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STAR TRIBUNE: “TED MONDALE IS ARRESTED FOR DWI: ‘I’M GUILTY’”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | May 9, 2007
"Ted Mondale, onetime DFL gubernatorial candidate, former state senator and former chairman of the Metropolitan Council, was arrested and booked early Wednesday in the Hennepin County jail on suspicion of drunken driving.
Mondale, 49, said he went to the Twins game Tuesday night and then to dinner with friends downtown, drinking a couple of beers at the game and wine with his meal.
'I'm guilty,' he said. 'Whatever the punishment, I'm going to obviously accept it and never do that again.'" Source: Star Tribune, May 8, 2007
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May 9th, 2007 at 11:27 PM
The article stated that on advise of his lawyer, he refused the breath test. It’s potentially illegal for an attorney to give this advice (see Minnesota Statute 169A.78)
May 10th, 2007 at 3:05 AM
I find it funny that two weeks ago Ted Mondale, a surrogate for the Edwards campaign, offered everyone at the MYDFL Convention to come to his house and drink beer. Even the high school students. I hope you find some video or something.
May 10th, 2007 at 6:17 AM
Who is mondale’s lawyer?? The guy told him to refuse the test making it an automatic gross misdemeanor refusal with a one year license revocation as opposed to a misdemeanor and 90 day revo. Mondale, you’re a lawyer- how could you be that dumb??
May 10th, 2007 at 7:02 AM
Those recent Mondale electoral losses must have drove him to drink.
May 10th, 2007 at 7:52 AM
What the guy did was wrong. But to his credit, at least he’s owning up to it.
Not that such an admission justifies the action…
May 10th, 2007 at 8:33 AM
Why didn’t the Red Star use the mug shot?
May 10th, 2007 at 8:49 AM
A “few” beers over nine innings and a glass of wine with dinner does not result in a DWI. His admission is admirable but the minimization takes any humilty out of the picture. In a sense he says he is guilty of breaking the law but makes no comment about being wrong, or the magnitude of driving intoxicated.
It will be interesting to see if he gets the same treatment in court as John Q. Public would. The automatic revo for refusing may well get softened by the judge. Watch and see.
On a brighter note, Ted is toward the top of the list of democrats that I personally respect. Mind you I disagree with most of his liberal ideology but he’s an approachable fellow with constructive ideas on how to improve Minnesota. Frankly, I wish we had more dems like him as opposed to Larry, Margaret and Tony.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:00 AM
I think it just illustrates how easy it is to be considered “impaired”. I applaud him for owning up to it. If he has a problem, I hope he gets help… But I’d hate to see 100 posts on Ted Mondale’s DWI on MDE this week.
Don’t overreact.
May 10th, 2007 at 9:37 AM
Maybe someday your police mug shot will grace a website MDE?
May 10th, 2007 at 9:57 AM
Drew,
He didn’t say he had “a glass of wine”; according to the Strib article he said he had wine with dinner which could mean several glasses. I haven’t been to a Twins game lately; do they still have beer available in those plastic dome cups that are like the size of a bucket? Two of those would impair someone.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:01 AM
“Maybe someday your police mug shot will grace a website MDE?” – Chi Chi Venuz (2007)
“Nobody hates like a liberal.” – Bobby Kennedy (1967)
May 10th, 2007 at 10:38 AM
“Bush pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor DUI charge, paid a $150 fine, and had his driving privileges briefly revoked in the state of Maine.
Not to be outdone, Dick Cheney has two drunk driving busts on his record.”
Nobody is a hypocrite quite like a Republican
May 10th, 2007 at 11:38 AM
Chi Chi: Pot, meet kettle.
Sen. Ted Kennedy: someone died when he imbibed.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy 2006: crashed into a concrete barrier and busted for DUI.
Duluth Mayor Bergson: DUI, hit & run.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:47 AM
I so love it when my favorite quote from Bobby Kennedy gets under the skin, as here, of a liberal like Chi Chi. What a beautiful day it is today, inside and outside!
May 10th, 2007 at 11:55 AM
When did the truth become hate?
The point is people from both parties get DWIs, it shows poor judgement, but it’s not particularly shocking. But alas, to MDE everything is “breaking news” and “shocking!”
Makes you kind of feel sorry for the fellow.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Earlier comment: “Who is mondale’s lawyer?? The guy told him to refuse the test making it an automatic gross misdemeanor refusal with a one year license revocation as opposed to a misdemeanor and 90 day revo. Mondale, you’re a lawyer- how could you be that dumb??”
A test refusal is a crime. His attorney advised him to break the law. Swell.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:31 PM
If the newspaper coverage is accurate…
May 10th, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Chi Chi,
You have a short memory. You’re the one who wished something bad (namely a DUI arrest) to happen to MB.
Let me say it one more time: Wishing something bad to happen to another human being.
Now that’s what I call hate. And so would any reasonable person.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:00 PM
And where is the hypocrisy? Let’s see Ted is a Minnesotan, he’s a democrat, and the news of his dui is therefore, exposed. Minnesota Democrats Exposed. What’s the problem?
The libs wet themselves when I got arrested on a warrant for an unsigned federal migratory waterfowl stamp. I owned it. Big deal.
There’s nothing quite as dehumanizing as getting processed into Hennepin County Jail.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:29 PM
Why the hell was Mondale driving? Shouldn’t he have been riding on his beloved bus or train?
May 10th, 2007 at 3:53 PM
“Who is mondale’s lawyer?? The guy told him to refuse the test making it an automatic gross misdemeanor refusal with a one year license revocation as opposed to a misdemeanor and 90 day revo. Mondale, you’re a lawyer- how could you be that dumb??”
I used to work with a chronic drunk driver who had a very good (and dishones) lawyer. He’d get him off then would sue the police for something. He said his lawyer could get him out of any drunk driving arrest as long as he didn’t take the breath test.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:26 AM
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May 11th, 2007 at 3:12 PM
A few points.
1. He got a DWI. He is no different than 30,000 other Minnesotans every year. It happens. Is it wrong, but he is not a bad guy because of this. Geez. 1 in 7 Minnesotans have one. He made a mistake in judgment. It happens to a lot of decent people every week. Soon you won’t be able to have a drink at all.
2. Give him credit for admitting he screwed up.
3. His lawyer is an idiot. He got terrible legal advice. Mondale ought to sue him for malpractice. As leftfieldbleacherguy pointed out, he was facing a 30 day license revocation and a misdemeanor, but by refusing the test, he turned it into a gross misdemeanor and a 1 YEAR license revocation. This lawyer is an idiot.
4. And it is it pleaded down to a misdemeanor, don’t everyone have a fit. That is common on 1st time DWI’s.
May 11th, 2007 at 3:14 PM
boy lots of comments on how “bad” a dwi is on here. Lots of judgmental folks. It is not like he killed someone. And those who dragged Bush and Cheney and Kennedy in it. Give it up. It’s a DWI, a misdemeanor crime. It happens. People make mistakes.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:17 PM
If he thought he might be over .20 BAC then it was wise to refuse since it counts as if it were 2 DWI’s then and its a Gross Misdemeanor 6 months revocation and mandatory minuimum of 30 days in jail, then if you ever get arrested again you would be on your third one then also instead of your second one.