Investigation of Clemens Is Sought
Here we are again another case of perjury in the baseball steroid era. Now tell me you couldn't have seen this coming. From the feeling I got out of the article, it sounded like congress was going to push for the Justice Department to conduct an investigation on Clemens for lying under oath even before he testified. The fact of the matter is, I really do not think congress really cares what goes on in baseball and whether or not baseball players are using performance enhancing drugs. Congress in my opinion is really looking at this as a public promotion guide. They are trying "in my opinion" to make it look like congress is tough when it comes to abiding by the rules. I guarantee you that if they had on trial a person that did not have the type of famous reputation as Clemens does, congress would most likely not even look at the person like they were lying while under oath. The fact that congress had to of had in their mind they were going to investigate Clemens even before he took the stands, clearly states to me that Congress is trying to make themselves look like the all and mighty powerful.
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This is just symbolic politics. Everyone already knows that baseball had a problem with steroids and it is next to impossible to weed them all out. I can understand the investigation on pergury committed by either Clemens or McNamee, but congress needs to stop the steroids investigation. Spring training has already started and I would like to watch a baseball story that doesn't involve steroids. Like did you hear that Prince Fielder is now a vegetarian!!!! he's gonna need to eat a lot of protein to keep his power numbers up
I watched some of the thing and I didn't think all of them were looking at him assuming he was lying. Half of them were weird and overprotective like he was a family member or something. One of them opened with a speech about what a great man he was and how proud his mother would be or something. And didn't Waxman even say afterward that the whole thing was a bad idea? And now he's referring it to the Justice Dept? I mean whatever, I guess now that they've started the ball rolling it would be odd to NOT further investigate someone who they believe to have perjured themselves, it's a similar deal with Bonds where they are exposing themselves to crimes beyond just whether or not they used steroids.
Interesting that this is going on in an election year, I just think these guys want free air time on television. Nothing more, nothing less. Talking about taxes is not going to get them on ESPN, but this will.
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