The politics of Clemens

DQ here.  While Bookworm is on a well-deserved vacation, let’s see if we can get some good discussion going and, maybe, learn a little from each other.  Let’s start with a topic I doubt BW would ever blog on — Roger Clemens.  Several commentators have pointed out that most (though not all) of Clemens critics are Democrats and most (though not all) of his supporters are Republicans.  This puzzles the heck out of me.

 Why should Republicans be any more supportive of a cheating baseball player than Democrats?  What, if anything, does it say about the parties that they split along party lines this way?  Personally, I’m a Republican who thinks Clemens is as guilty as Bonds is and think both of them should be treated as cheaters and lawbreakers.  Many folks have pointed out that when they used steroids, the steroids weren’t banned in baseball.  Okay, but they were illegal! 

 Anyway, what do you folks think of the cheating and of the political divide?  While we’re at it, what do you think of the whole idea of politicians getting involved in all of this.  I read a quote the other day that said “America is not at war.  America’s military is at war.  America is at the mall.”  It seems our Congress is at the mall, too.  Don’t these folks have more important things to do than hold hearings on Roger Clemens and spygate?