the jurors…….one month at a time. She could even babysit for their children/grandchildren.

  • Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

    I honestly don’t know how defense attorneys look themselves in the mirror. I used to think they just convinced themselves the person was innocent, but this woman clearly doesn’t think that, so she knowingly worked to secure the release of someone she thinks is guilty of murdering a child. It’s sickening!

    ps, Of course, I don’t think everyone charged of a crime is guilty. I’ve just never understood how you could defend someone you know is guilty.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Sedgwick/100002491586017 Mike Sedgwick

    Great question, Joy. Sims so obviously didn’t answer it, it was almost painful.

    Not as painful as having Casey Anthony walk scott-free, though.

  • skyfet

    Liberal Tormentor - tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972 said:
    I honestly don’t know how defense attorneys look themselves in the mirror. I used to think they just convinced themselves the person was innocent, but this woman clearly doesn’t think that, so she knowingly worked to secure the release of someone she thinks is guilty of murdering a child. It’s sickening!

    ps, Of course, I don’t think everyone charged of a crime is guilty. I’ve just never understood how you could defend someone you know is guilty.

    That’s why you are not a Lawyer. You’d probably give your client away, just because your guts tell ya that they are guilty.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    How much do people get paid to appear on “The View”? You have to wonder why a serious-minded attorney who was on the victorious defense team that just won the trial of the century would lower herself to sit among these squawking, spitting hags on “The View” unless the money was very, very substantial.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: I would say we both know I would never have a conflict with one of my clients past or present. Then I would go from there to rip Fat Baher a new one.

  • jddoubleu

    skyfet said:
    That’s why you are not a Lawyer.

    lol

  • jo hoochie

    Now Casey can get out and have more children to kill when they get in her way! Maybe her and Jose can get together. He may be married now but not for long if Casey has her way. I hope she lives a living hell the rest of her life!

  • Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

    skyfet said:
    That’s why you are not a Lawyer. You’d probably give your client away, just because your guts tell ya that they are guilty.

    No, I wouldn’t be a lawyer because I love to argue too much. I’d always be in jail for contempt of court. But you’re right, I wouldn’t “defend” someone I thought was guilty. I imagine you’d have no problem with it.

  • 2012freedom

    I couldn’t watch the clip because Joy makes my skin crawl but nonetheless it was a good question.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Isabel-Maione/1472900538 Isabel Maione

    I thought that said it all. Even her defense attorney could not say she would trust Casey enough to babysit her children (if they were younger) or her grandchildren. What a question!

  • AIO_7

    If that doesn’t “say” that Casey is guilty, nothing does.

  • Dem4Ever

    I would let Casey Anthony babysit that attorney’s children.

  • mrsmags5

    That was a masterpiece! Good for you joy!

  • b-dob

    Stupid, irrelevant question. First of all, it’s patently obvious Casey Anthony was a terrible mother, so nobody should let her babysit their child. That doesn’t make her guilty of murder. Second, a lawyer’s job is not to believe their client is 100% innocent. A lawyer’s job is to present a case, in their client’s best interest, based on the law of the land . Sure, I think Casey Anthony either killed her child or was involved in the murder/coverup attempt, but I also believe our justice system worked as it’s supposed to in this case.

  • Jay Hanig

    I am as likely to employ Casey Anthony as a baby sitter as I would Dr. Mengele for my health care. You’ve GOT to be kidding!

    I don’t care what the jury said: the woman is as guilty as the day is long. Her month of partying and covering up her child’s disappearance is all you really need to know. Frankly, that removed any reasonable doubts I may have had early on.

  • tatboy

    skyfet said:
    That’s why you are not a Lawyer. You’d probably give your client away, just because your guts tell ya that they are guilty.

    And the evidence. But lets not nitpick.

  • KenInIL

    The protection she needs is called sterilization !!

  • TeaPartyNation

    Casey Anthony’s Lawyer Squirms As Joy Behar Asks, ‘Would You Let Her Babysit Your Kids?’

    Answer: Of course, if they were holding me back from “a beautiful life”.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Prather/100000453933554 Bone Daddy

    Casey’s attorney Dorothy Sims flunked the basic lawyer examination. She was supposed to lie on cue, but was unable to formulate an answer, but that doesn’t make her an honest attorney. Wow, that’s oxymoronic!

  • LAPhil

    I’d like to see Jose Baez get asked that question since he’s so sure she’s innocent!

