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Michael Moore's Muse

She's a plain-spoken pol from Toledo who wants to put Wall Street bankers behind bars. Meet Marcy Kaptur, in theaters now as the scourge of greed in Capitalism: A Love Story.

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Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur steals the show in Michael Moore’s new movie Capitalism: A Love Story as the sharp-tongued critic of last year’s financial bailout. Sitting in her Washington office, the cheerful 63-year-old representative from Ohio has the manner of a benevolent fairy godmother, but her message is harsh and to...

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