Rawstory:
Roger Clemens of the New York Yankees has been called the greatest living pitcher, but his extraordinary performance has also raised suspicions of steroid use, allegations which he has repeatedly denied.
This week, the controversy rose to the level of Congressional hearings, with Clemens testifying on Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Henry Waxman (D-CA.)
Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, a radio sports commentator, told CBS News on Thursday morning, "Nobody believes Roger Clemens. ... The whole thing is ridiculous. He's guilty."
When asked, "Do you think that they lobbed too many softballs at him?" Russo replied, "I think that the panel for the most part did a pretty good job on the Democratic side. ... But the Republicans did a terrible job. ... They let Clemens off the hook."
"I don't know why," Russo continued. "Maybe Clemens is friends with the Bush family. ... Whatever it might be, this came across on party lines."
USA Today reported two years ago that Clemens is close to the Bush family and that "he hangs out with George [H.W.] Bush and his wife, Barbara, even building a horseshoe pit at his home for the former president. He has a standing invitation to dine at the White House."
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), a committee member, then joined CBS to recommend that they should "put Mad Dog back on his leash." He blasted Chairman Waxman for going after one man rather than probing the general topic of drugs in baseball and said the Republicans were just trying to restore balance.
"We saw Congress being abused by a chairman who decided he was going to go after a vendetta against one individual," Issa complained. "Probably everyone was cheating in one way or another. ... Roger Clemens is probably like everyone else."
Clemens did a tour of Congressional offices in advance of the hearings, chatting with 19 committee members and posing for pictures. However, he seems to have made more of an impression on the Republican members than on the Democrats.
"Mad Dog" Russo, who normally considers himself a Republican, is now angry enough to have promised to campaign against the reelection of Republican committee member Chris Shays (R-CT).
Also, this is interesting:
McNamee's lawyer predicts Clemens pardon
1 comment:
The Bush Family will protect their own at any cost even break any law. Ken Lay was helped with the fake death and we see his wife got all the stolen money. As we see crime does pay with the Bush Administration only if your in their back pocket. Clemens knows he guilty but took the chance of stepping forward because of the other witness who was a proven liar. Knowing if that failed the President of the United States would step up to the plate and pardon him for the crimes he said he didn't commit.
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