The Three Strikes in Roger Clemens Testimony

A man is always innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. I think the same should be applied to a man accused of something in the court of public opinion. And in the court of public opinion, Roger Clemens was proven to be guilty at the Congressional Hearings on Steroids on February 13, 2008.

Now I'm saying that Clemens was proven to be guilty lawfully and thereby should be sent to prison. No, but there was enough circumstantially damning evidence that would suggest that Roger Clemens to HGH/steroids from Brian McNamee. Here are there three most critical arguments against Roger Clemens.

Debbie Clemens did the Rocket in. - Let's just ignore the fact that Roger claims that his wife took HGH from his trainer without his knowledge and that she did in their master bedroom. Because that certainly oozes with honesty, right? But when Roger claimed that Andy Pettitte misheard him, and that in 1999 he told Andy that his wife had used HGH, as opposed to he himself, that completely went against the sworn testimony from his wife's affidavit. In that affidavit, Debbie Clemens claims that she received a shot of HGH from Clemens in 2003, thus it would make it impossible for Clemens to have told Pettitte that his wife was on the stuff in 1999.

Nanny-Gate. - Apparently, I too "misheard" something that went on in the hearings. I thought that the Nanny had told Congress that she remembered Clemens taking her to the house of Jose Conseco (where allegedly Clemens' dealings in HGH and steroids began). I'm getting conflicting reports from various sources, including Congress. However, regardless of that, what is consistent is that the Nanny said she was there with the kids and Debbie Clemens. Clemens admittedly says he teed off for a round of golf at 9am and that Jose Conseco only lived 20 minutes away from the golf course. Thus, it is not impossible at all that Clemens could have been at Conseco's house, and even if not, he could have met with Conseco within the vicinity of house. But you cannot come to the conclusion that Clemens didn't meet with Conseco that day. And even if you could, in now way does it negate the fact that he could have taken HGH or steroids.

Everyone else must be lying. - It's kind of this simple. Andy Pettitte says Brian McNamee injected him with HGH. Chuck Knoblach says the same thing. Debbie Clemens admits to McNamee shooting her with HGH. Of course, Brian McNamee says he gave all of them HGH shots. And on top of that, Pettitte claims that Roger told him that he indeed had used HGH. For all of these people to come to these admissions and then have Roger Clemens' claim that he never received HGH from McNamee when his wife, teammates, and best friend all got HGH from Roger's trainer is beyond belief. I think Representative Elija Cummings said it Roger Clemens best when he told him that, "It's hard to believe your story...You're one of my heroes, but it's hard to believe you."