Instead, I'll be reviewing yesterday's congressional hearing starring these 2 idiots......
Yesterday's hearings were quite interesting. McNamee stood behind his previous statements about injecting Roger Clemens with steroids and HGH and Clemens continued to deny the allegations. So, the only thing we know is someone committed perjury since one of them was lying under oath. The question is......who is lying?
I think anyone with any mental capacity whatsoever could figure out that Clemens at least lied about some things yesterday. To say he now knows that his wife was injected with HGH before a photo shoot but didn't know at the time is laughable at best. Your wife used HGH and you didn't know about it? To anyone out there that believes this.......I have some land I want to sell you.
But the thing that I felt hurt Roger's case the most was when he said that Andy Pettitte "misremebers" a discussion they had about HGH. Pettitte is quoted as saying that he had a discussion with Clemens in 2003 about his use of performance enhancing drugs. Clemens didn't completely deny the conversation but said that Pettitte "misremebers" the conversation. To quote Ozzie Guillen.......psssshhhtt, please! There is no way Pettitte "misremembered" that type of a conversation with Roger Clemens. If Clemens told him he used performance enhancing drugs, then Pettitte would remember exactly what he said. How could he not?
Once I found out that Pettitte ratted Clemens out, I felt that Clemens no longer had a case. How are we to discredit what Andy Pettitte said? He's best friends with Clemens, so why would he lie under oath that Clemens was a roider? That doesn't make any sense.
So, here is what we know for a fact.......
-Brian McNamee has alleged that he injected Andy Pettitte, Roger Clemens, and Chuck Knoblauch with performance enhancing drugs.
-Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch have come forth and admitted to these allegations.
-Roger Clemens' wife has admitted to using HGH and Brian McNamee injected her. This comes days after McNamee made the allegations.
-Andy Pettitte has alleged he had discussions with Roger Clemens about steroids and HGH in which Clemens admitted to using them.
-Roger Clemens has denied all allegations against him by McNamee and Pettitte (both friends of his), and claims he has never used HGH, testosterone, or steroids.
Based just on those FACTS, it's hard to believe Clemens. His buddies are ratting him out, the other people McNamee ratted out have concurred with those allegations, and his wife used HGH.
Now, onto Brian McNamee.......
Do I find Brian McNamee to be of high character? No. That said, do I find him to be reliable in this case? Yes. Like I said above, in the Mitchell Report he made allegations against Chuck Knoblauch and Andy Pettitte that we have since found out to be true. The only other person he made allegations against was Roger Clemens, and Roger has predictably denied them. So, even though it has been proven in the past that McNamee has lied on many occassions, I find it hard to believe he was lying yesterday. He has no reason to lie. He's getting no money out of this, he's risking going to jail by lying, and if he were lying he would be doing it to defame the guy that made him successful and rich.
While I find both Clemens and McNamee to be of low character, I was more impressed yesterday with McNamee. He seemed more believeable than Clemens. I got the feeling Roger was really digging deep to find an answer to a question, whereas McNamee didn't really have to do digging deep in his head to come up with an answer. It was almost like Roger was trying to think what his lawyers told him to say when a certain question came up.
And that brings me to good 'ol Rusty Hardin.....
Rusty, Rusty, Rusty........please tell me you didn't actually go to law school?? In fact, I'd be curious to see proof you actually graduated high school. Every time you open your mouth, you make your client look worse. What in the heck was Clemens thinking by hiring this tool?
Roger's whole defense was poor. It's the worst defense I have ever seen at a steroid congressional hearing. Well, at least since this one......
"I'm not here to talk about the past."
Or was it this one??.........
"I no speaka English!"
I guess, in Roger's defense, at least he didn't wag his finger at the members of Congress!....
"The allegations about me in Mr. Canseco's book are absolutely TRUE!"
To summarize yesterday's hearings......
I believe Brian McNamee is a tool, but I also believe he injected Roger Clemens with performance enhancing drugs. I also believe his lawyer is a moron and that entire congressional hearing was a side show. By the way, did anyone notice that Mitchell Report guy sitting in between Clemens and McNamee? That guy was creepy. He had some odd expressions on his face when other people were talking. He would stare down Clemens and McNamee from time to time, and that had to creep them out. Just thought I would mention that.
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