No doubt that Clemens does believe Bush will pardon him, but the more likely scenario is that the U.S. Justice Department will simply not file perjury charges in the first place, saying that Clemens’ accuser, Brian McNamee, is a liar that can’t be believed.

When that sanctimonious lying fascist crook Dan Burton, among other Republicans, called McNamee a liar, a drug dealer, etc., they were doing so with the intent of making perjury charges against Clemens an impossibility. A sports reporter on my local radio show said that Clemens will most likely never be charged with perjury at all because McNamee has been made out to be a sleazy liar who can’t be believed.

This situation resembles that of the kid who got caught stealing cookies from the cookie jar, but the kid stealing cookies gets away with it because he was caught by the boy who cried wolf, and no one is going to believe the boy who cried wolf. Regrettaly, the lying criminal Clemens sits in the same cat-bird seat, namely that he was caught lying by a person who is himself seen as a liar and other negative things.

“While it is true that the President can immunize persons from criminal prosecution, it does not appear that he has authority to immunize a witness from congressional inherent contempt proceeding. . . . A finding of inherent contempt against an executive branch official[] does not appear to be subject to the President’s Pardon power. . . .

Although the contemnor can seek judicial review by means of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the scope of such review may be relatively limited, compared to the plenary review accorded by the courts in cases of conviction under the criminal contempt statute.”

music to many ears.