  • LAPhil

    What a weasel Dorothy Clay Sims is! I usually can’t stomach Joy Behar, but I have to give her props for at least pinning Sims down even a little bit. It’s too bad she didn’t press her even harder.

  • fumetti

    I wouldn’t let Nancy Grace babysit my kids either…Nancy Grace is every bit the psychopath that Casey Anthony is.

  • Rokker

    All you people who love the ‘constitution’ and ‘rights’ need to give it up and move on. Casey Anthony was found not guilty’ in a legitimate legal process. Or would you prefer a system where ‘the mob’ decided guilt or the government like North Korea?

  • LoyalOpposition

    Rokker said:
    All you people who love the ‘constitution’ and ‘rights’ need to give it up and move on. Casey Anthony was found not guilty’ in a legitimate legal process. Or would you prefer a system where ‘the mob’ decided guilt or the government like North Korea?

    This may be one of the very few times we agree.

  • http://victoryinamericaday-11210.blogspot.com/ Bob Uda

    “Not guilty” does not mean “innocent.” I thought the reaction of one of Casey Anthony’s lawyers was priceless. The real answer is, “No, I would not let Casey Anthony babysit my children or my grandchildren.” This is the first time that Joy Behar ever did a good thing in any of her interviews.

    Anyone who thinks our justice system is good is sorely misguided. Look at what Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the United States Attorney General Eric Holder does regarding gun sales to Mexican cartels. Stonewalling! That is our legal system in action. He also lets the New Black Panther Party off the hook, tries known killer terrorists in civil courts, reads Miranda Rights to terrorist insurgents captured on the battlefield, sues the State of Arizona, and many other egregious actions. Speak about violating the Constitution and Bill of Rights!

  • LAPhil

    fumetti said:
    I wouldn’t let Nancy Grace babysit my kids either…Nancy Grace is every bit the psychopath that Casey Anthony is.

    I think that’s going a little too far. I mean, really!

  • TeaPartyNation

    Casey Obamanthony:

    The Recovery? I left it with the Nanny….
    Still Trying to Find the Recovery? I’ve decided to find it all by myself – just like OJ’s inspiring search for the REAL killers after his miscarriage of justice…
    OMG – I think the Nanny has kidnapped the Recovery !!!! Let’s go partying and wait a month until my lying, perjuring mother reports this to the police after smelling the stench of Recovery Death in the trunk of my car….
    During the Trial: It’s all because I’ve been abused by Republicans – and besides, my father did it.

    Of course, we can all be thankful that there couldn’t possibly be as many as12 people so stupid that they would all think he is NOT GUILTY (which, of course, is NOT THE SAME AS INNOCENT) of murdering the Recovery, right ?

  • 2012freedom

    LoyalOpposition said:
    This may be one of the very few times we agree.

    I concur.

  • CAconservative

    Casey Anthony’s Lawyer Squirms As Joy Behar Asks, ‘Would You Let Her Babysit Your Kids?’

    I squirm at the thought of Joy Behar babysitting.

  • kit9

    fumetti said:
    I wouldn’t let Nancy Grace babysit my kids either…Nancy Grace is every bit the psychopath that Casey Anthony is.

    You’re exactly right, except for the whole Casey Anthony is a murderer and Nancy Grace is not thing. But in every other way, they’re exactly the same.

  • CAconservative

    Rokker:

    An epiphany? Congratulations! Your head must be spinning after having to endure a cogent thought.

  • 2012freedom

    fumetti said:
    I wouldn’t let Nancy Grace babysit my kids either…Nancy Grace is every bit the psychopath that Casey Anthony is.

    Uhhh…the difference is; Nancy Grace’s children are alive and well. Casey’s? Not so much.

  • LAPhil

    CAconservative said:
    Casey Anthony’s Lawyer Squirms As Joy Behar Asks, ‘Would You Let Her Babysit Your Kids?’ I squirm at the thought of Joy Behar babysitting.

    I think I’d squirm a little more at the thought of Casey Anthony babysitting.

  • seek

    LAPhil said:
    I think I’d squirm a little more at the thought of Casey Anthony babysitting.

    Agreed, with Joy we’d just have to clean their mouths out with soap. With Casey, we’d have to identify them at the morgue.

    What a horrible thought! When the woman couldn’t answer – you know that she knows, and now she knows that we know, that Casey did it. They did their job and that’s what the defence is supposed to do whether we like it or not.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nancy-Lee-DuQuette/100001055220084 Nancy Lee DuQuette

    The whole Defense Team knows that Casey Anthony did it, but it’s like any other Defense Attorney, they have to defend their client the best way they know how. As far as Chaney Mason goes, how many other cases “like this” has he offered to take without pay. It is only because of the publicity and he wanted to be part of it, along with his wife!

