Pardon Me for Clemens but Not Bonds or Jones?

Can somebody please tell me what a black person in this country is supposed to think when he or she hears that a white man essentially facing the same accusations that a black man is facing is possibly having talks of getting pardoned by the President of the United States before he is even indicted of charges?

Yeah, I don't know what to say either.

But that is possibly the case with Roger Clemens.

Anyone who watched the House of Oversight and Government Reform hearing over steroids, with baseball player Roger Clemens and his ex-trainer Brian McNamee, was witnessed to the apparent bipartisan practices throughout that hearing. Quite frankly, it was disgusting to watch the people who make up the body of our legislative government take party lines on an issue as clear-cut as steroids use.

You had the democrats pretty much in line with the lead chairman of the committee, Henry Waxman, and his belief that Andy Pettitte was credible and therefore he believed that Roger Clemens was lying about his steroid use.

And then you had the Republicans who pretty much were all of the notion that Brian McNamee was lying and that Roger Clemens was telling the truth.

It was disgusting to see that, especially since the Republicans, who in all honesty, seemed to be way out of line in their questioning of Brian McNamee. It gets even more disgusting when you consider the possibility that the Republicans probably took the side of Clemens because of his affiliation with Republican President, George W. Bush.

Speaking of Bush, he is the reason many people believe Clemens may get a pardon if found guilty of perjury for his statements made on Capitol Hill and his denial of having used steroids or HGH. But if Bush does that, why wouldn't he do it for Marion Jones or Barry Bonds who both faced federal prosecution for alleged perjury in the court of law?

It's all conjecture, but the assumption is that due to Clemens close relationship with the President, he would pardon Clemens just as he has done for friends in the past, just as many Presidents throughout history have done in the past. Even more conjecture would lead to the theory that Clemens and Bush are close, both from Texas, and thus it is not impossible that Clemens has helped carry the Republican hat with a donation or two to some of Bush's previous campaigns.

And while that is all fine and dandy, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. And if it is fair that Clemens gets a pardon, then it is only right that Jones and Bonds get pardoned for the same convictions, should that end up being the case. Because while one could make the argument that this is a pardon out of friendship, party, or class, the fact of the matter is, you have a white male pardoning another white male, while two equally prominent figures, who happen to be black, don't receive the same treatment. Now how is that fair for the goose?