February 13, 2008
Second Half Starts (Clemens Hearing)
Tom Davis wins the coin flip and starts the afternoon questioning.
Update: Davis is being much nicer to Clemens about the nanny. He's giving Clemens credit for finding her and a chance to explain what went on.
Update: The other Rep. Davis (the Democrat) asks Scheeler if Clemens meeting with the nanny was usual. Scheeler says no, it's done by a lawyer or a lawyer's investigator.
Update: Clemens says he never heard that Mitchell wanted to talk to him. (His agents didn't tell him.) Roger also gives plenty of examples of how easy he is to find.
Update: Waxman points out that Roger's investigators told him before the Mitchell report came out that Roger would be part of it.
Update: Rep. Braley is asking Clemens if he has any symptoms of needing B-12. Roger says no, and when asked if he's a vegan, says he doesn't know what that is.
Update: Braley asks Clemens why he would trust McNamee to do medical procedures like B-12 and lidocaine injections.
Update: I hate it when the reps give speeches rather than asking questions.
Update: Rep. Westmoreland thinks this is a show trial. They shouldn't be concerned with individuals, but the drug policy.
Update: Scheeler is asked about McNamee's questioning. Scheeler says the account of the interview in Roger's defamation suit is in correct. Scheeler says Mitchell asked the questions.
Update: Souder asked a New Yorker if "It is what it is" is a New York expression for telling the truth. The person told him it was.
Update: Clemens just read a statement by his wife. She said McNamee recommended HGH to her, and Roger didn't know she took it until afterward.
Update: Elijah Cummings is saying Pettitte's affidavit swings his opinion to believing McNamee.
Update: Bradford Files reports from the Red Sox clubhouse:
While it continues to rain outside, a group of players are hunkered down in the trainer's room watching the Roger Clemens hearing. Eveyone who walks out are just shaking their heads, relaying how it is not going well for Clemens.
It's over, thank goodness.
Update: Waxman is apologizing to McNamee for some of then comments directed at him. The chairman clearly believes McNamee and not Clemens.
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Do they allow vegans in Texas?
MLB employed Mcnamee? Who hired him?
"Rep. Westmoreland thinks this is a show trial"
What do you suppose was his first clue?
I'm real sorry, but this seems to be a joke. The chairman is clearly out to get Clemens, and if any congressmen attack McNamee's obvious stupidity and the fact that he is BSing everyone, the chairman defends him. McNamee seems like nothing more than a goon, and the smart remarks he makes and his body language make that very clear. I don't care who's telling the truth, I think this is a waste of tax dollars.
Now the chairman is making my point clear that he has already made up his mind that Clemens is lying.
This is a joke...
go to hell, Mr. waxman - you were a biased judge jury and executionaer.
you helped pass the 1994 DSHEA which liberlaized the entire supplement area and started the whole process. F U!