I CAN'T STANDS NO MORE!!

It was a pretty sad state of affairs for just about everybody.

Sad for baseball.
Sad for fans.
Sad for congress.
Sad for the people who elected these people to congress.

The congressional hearing that featured Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee had so little to do with HGH and steroids. Really, it did. All it really was, was a he said-he said drama played out between two scoundrels in front of our proudly elected sewing circle.
Now, I’m not saying that all of the representatives on Capitol Hill are idiots and not respectable, but there were some. The whole ordeal was such a circus that every voter should ask for a refund. Where do I start?
Well, first of all, why in the blue hell does this hearing happen in the first place? This was supposed to take place in a trial. The congressmen had said over and over that this is not a trial. This had very little bearing on the law. In fact, actual votes on actual laws and legislation would be taking place during the hearing and the representatives could excuse themselves to go vote on said events IF THEY WANT TO.
What the hell?
So we elected these guys and gals and pay them our tax dollars to grill the pitcher and the trainer to see who’s lying? Doesn’t anyone see a problem with this?
What’s next, a senator whose going to review NFL videotape? Wait, is that really happening?
Those who argue that our country has really lost our priorities, look no further.
The worst of it was, I couldn’t tear myself away from it all… I still can’t.

Roger Clemens is a liar, a bully and a cheat. Those who think otherwise, and I say this with all due respect, back to kindergarten you go. Seriously. You’re just dumb and gullible.

Brian McNamee isn’t exactly a peach either. But let us remember, he was the one injecting and obtaining illegal drugs. He’s also a sex offender and a liar. So his “credibility” is not spotless by any means.

HOWEVER…

Will someone please explain to me what he gains by lying about Clemens? No one seems to want to broach that subject.
Clemens employed him, treated him like family and without him, McNamee is a trainer in New York Sports Club helping housewives lose their baby weight.
So, why did he need to lie about Clemens? Was he screwed over? Was he jealous?
Please.

McNamee injected Andy Pettitte with HGH. Pettitte confirmed that that was true. He injected Chuck Knoblach. Knoblach confirmed that too. He even injected Clemens’ wife, and that isn’t under dispute. So, is someone trying to tell me that his main client, his paycheck, his career is the only one who did NOT get any injections? Not only that, they never even discussed it?
Of course its not like he told anyone that he used HGH…
Oh wait, Andy Pettitte said he told congress in a sworn deposition that he did . His wife confirmed it. Of course Pettitte could be lying, except that the fact no one has actually heard Andy Pettitte lie before and that he so religious that he doesn’t to have to answer to God for not being truthful.
Clemens said that Pettitte “misheard”. And then that he “misremembered”.
New rule of lying: make up words.

My favorite low was definitely Rep. Dan Burton’s line of questioning. I really want to know if he has box seats in Yankee stadium or wore a Clemens jersey to the hearing. Burton claimed that McNamee lied about Roger Clemens being at a Joe Conseco party a while back, because, while McNamee said he was, Jose Conseco gave a sworn testimony that he wasn’t. So, Mr. Burton, good ol’ admitted steroid cheater Jose Conseco is all of the sudden a bastion of truth? Burton went on to call Clemens a Titan of baseball and that McNamee was smearing his reputation. Of course, we love seeing our elected officials acting professional and unbiased, its fun. Note to future sports titans, make sure your get Rep. Burton something autographed; never know when you’ll need him.
Burton is a Titan of stupidity.

In the end it seems that the majority of the representatives at the hearing knew Clemens was lying. A poll on ESPN said that 68% of the country believes he’s lying. Now, what’s up with that 32%?? I am floored that even 32% of this country can swallow any of this trite. Maybe that 32% thought the poll was asking who’d win in a pitching duel.

Don’t tell me I’m being one sided. I already know I am. Roger Clemens, the man who intentionally threw at Mike Piazza, hitting him in the head, and then decided to cool things down between the two later in the World Series by throwing a broken bat at him, is supposed to get a pass on all this? His stories have more holes in them than mesh and I’ve heard him fumble over more words and angrily proclaim his innocence than I care to anymore. Apparently, if Clemens gets mad and yells then you’re supposed to believe him. That only worked with my dad.

Clemens was arrogantly unprepared and looked stupid, as he should have. It was like he expected everyone to believe him because he’s Roger Clemens, greatest pitcher of all time. And, if you believe him, to coin a phrase: “I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn I want to sell you.”