Yesterday’s Congressional hearing was an interesting character study for many reasons. To me, the most interesting facet was the political divide. Clemens and George W. Bush are close friends and there was an obvious partisan split. While Republican Dan Burton asked Clemens, “What hat will you be wearing on your Hall of Fame plaque,” Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings asked, “Why would Andy Pettitte lie?” That seemed to be more relevant question regarding the proceedings.
Brian McNamee’s lawyer, Richard Emery, has said that Republican representatives treated his client harshly and has gone as far as saying that he expects Bush to pardon Clemens should he be convicted. We concentrate more on being offensive than being political here at Tirico Suave, but what a sad performance by the Republican Party. After his star turn questioning Clemens, Elijah Cummings had this to say about the political divide, “Of all the things to become partisan over, this was the wrong one,” Cummings said. “What we needed to be doing was to be in search of truth. And I think that when you are truly in search of truth, we need to put the partisan shoes at the door and walk in without them.” My new favorite Congressman…
