Bad Political Moment: Marcy Kaptur

One of the things that this crisis has exposed is how poorly we have been represented at all levels of government by the political class in this country. As a person who has listened to many hours of congressional testimony over the past 6 months, I am constantly appalled by how little understanding the people we elect have of how our economy runs. This is not limited to either political party. Both have let us down. I believe these people need to be shown in their elements. That's why we are introducing a new segment on the blog to be known as BPM or Bad Political Moment. Our first candidate. Marcy Kaptur. Kaptur is the most senior Democratic Congresswoman on the influential House Appropriations Committee. As such you would think that she would know the difference between then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Apparently she did not. Here she is last year mistaking the two before a committee hearing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwnQZFJ8Q3o&feature=related