Check out our Clemens hearing live blog right here. If there's one thing we've learned definitively from the Clemens hearings this morning, it's that Roger Clemens' fans are alive and well on the House Oversight Committee. McNamee has his share of backers behind the microphones, too, but they don't seem nearly as adamant about smearing Clemens as Clemens' fans are about smearing McNamee. McNamee has been called a litany of names today: drug pusher, liar, fraud, and so on. Roger Clemens has been asked what jersey he'll wear into the Hall of Fame. The slurping sounds have been more disgusting than any "palpable mass on the buttox" could be.
But it's also clear that those attacking Clemens (namely Rep. John Tierney of Massachusetts) understand the score: The less they focus on McNamee's credibility (or lack thereof) and instead peer at Andy Pettitte's apparently damaging testimony, the worse things get for Roger Clemens.
Those attacking McNamee get it too. In their attacks today, they've done well to ask less about McNamee's involvement with Roger Clemens and instead screech at the trainer about his record of lying to reporters (before he was under oath, of course) and about the doubt surrounding his five-year-old syringes. It's been a good, and oftentimes entertaining, sidetrack, but it doesn't change the underlying matter at hand: Once Andy Pettitte's deposition is released, things are going to go even further south for Roger Clemens.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Like Barry Bonds, continuing to deny that he took steroids seems the only avenue open to Roger Clemens.
He just was not believable during his testimony, and McNamee was. McNamee clearly did not want to be there and almost admitted that his previous lies on this matter were told to protect his clients.I can not see the syringes or gauze pads being admitted in any future judicial proceedings, but they don't have to be, the mere publication of the DNA findings will be enough to leave a stain on Clemen's career.
Posted at 4:05PM on Feb 13th 2008 by Bill
2. Just what is it about Andy Pettite that makes him unimpeachable? It must be his direct line to Jesus!! Whenever they bring up God - head for the exits!
Posted at 4:53PM on Feb 13th 2008 by stmvh
3. IM SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT THIS AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO PUT ONE ON THE STAND WHY NOT ALL OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUSED. I KNOW ANDY PETTITTE, BECAUSE I LIVE IN HIS HOME TOWN AND WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIM AND THIS IS TEARING HIM UP. I AGREE TO PUT SOME GUIDE LINES IN PLACE NOW, BUT LETS QUIT BRINGING UP THE PAST AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. BETWEEN BRITNEY SPEARS AND ROGER CLEMENS IM DONE WATCHING TV FOR A WHILE. REDICULOUS
Posted at 9:44AM on Feb 14th 2008 by kn thomas