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They would not expect the president to be devoid of dysfunction, but would expect him to have recognized and vanquished his own abusive behaviors.
Someone without such a big ax to grind might also look into a comparison of statistics for children raised by one or two nonbiological parents, such as adoptees and stepparents, and compare them with children raised by two biological parents in deeply unhappy and/or abusive relationships.
By the way, the paper says it got its computer scoop when a civil liberties group (not identified by the paper), concerned about the project's potential for abusive intrusion, provided an NSC memo on the project.
And aging bad boy Gary Busey, 54, is getting divorced from Tiani, his 30-year-old wife of less than two years, reports the Globe . Although she saw him through sinus cancer and a drug overdose, she tells "sources" his abusive behavior landed her in rehab.
"Everyone asks why does she stay in the abusive situation," Youngerman said. "