Michael Dukakis testifies in Tsarnaev friend trial

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Mike-Dukakis-to-testify-in-Tsarnaev-friend-s-trial-5826836.php

It was an odd moment in the trial of a friend of the man accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing: Michael Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, testifying for the defense.

Dukakis took the stand in federal court Thursday for Robel Phillipos, a friend of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to tell jurors about a conversation he had with Phillipos five days after the deadly bombing....

The spectacle of a well-known politician testifying at the trial was not lost on jurors, who listened attentively as Dukakis briefly described his political career and his conversation with Phillipos.

Dukakis, 80, said he first met Phillipos when the defendant was about 4 or 5 years old. He said Phillipos came to his home over the years and he took him to the Democratic National Convention in 2004, when Phillipos was 10.

You remember him, right?

[HERVEPA]

1. And you felt a need to post that picture why???

[KamaAina]

2. Well, that's mostly what he's remembered for

[elleng]

4. Sorry to disagree, KamaAina,

but he's remembered for his management skills by many, and for the pic by those not interested in substance, imo.

[KamaAina]

6. Well, maybe in Mass.

There was the "Massachusetts Miracle", after all. The economy was so good he actually managed to make welfare-to-work work!

[HERVEPA]

5. Bull

[elleng]

3. Thanks.

[HERVEPA]

7. Thanks for the support.