Opening Statement from Roger Clemens given before Congress in 2008

[hunkallgood73]

Please dont talk anymore Rocket!!! Every word he speaks gets him deeper & deeper into shit.He should have just confessed to it like Andy did & it would've went away.Now he's lied so much that he's made it nearly impossible for him to fess up.If he ever does admit he juiced it will be 10 or 20 years down the road when he needs some $ like Pete Rose did to sell a book.

[mikepousti]

nice video

[shelturdhell]

Roger Clemens should have just shut up the onlybthing he would have risked would be the hall of fame which eventually he would have probably gotten into but now he might go to prison

[majorhoop]

@shelturdhell --i agree. why he went to congress (he wasnt called by them; he approached them to make his statement) in order to, apparently, lie under oath is completely beyond me. his in-your-face perjury seems to me the height of arrogance. why didnt he just let it ride and go away?

i assume that those who are outraged by this felt the same way about marion jones, and will be supporting barry bonds when his number is up.......

[yesfanwayne]

That man should not gain entry to the hall of fame, and all his stats should have a foot note: accomplished with drugs.

[chad00023]

this means nothing to me or anyone i know why has this become news??? if he did something wrong shouldnt this be in court in the state the "thing" happend??

why are my tax dollars being wasted in such a bullshit way?? what could possibly come of this wasted time. seems to me a better way to use my tax dollars would be to continue cleaning up the oil in the gulf!!!!!!

[TheLegendaryLinx]

Stop wasting Tax Payer's Money on stupid cases like this. Do we really need a Committee vs Clemens to keep dragging on?? Who fucking cares!!!!! Now after months of trial they catch him on a lie. Whoop de fucking do.. Pres Bush lied to the country about Iraq having Weapons of Mass Destruction, did anything happen to him NOOOO!!!!!.. Pres Clinton lied to the nation about getting a BJ in the Oval office anything happen to him?? NOOOO!!!!! This case belongs to the MLB!!!!! not the US GOVT!!!!!

[jeremyelliott1]

@TheLegendaryLinx yes i agree totaly

[Zephyrhillz]

Roger Clemens does not care about himself or anybody else because if he did he would not make such foolish choices. He is such a mentally challenged individual that he should be in a mental hospital.

[jcf005]

I can't believe Congress is actually wasting their time with this crap. Replace all of them in Nov. They obviously don't have their priorities straight. I think it's bull shit that politicians can lie to the american public, but the public cannot lie to the politicians. Talk about unfair. The only people that should be dealing with this kind of horrible embarrassing type of hearing are those conducting it.

[thehilitereel]

Sports is a way to get away from the everyday bullshit that we have to deal with, like what politicians cause us, massive unemployment, high taxes, price inflation, etc. Maybe these fuckers should start worrying about how to improve the country than fucking with our sports.

[Keemer1964]

Give me a break!!!! The Yankees have nothing to do with steriod usue. If anything they our an example of what can be achieved by NOT usuing short cuts. Get real!!! If other teams would spend the money to achieve what they Yankees have achieved. Then maybe you would have argument. They don't and thats why the Yankees are always to blame for the short comings of M.L.B

[Omegatide]

WOW he just perjured himself again. "Do I think steroids are good for one's performance? NO. WOW lier. BS. Ya takin roids wont make you BIGGGER FASTER STRONGER. Should have locked him up righ then and there. But I love the kids!

BS Clemens. Why didnt you out everyone else then? Coward. Lier.

[jcf005]

@Omegatide Who gives a fuck. Way more serious shit going on.

[JR08620]

Seriously, the only thing is for the Yankees to admit they cheated from 1996 to 2000 so, they championships can be rescinded and this organization can be banned for 100 years.

The Yankees are the EE.

[smashbr0s]

Can someone explain this to me? I'm not good at all with politics, and why is he in all the legal trouble while A-Rod didn't get into any trouble? I'm sorry if I don't know the whole A-Rod story either, i just started watching baseball this year.

[majorhoop]

@smashbr0s ---he is accused of lying under oath before congress. the charge i believe is perjury. barry bonds has a similar problem. apparently taking steroids, or casually lying about it, wasnt against the law. perjury definitely is.

[jcf005]

@majorhoop except if your a politician. They are legally aloud to lie to the american public, but it doesn't work the other way.

[majorhoop]

@jcf005 ----whether clemens' (& marion jones' & barry bonds') legal problems have anything to do with justice is of course another question.

[ChrisCa1601]

Why is this news? I am sure there are better stories the news should be covering. Such as the economic recovery. Or the war against terrorists.

[ukcharlie73]

What the f$*% are congress getting involved in sports anyway.In the big picture who cares!

[dymondtheif]

what happened to his son? where is he?

[johnrobbins84]

Is it just me or does he sound exactly like Will Ferrell impersonating George W. Bush?

[slicknicknirvana]

I really dont understand why congress gives a damn about steroids in baseball.What about football?Why doesnt congress get involved in that?Lots of those guys are jacked up.How the hell can he be indicted for lying about using steroids when other players admitted to using them and werent punished?The whole thing is stupid.

[hey413m]

@slicknicknirvana The whole thing is definately stupid. In regards to this, Clemens has been indicted for lying under oath about the whole situation, not for using steroids. Plus Clemens is a poster boy and congress wants to make it look like they are doing something.

[Frettsy]

why did Congress have ANYTHING to do with baseball again?

[oldwarhorse1865]

Why don't they investigate the CIA's drug running?

[oldwarhorse1865]

@hey413m You know you bring up a good and valid point! Theirs very likely a lot of truth to that!

[zygotepeyote]

bullshit!!