After watching Jon Stewart's interview of John Yoo, I felt that the caliber of the questions asked by Stewart were good questions where he could get a good answer out of Yoo, but then became frustrating for Stewart when he began to ask them. I feel this way because I think Stewart wanted to "make a fool" or so to speak out of Yoo and with each question he was asked, Yoo would reply with an equally good answer or one that trumped Stewart's questions. Stewart's questions were based well on the topic at hand, but they grew to be sour in my opinion with Stewart becoming frustrated that Yoo was handling the questions so well.
Reading Christopher Beam's article about the Jon Stewart-John Yoo interview, I feel that Beam's assertions he made are correct. Stewart, in my opinion, didn't come to the interview well prepared, maybe doing little research on the topic. I think Stewart thought to himself that he could easily trump Yoo by asking him the questions he asked but his plan backfired. He underestimated the fact that Yoo is a well practiced lawyer, and those lawyer skills helped him outwit Stewart. I also agree with no matter what question Stewart asked, no matter the seriousness of the questions, Yoo was able to interpret constitutional and presidential influences into his answers to make Stewart look like an even bigger fool.
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