I stand by my position that the Congress has very little business holding hearings on Roger Clemens steroids use, when it is unable to rein in the Bush dictatorship. That being said, I must say that doing so may have given the Democrats a little insight into how they can get the Republicans to complete their self destruction.
It seems obvious to any thinking person, particularly to sports fans, that Clemens is absolutely positively 100% allegedly guilty of the crimes charged. This is an issue about which many Americans are well informed, as it matters to them more than trivialities such as torture or destruction of the Constitution. They know the score about steroids and they’ve already made up their minds about Clemens. So it is somewhat of a surprise that the Republicans on the committee, rather than piling on Roger for all they were worth (like the Democrats did), chose to defend him. This was an equal opportunity chance for bipartisan grandstanding, and they blew it. It may even cost Chris Shays his seat. It appears that Republicans have developed Pavlovian habits of political response. Whatever position the Democrats take, the Republicans reflexively oppose them.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea if the Democrats took advantage of this reflex? How about holding hearings in favor of motherhood, or against accused terrorists, or pedophile priests. This is clearly a pathological problem for the Republicans, which the Democrats should exploit.
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