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Originally Posted by kflo
nan - what does all of that have to do with lying to congress while under oath, with full knowledge of the risks and consequences?
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Right. Then sentence Clemens, please, the very day after you sentence William Jefferson Clinton.
and what responsibility did mcnamee have to protect clemens? his responsibility to his family far outweighs his responsibility to protect clemens' image and legacy.[/quote]
McNamee, as I really did not expect to spell out for you, was Clemens' personal trainer, a rather intimate relationship, in that it involves ups and downs, good days and bad, quite probably training regimine and supplement recipes not divulged to competitors and private conversations that expand beyond the training routine.
That's why I deliberately toosed in the "First, do no harm" reference, because trainers, like bartenders and confessors, are privy to personal communication not intended for public broadcasting. More imprtantly, the trainer's profession is basically health-and-wellbeing related; so you look out for the best interests of the client.
It is disingenuous to attempt engaging McNamee's responsibilities to wife and kids as a reasonable defensse of his unprofessional conduct. Noone suggested he abandom them to protect Roger Clemens.
The whole thing in so tawdry, including the reaches for arguments right here on this board, that Mitchell is right: Move on.