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The presidency cannot be separated from politics, but the political uses of the presidency by the Clinton administration strike many people as abusive.
Yet, economic and social conditions can also lead people to enter into socially and economically oppressive relationships, abusive marriages, and postures of dependence on drugs and alcohol.
Trent Lott recently called the agency "intrusive, abusive, and out of control."
Hillary says President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky stemmed from an "abusive" home environment and that his mistakes don't negate his other accomplishments.
All the best Thursday series ( Frasier and ER ) have sweeps- driven episodes, but perhaps the most powerful program that night is the movie This Boy's Life (TNT, 8 p.m.), with Robert De Niro as an abusive stepdad tyrannizing Leonardo DiCaprio.