What Did You Expect From A Junkie?

Congress will investigate whether baseball slugger Rafael Palmeiro perjured himself when he told a House committee that he hadn’t taken steroids.

With the player’s consent, Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Henry Waxman of California, asked Major League Baseball on Wednesday to turn over information about the failed drug test that resulted in a 10-day suspension for Palmeiro this week.

On March 17, Palmeiro appeared before their panel and said under oath: “I have never used steroids. Period.”

Drug abusing junkies (and yes, I think baseball players who use steroids to better themselves in the sport, are junkies) cannot be trusted. Does it matter if he lied before Congress? He would not be the first person to do so. Does it matter if he didn’t lie? His reputation is shot to hell, no matter what he tries to say at this point. Does it really matter? He has used steroids to better himself in the sport. He cannot be trusted. Period.