I had the displeasure of watching all four-and-a-half hours of the congressional hearings on ESPN yesterday, and what a joke it ended up being. Whether it was congressmen acting like clowns, or the two men under question squirming uncomfortably in their seats, the hearing that took place yesterday ended up being one big circus.
Two things I took from the congressional hearings: one, how absolutely ridiculous the congressmen acted when questioning the two men, and two how uncomfortable Roger Clemens looked as he answered question after question posed to him.
Let’s start with the congressmen. What happened to being fair and not taking sides? That display from congressmen like Dan Burton and Henry Waxman was despicable and I couldn’t believe how they attacked the two men there to defend themselves. Burton was a joke, flat-out attacking Brian McNamee, calling him a liar and attacking his character, when he should have been asking him questions that would lead to a break-through in the case. Congressman Henry Waxman, the chairman of the hearing, too, was hilarious to me the way he obviously targeted Clemens. I just heard Skip Bayless talk about how fair he was and laughed, because all I remember was Waxman pretty much telling Roger he didn’t believe him; so much for a fair hearing huh?
The last thing I noticed, and I’ll keep it quick, was how much Roger Clemens squirmed yesterday. Despite how the hearing was conducted, I believed Roger Clemens until yesterday, when I saw him fumble for answers, stutter with every question and constantly contradict himself before everyone at that hearing. That said, how much do people want to hate Brian McNamee and believe Roger? I know I want to believe Roger so so badly, but man he came out of yesterday smelling like anything but roses.
Related stories:
New York Times on hearings.
Free Press article on hearings.
What's at stake for Clemens? His public life.
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