ANDERSON COOPER (HOST): On a day that began with the president of the United States sending a pair of tweets personally attacking a woman, insulting her intelligence, questioning her sanity and expressing contempt for her appearance I want to read you from a passage of a book full of advice on how a president ought to behave. Quote, “The president of the United States is the most powerful person in the world. The president is the spokesman for democracy and liberty. Isn't it time we brought back the pomp and circumstance and the sense of awe for that office that we all held?” The writer went on to say, “That means everyone in the administration should look and act professionally, especially the president.” The writer concludes, “Impressions matter.” That quote is from a book called “Crippled America,” it was written in 2015, the author, Donald J. Trump, the same Donald J. Trump who wrote this after Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski criticized him this morning on MSNBC. Quote, “I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe came.. to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!”
Now, it’s easy at this point to just shrug and say this is what our president does, that’s who he is. Maybe to some it even seems normal. But it’s not normal. This is the most powerful man on the face of the entire planet. A man struggling to fulfill promises he’s made on healthcare reform and a whole host of other issues, lashing out personally at a cable news anchor, making snide comments and allegations about her appearance. Now, people say stupid things all the time. People say inappropriate things, cruel things, crude things. Adults apologize for them. The president sends his spokespeople out to do just the opposite.
