Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani answers a question during a news conference Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Posted on 04/10/2007 7:36:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani hasn't done a lot of grocery shopping lately — at least based on his answers about the cost of milk and bread.
Campaigning in Alabama on Tuesday, the former New York City mayor portrayed himself as a fiscal conservative and an aggressive fighter of terrorism who has a lot in common with the Deep South state.
But when asked about more mundane matters — like the price of some basic staples — Giuliani had trouble with a reporter's question.
"A gallon of milk is probably about a $1.50, a loaf of bread about a $1.25, $1.30," he said.
A check of the Web site for D'Agostino supermarket on Manhattan's Upper East Side showed a gallon of milk priced at $4.19 and a loaf of white bread at $2.99 to $3.39. In Montgomery, Ala., a gallon of milk goes for about $3.39 and bread is about $2.
Giuliani was closer to the mark on the price of a gallon of gasoline.
"Gas, I think, is $2.89," he said
His difficulty with grocery items recalled another Republican's supermarket run-in. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush expressed amazement at a high-tech supermarket scanner, prompting critics to argue that he was out of touch with average Americans. The White House cried foul, pointing out that during a grocers' convention Bush had been impressed by a special scanner that could read torn labels.
Giuliani attended $1,000-per-person campaign fundraisers in Mobile and Montgomery before addressing a joint session of the Alabama Legislature that drew an overflow crowd.
Recalling that he worked in the Justice Department in President Reagan's administration, Giuliani said that like Reagan, he will not change course with the political winds.
"I'll set a course and stick with it. I'll be on offense on terrorism. I'll be a fiscal conservative. I'll lower taxes. I'll seek private market solutions to most problems," he told the Legislature.
The former mayor said he talked to radio host Don Imus, who has been suspended for two weeks for derogatory remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Giuliani said he considers Imus' apology sincere.
"I would appear on his program again, sure. I take him at his word," Giuliani said.
Asked about the flying of the Confederate flag in some Southern states, Giuliani said, "That's a good thing to be left on a state-by-state basis."
Giuliani said he did not recall seeing a Confederate flag during his day in Alabama — even though there was a display of four Confederate flags flying beside the Capitol.
The former mayor never mentioned his position on gay rights and abortion that separate him from traditional Republican voters in the state, but he said he would always be straight with voters.
"I will tell you what I believe. If you agree with it, fine. If you don't agree with it, you have a right not to agree with it. If you don't agree, you have a right not to vote for me," he said.
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani answers a question during a news conference Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani smiles and points before speaking at a news conference, Tuesday April 10, 2007, at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
I have no idea how much milk and bread costs either but that’s because my wife does all our shopping :)
Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, right, U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani, center, and Benjamin Baer, chairman of the U.S Parole Commission, pose in undercover clothes in this July 9, 1986 file photo, after D'Amato bought what he later told a news conference were vials of crack on a New York City street. D'Amato, dressed in a fatigue cap and Eisenhower jacket, made the buy with an agent of the US Drug Enforcement Agency. Long before he became mayor of New York or the Republican front-runner for the presidency, Giuliani made a name for himself as a crime-busting federal prosecutor in Manhattan. During a nearly seven-year stretch ending in 1989, Giuliani steered dozens of high-profile cases to completion, garnering more than 4,000 convictions. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
I would've asked the little turd if he could recite the second amendment or John 3:16 from memory.
Will they do this to Hillary?
I’d bet 10 bucks, she gets a weekly briefing on such things, just in case a reporter actually gets through her gauntlet of “ no questions asked” security
D’Agostinos is very expensive.
I doubt he drinks a lot of milk due to his prostrate problems.
Whoopdi Doo....I don’t buy milk or “regular” bread....so I wouldn’t know either....and I do the grocery shopping!
The price of milk has exploded in the past 2 1/2 years here in NoVa.
I’m not a big fan of Rudy Giuliani for president, but to be fair, I have no idea myself, what a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread costs. For one, I have my own business and the hours are erratic, so I don’t buy much that can spoil. For another, I just buy what I need and like, and have a good idea of what the total should be, but as far as individual prices ... well, I’m just not looking. The last time I tried shopping with coupons, I ended up with large containers that I ended up throwing out, or things I didn’t really like, so I just gave up on the notion. If I had kids, maybe I’d be more attentive. But, I’d imagine there are a lot of people in a situation similar to mine, so it’s not the “issue” that it was in 1992.
Nice stores,, what I can’t believe is a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas cost almost the same.
really?
Exactly - it’s an overpriced, over rated supermarket in Manhattan.
I couldn't tell you how much bread or milk cost... It's a commodity and I don't pay attention. I throw it in the basket and pay attention to the big ticket items.
Why didn't they ask about the cost of toilet tissue... that's an even more basic item.
What a dopey story!
I’m pro-choice. I’m pro-gay rights, Giuliani said. He was then asked whether he supports a ban on what critics call partial-birth abortions. “No, I have not supported that, and I don’t see my position on that changing,” he responded. Source: CNN.com, “Inside Politics” Dec 2, 1999 http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Rudy_Giuliani_Abortion.htm
ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES (November 14, 2006)
RUDY GIULIANI (R), FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY: I'm pro- choice. I'm pro-gay rights.KING: Giuliani supports a woman's right to an abortion, and back in 1999, he opposed a federal ban on late-term abortions.
GIULIANI: No, I have not supported that, and I don't see my position on that changing.
KING: Immigration could be another presidential landmine. Back in 1996, Mayor Giuliani went to federal court to challenge new federal laws requiring the city to inform the federal government about illegal immigrants.
JEFFREY: He took the side of illegal immigrants in New York City against the Republican Congress.
KING: Giuliani opposes same-sex marriage but as mayor, he supported civil unions and extending health and other benefits to gay couples. He also supported the assault weapons ban and other gun control measures opposed by the National Rifle Association.
GIULIANI: I'm in favor of gun control. I'm pro-choice.
Republican Big-Wigs Support Pro-Abortion Event in NY
Pro-abortion Governor George Pataki and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who also supports unrestricted abortion, are co-chairs of the 2000 Choice Award Presentation to be held on May 30 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. The event is sponsored by the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition, a group that is campaigning for the removal of the pro-life plank from the Republican National Platform.
http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200503010743.asp
The media would have you believe it is a George Bush 1 moment when he was in a store and didn’t know what a price scanner was at the checkout counter.
Excuse me pal, but what does the price of Barber's have to do with a Presidential election?
I shop but I don’t buy milk and I had no idea it was that expensive. I do know bread is about 1.60 at walmart and the rotisserie chicken at walmart is a deal at 4.00 for a whole chicken.
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