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U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur came to a House committee hearing on Thursday prepared to ask U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tough questions about his involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis.
Unfortunately, she was questioning the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
The Ohio Democrat, at a House of Representatives Budget Committee hearing, said she wanted to know what Wall Street firms were responsible for the securitization of subprime mortgages. She then asked: “Seeing as how you were the former CEO of Goldman Sachs …” But the only person testifying at the hearing interrupted.
“No, no, no, you’re confusing me with the Treasury Secretary,” said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
“I’ve got the wrong firm? Paulson, Oh, OK. Where were you sir?” Kaptur said. Bernanke noted that he was head of the Princeton University economics department.
“Oh, Princeton, oh, all right, sorry. I got you confused with the other one … I’m glad you clarified that for the record,” she said.
Let me guess…it was an aides fault!
H/T to Michelle Malkin
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This isn’t the first time Kaptur was caught being the idiot or having a blond moment.
At least she realized her mistake and immediately corrected herself.
If only George Bush would have done that when he realized his intelligence reports were wrong then maybe 4000 american soldiers wouldn’t be dead and we could have saved the country $1.3 trillion !
Corrected herself? She was corrected and then asked him:
I believe George Bush has admitted that the intelligence was wrong, but it didn’t change the facts that are known does it? You have looked into those haven’t you?
So you are worried about the money spent on the wars? How about the pork spending? Does that enter into your thoughts when worrying about wasteful spending?
Joseph, when are you going to realize you not only are wrong, but have BDS and need immediate psychological help?