Dayton Reveals Depression, Drinking While Senator

[Gil Dobie]

It's tough being a trust-fund baby and living with all that guilt of being born with money.

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Determined politicians in the prying Internet age know better than to try to keep personal secrets. At age 62 and seeking statewide office for the fifth time, Mark Dayton is nothing if not a determined politician.

Dayton, a recovering alcoholic since 1987, also revealed that he suffered a brief relapse and began drinking again late in his single term as a U.S. senator, after he had decided not to seek reelection in 2006. In February 2007, he checked himself into Hazelden's Renewal Center for a one-week program. He has been sober ever since, he said.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

releasing it on a sunday - during holiday week - someone is trying to BURY this...

this is the biggest open secret in MN politics btw... (well... that and norm colemans wandering eye)

[dbackjon]

Good topic to get TTBF to post on

[Gil Dobie]

releasing it on a sunday - during holiday week - someone is trying to BURY this...

this is the biggest open secret in MN politics btw... (well... that and norm colemans wandering eye)

Guess I'd trust a wandering eye (Tiger Woods) vs a drunk (John Daly) with my money.

Qualifier: Coleman isn't Tiger Woods and Daly isn't Dayton, just an example of wandering eye vs drunk.

[Ivytalk]

Good topic to get TTBF to post on

Yes, if you like Donkjawed predictability.

[GOKATS]

Check out this drunk.................

I've never voted for this asshole, but he's an embarrasment to the State of Montana.

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[Ivytalk]

Check out this drunk.................

I've never voted for this *******, but he's an embarrasment to the State of Montana.

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Drunk as a skunk. And he smells like Pelosi.

[GOKATS]

Check out this drunk.................

I've never voted for this *******, but he's an embarrasment to the State of Montana.

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Drunk as a skunk. And he smells like Pelosi.

Stinking drunk fish?

[Ivytalk]

Drunk as a skunk. And he smells like Pelosi.

Stinking drunk fish?

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Good topic to get TTBF to post on

Yes, if you like Donkjawed predictability.

and yet i'm the one who pointed out that the timing of his release showed he was trying to bury the story...

this one is getting away from dayton - he's holding back some details still - and there is a lot of chatter about his unwillingness to fully disclose stuff... thing is - mental health issues really aren't a disqualifier for public office IMO - his unwillingness to get it treated properly however... is a much bigger problem