Here's what I mean. In the end, an interview is not about the zingers, one-liners and whatever quality sound-bites it generates. An interview has a mission, and it's a simple one. Did the Interviewer ask the questions that his or her audience want them to ask? I'd say that in this case, the answer is an unqualified yes. Did the Interviewee answer those questions well? Again, I'd say yes again, even more emphatically. But remember, I'm biased (have you seen this blog? I mean, come on!)
To me, Jon has expressed frustration with the President over the last couple of months, and his questions reflected that. Good. I'm glad he asked some hard questions because I think the President does well when he's cornered. (I still want to see or hear some audio with his discussion with the Left-wing Blogosphere). The President was able to take on a couple of Liberal-memes head on. My favorite part was his defense of Health Care Reform. He also hit the filibuster hard, as being unconstitutional.
Anyway, the complete episode is right here in all its multiple part glory. (Still no idea what the Show is doing tonight -- Thursday)
The original show open (cut due to length):
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Exclusive - Let's Keep the President Waiting | ||||
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Part 1:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Barack Obama Pt. 1 | ||||
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Part 2: (containing the Health Care Defense, and Tom Perriello name-drop)
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Barack Obama Pt. 2 | ||||
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Part 3:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Barack Obama Pt. 3 | ||||
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And finally, your moment of Zen:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Moment of Zen - Obama Will Not Be at the Rally | ||||
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He's going to be in Chicago that day.
Here's to the President doing this again...I'd like once a year, but at least by 2012.
