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Giuliani and the grocery problem

by Kaitlin | April 11, 2007 at 10:37 am

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What a brilliant move on the part of this reporter--the prevailing view of Giuliani being that he's generally out of touch, I suppose (this is news to me). To ask the price of groceries is a great equalizer; it says, "The answer you give will show just how long you've been away from the regular minutiae of everyday life, and therefore how little you know about the experience of the average American." Looks like Giuliani has some gettin' in touch to do...

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.

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joellerose

at 13:26 on April 11th, 2007

We need a constitutional amendment that would disqualify anyone from the presidency who doesn't know the price of a gallon of milk. Of course, this would let me out. Although I do all the marketing in my family, I have no idea of the price of a gallon of milk; I never buy it, and bread varies from $.89 to about $3.50 - depending on the quality and brand. This has to be one of the most ridiculous items posted.

toastie

at 10:45 on April 15th, 2007

Actually, I'm quite fine with joellerose being left out of the running. I don't buy gallons of milk either. But I know for darn sure that half-gallon of milk--whole, skim, soy, organic, Wal-Mart--is at least $2.50.

A loaf of bread for $0.89? If you scour the entire country and look for "reduced-for-quick-sale" bread or bought some cheap white bread in bulk, maybe. But it should be common sense that a loaf of bread is at $2. And Giuliani didn't even try to be nuanced and say, "It depends". He sounds like hasn't bought his own load of bread in 30 years.

When President Bush the Elder thought that barcode scanners were some amazing new invention back in 1992, he was labeled as "out-of-touch," and rightfully so.

The President ought to know who the leader of Pakistan is (and not just "some general" like Bush the Child said back in 2000), and he or she ought to know how much an everyday grocery generally costs.

This is only a ridiculous item if you don't value general knowledge and awareness in a President.

chaz

at 05:50 on April 17th, 2007

I buy stuff all the time and I can't just spit out the prices, do we want a tactical leader with nuclear knowledge , after all he'll have the button? Anyway I take what ever I think something should cost and double it and I'm still a little low almost every time.

The exception is peoples paychecks, while bread is $2.00 and twenty years ago it was $0.30, that's roughly six to seven time the cost, show me someone that builds Chevy's or dips ice cream from a freezer that makes 6-7times the money? The economy stupid, that's what the Presidents, (Clinton and Bush) who've been in office close to sixteen years, have done for us. The little guy is going broke, the rich richer the poor are just still poor. Why don't the poor do better, i'm sure it's a myriad of reasons and yes lazy freeloading is certainly part of it, in some cases.

No I'm no whining Liberal, but I'll throw some gasoline on this fire, because it just ain't right. We need border control, we need manufacturing business, we need a new direction. The brave new world where we're all TECHNO GEEKS just didn't pan out. It's NAFTA that's broke not the home grown US workers.

It's all about NAFTA

Thanks to Bubba and the Republicans. But this story'll never grow leggs because the powers that be, won't let it.