I thought Clemens made a fool out of himself on national TV. He lost almost all credibility with me when he said he had no idea his best friend, and training partner, was getting shot in the ass with steroids by the guy who watched over Clemens' workouts. I thought Wallace hit him pretty hard when he asked him what McNamee had to gain by lying - Clemens had no answer because there is no answer. Lying would mean McNamee would face prosecution, so why would he go out of his way to throw his friend under the bus unless he was really afraid of the long dick of law?
Clemens' tirade about Vioxx was equally out of place, confusing, and suspicious. What he said basically came down to "there are legal things that I was taking that turned out to be dangerous ... [implied] so why is everyone making a big deal about steroids?" In general, I thought Clemens came off as too angry, too defiant, and too full of shit. The only credible thing he said was when he inquired who he was supposedly purchasing these steroids from.
His declaration that everyone was guilty until proven innocent in this country didn't jibe with me either. I'm really disappointed in Clemens. His actions surrounding the Mitchell Investigation, his unwillingness to come forward and speak until a month after the report was released, and his insistence that he knew nothing about steroids all makes it very, very suspicious. Sure, he's innocent until proven guilty, but I can't help thinking that an innocent man wouldn't have to hide behind a lawyer, hire a private investigator, and generally be such a big jerk about the whole thing.
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