Josh Q. Public:You can’t hide your lyin’ eyes. And your smile is a thin disguise. I thought by now you’d realize, there ain’t no way to hide you lyin’ eyes. -Eagles
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! All Rocket. All the time. So that’s it Roger? That’s your defense? That tape? That was no Watergate. I can’t stand it. I know you planned it. But I’m gonna set it straight, this Watergate. Let me make one thing perfectly clear. Nothing changes. If anything, it makes the Rocket look worse. It was a setup job. A set up job gone bad. Two lawyers and Roger in a room trying to set up unsuspecting Brian McNamee. A whining Brian McNamee. A sniveling Brian McNamee. A blubbering Brian McNamee. Clemens thought he sensed weakness. Thought he could throw one high and tight. Thought McNamee would go down looking. Clemens thought he sensed weakness when he received a text from McNamee. McNamee texted Clemens seeking to speak with him because McNamee’s 10-year-old son, Brian, was ill. Clemens and his Dream Team pounced. But what did they pounce on? A pathetic man. A feeble man. A pitiful man. A petty man who made his living by injecting illegal substances into the buttocks of bigger men. Men who made McNamee himself feel bigger. McNamee was apologizing. Not for lying. No. McNamee was apologizing for telling the truth. For telling the truth and falling off the gravy train. The gravy taste dogs can’t wait to finish. Falling off the gravy train with a very sick child. McNamee: “I will go to jail, I will do whatever you want.” I will lie for you. I will go to jail for you. Greg Anderson style. I will do all that for you if you pay for my sick child. McNamee: “All I did was what I thought was right. I never thought it was right, but I thought I had no choice.” I never thought ratting was right, but they had me. They had me cold. I had to give you up even though I didn’t think it was the right thing to do. It’s the right thing to do and the tasty way to do it. McNamee was apologizing. He was apologizing with selfish motives. No Doubt. He had one hand out and the other holding a knife in Roger’s back. McNamee ratted. McNamee felt bad for ratting. That’s it. The Rocket should quit now. Fess up before it’s too late. We are a forgiving lot. Jason Giambi got Comeback Player of the Year. Andy Pettitte is back in pinstripes. This bullying routine will get Clemens nowhere. Except maybe the hoosegow. Come clean Roger. Come clean now. Come Zestfully clean.
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The interesting thing I found about the conversation was the things Clemmens said that Mcnamee never contradicted. Like
I never used steriods.
I am telling the truth.
I can't figure out why you would tell someone I used steriods.
I just need the the truth told.
Why didn't Mcnamee just say he was telling the truth and Roger did use the steriods. He never did that . Why?
Now I do not know if clemens is guilty or innocent, but I do know that all it took for so many people to believe it was one frightened little man who believed if he did not name Clemens he was going to jail, just as in the Duke Lacross case all it took was one whacked out dancer to say they were guilty. The truth did not matter.
In this era of the steroids, all we need to believe a guy used them is for someone who was in the position to know, to say it. Whether it is true or not does not really matter.
Most people do not even seem to care whether it is true. Someone has to pay for baseball's tarnished reputation. And the bigger the fish, the better.
For exploiting a sick child, I just gave Roger Clemens my 2008 #### of the Year Award.
If it wasn't plain enough, McNamee was trying to get back on the gravy train because his son is sick and he's destitute. He didn't know Clemens was taping their conversation to air at a press conference. He wasn't speaking to #### off Clemens, he was asking for his help.
Last edited by sawdustking on January 8th at 8:50 AM.
they did both tiptoe around that area. for two different reasons. clemens was trying to set up mcnamee. mcnamee thought the phone may be bugged. not by roger but bugged. he was not looking to get roger in any more trouble. he was trying to get back in his good graces.
JoshQ
I'm just looking forward to the inevitable testimony that'll be given before Congress by Clemens, Pettite and no doubt McNamee. That ought to be real fun as we see our congressmen posturing infron of the cameras for of all the public to see.
And one would hope that Clemens doesn't try to pull a McGwire and just tell 'em that he doesn't want to talk about the past. As he's only interested in the future and that of the children.
That's because they're our future and this is offcourse the Greatest Love Of All ! But my memory serves me well didn't Whitney one say " crack is whack " ? Where's the hiefer now one might ask ?
JoshQ
All the presumed posturing ny Clemens as to his innocense won't help him. It's plain to see that he's been less than truthful. And now his lawyer is saying that Roger won't be taking a polyagraph test in any form whatsoever to prove his innocense. To my mind he thinks that he's above the fray on this very issue.
Clearly he thinks his contributions to the game outweigh any malfeasance done by him with regard to the issue of cheating and other impropriety.
Why do you care?You don't in other sports.The solution is,fine himm 5000,000 take a draft pick away from the cards.Then in a couple of months pretend it didn't happen or mattered in that season.You New England people got more faces than Mt. Rushmore.LOL
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McNamee would go down looking. Clemens thought he sensed weakness when he received a text from McNamee. McNamee texted Clemens seeking to speak with him because McNamee’s 10-year-old son, Brian, was ill. Clemens and his Dream Team pounced. But what did they pounce on? A pathetic man. A feeble man. A pitiful man. A petty man who made his living by injecting illegal substances into the buttocks of bigger men. Men who made McNamee himself feel bigger. McNamee was apologizing. Not for lying. No. McNamee was apologizing for telling the truth. For telling the truth and falling off the 
gravy train. The gravy taste dogs can’t wait to finish. Falling off the gravy train with a very sick child. McNamee: “I will go to jail, I will do whatever you want.” I will lie for you. I will go to jail for you. Greg Anderson style. I will do all that for you if you pay for my sick child. McNamee: “All I did was what I thought was right. I never thought it was right, but I thought I had no choice.” I never thought ratting was right, but they had me. They had me cold. I had to give you up even though I didn’t think it was the right thing to do. It’s the right thing to do and the tasty way to do it. McNamee was apologizing. He 
was apologizing with selfish motives. No Doubt. He had one hand out and the other holding a knife in Roger’s back. McNamee ratted. McNamee felt bad for ratting. That’s it. The Rocket should quit now. Fess up before it’s too late. We are a forgiving lot. Jason Giambi got Comeback Player of the Year. Andy Pettitte is back in pinstripes. This bullying routine will get Clemens nowhere. Except maybe the hoosegow. Come clean Roger. Come clean now. Come Zestfully clean.