  • azgrandma

    She should let them spend a week vacation with her. These clowns sing a different tune if it happens to them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Catherine-Coy/1207016798 Catherine Coy

    I don’t see a “great moment well worth watching” here. Ms. Sims thoughtfully answered the question. Next!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Catherine-Coy/1207016798 Catherine Coy

    Bob Uda @ July 14, 2011 at 4:18 pm says: “Not guilty” does not mean “innocent.”

    Yes, it does, at least in this country. An American citizen–which Casey Anthony is–walks into a courtroom under the presumption of innocence. Once acquitted, she leaves in the same condition. Nothing that happened in the courtroom during the trial changed Casey Anthony’s status of “innocent.”

    And, yes, the American system of justice is STILL the most fair. There is no other country whose justice system is more fair. If you think otherwise, name the country. You can’t.

  • seek

    Catherine Coy said:
    Bob Uda @ July 14, 2011 at 4:18 pm says: “Not guilty” does not mean “innocent.”

    Yes, it does, at least in this country. An American citizen–which Casey Anthony is–walks into a courtroom under the presumption of innocence. Once acquitted, she leaves in the same condition. Nothing that happened in the courtroom during the trial changed Casey Anthony’s status of “innocent.”

    And, yes, the American system of justice is STILL the most fair. There is no other country whose justice system is more fair. If you think otherwise, name the country. You can’t.

    Do you know the difference between being “aquitted” and found “not guilty”?

  • CRjeffery

    She wasn’t aquitted. she was FOUND NOT GUILTY on 3 charges and GUILTY on 4. there wasn’t anything about AQUITTLE.

  • TrgdyAnn

    Hahahahaha, I Love how she STILL NEVER answered Joy’s question!

  • Anonymous

    That lawyer might as well have said, “Hell no I wouldn’t let her babysit! Do I look crazy? I was born at night, but not last night.”

  • Anonymous

    I didn’t see any “squiriming.”  I saw a woman thoughtfully answering the question.

  • Anteeghey

    Lawyer should have said she wouldn’t let Joy Behar babysit her kids..especially if it’s a boy since Behar would probably castrate him since she hates males

  • Anteeghey

    Lawyer should have said she wouldn’t let Joy Behar babysit her kids..especially if it’s a boy since Behar would probably castrate him since she hates males

  • Anteeghey

    Lawyer should have said she wouldn’t let Joy Behar babysit her kids..especially if it’s a boy since Behar would probably castrate him since she hates males

  • Anteeghey

    Lawyer should have said she wouldn’t let Joy Behar babysit her kids..especially if it’s a boy since Behar would probably castrate him since she hates males

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3WZH3EAVXTWWAHJTUGWNAFOBPE Attila

    That’s a non-question. Casey would never take Zanny the Nanny’s job.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3WZH3EAVXTWWAHJTUGWNAFOBPE Attila

    That’s a non-question. Casey would never take Zanny the Nanny’s job.

  • Tsikes111

    The talking heads just can’t move on. Casey Anthony is still big news. WHY? Because news reporters and commentators are still trying to convict.. They should find a new  horse to ride. Casey has been tried and declared not guilty by a jury of her peers. It is the American way. Get over it!!!!

  • Dirth

    Why?  The attorney’s children are just as innocent as Caylee!  Why would you be willing to do this to children just to get satisfaction of hurting the attorney?  I would not let you babysit my child!  And I really hope you have nothing to do with children.  You are not right in the head!!!

  • Dirth

    You may or may not be right about Nancy Grace, but, at least if Nancy is only out for publicity, it was on the correct side.  These attorneys for Casey may be out for publicity, but they might as well defend Lucifer!

  • http://twitter.com/minunperhonen minun perhonen

    I think Nancy Grace’s emotional development stopped when her boyfriend got killed. From then on the world for her was black and white, evil and good, no gray or shaded areas. I don’t think she has a clue how complex people are. 

    As to babysitting, I wouldn’t let any talk-show hosts babysit my child. 

  • http://twitter.com/minunperhonen minun perhonen

    A smart attorney isn’t going to answer Joy’s snarky questions. I wouldn’t.

  • Wildkat1232003

     boy u got that right !!!!!! yep move casey right next door to juror # 4 !!!!! ford!!!

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