CBS Evening News - 1992-08-17

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[0:03] The Republican National Convention is

[0:04] underway in Houston with President Bush

[0:06] facing questions about his stand on

[0:08] abortion and a possible tax cut. Also,

[0:11] eye on America. It was mourning in

[0:14] America in this town. What time is it

[0:16] now? And the war in the Balkans.

[0:20] Tonight, exclusive new pictures from

[0:22] what some call a Serbian death camp.

[0:26] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:34] Live from the Astradome in Houston,

[0:36] Texas, and the Republican National

[0:38] Convention, Dan Rather reporting. Good

[0:40] evening. The Republican delegates here

[0:42] are pretty quiet right now, but later

[0:44] tonight they'll be on their feet for

[0:45] Ronald Reagan. The former president will

[0:47] address this convention on the issue of

[0:49] foreign policy. We're also told he plans

[0:52] to bring along his sense of humor. And

[0:54] if there's any doubt that foreign policy

[0:56] is an issue now, this was the scene

[0:59] today in a foreign land halfway around

[1:01] the world where victims of a civil war

[1:04] are begging for Western help. More

[1:07] Serbian mortar attacks on Bosnian

[1:09] refugees in Sievo today killed at least

[1:12] 10 people. CBS News correspondent Martha

[1:15] Tyster and her brave crew went to

[1:17] northern Bosnia to visit what the Serbs

[1:20] call quote detention camps. what others

[1:23] call death camps.

[1:25] >> The first sight, the first hope this

[1:28] living skeleton had of help. The first

[1:31] time any government official from the

[1:32] West has seen for himself conditions in

[1:36] any of the Serbun prison camps. The

[1:38] guards insist these men are not

[1:40] starving. They're sick.

[1:42] >> I don't know.

[1:44] >> How did they get that?

[1:45] >> Don't picture me. This is all.

[1:47] >> It was a French cabinet minister, a

[1:49] doctor who went to investigate the

[1:51] camps. Tell him the guards ordered this

[1:53] man that no one is allowed to die here.

[1:56] >> Part of hell.

[1:59] >> Part of hell on earth.

[2:00] >> Fear was oozing from the faces. These

[2:03] people are kept in barns on cement floor

[2:06] where cows used to be

[2:07] >> in cattle sheds. More than 3,500

[2:10] prisoners. It was their eyes, the

[2:13] terrible, haunted look in their faces

[2:15] that was shocking.

[2:17] Silently, men cried. The only sound was

[2:21] the screeching of the birds. The only

[2:23] interaction had to be secret, comforting

[2:26] a prisoner close to death. "I'm rotting

[2:29] here," this man said. The emaciated

[2:31] appearance of the prisoners was the

[2:32] guard's biggest concern. Don't just

[2:34] photograph the skinny ones, they warned

[2:36] us, forcing the prisoners to put their

[2:38] shirts back on. But clothes, even a

[2:41] brand new blanket couldn't hide the

[2:43] fear. Have you ever been afraid that

[2:45] you'll be killed?

[2:48] >> There there have been some thoughts.

[2:50] >> In a second camp, we were told of

[2:52] executions. this military and bring

[2:54] outside and

[2:57] >> yes and I think 18 or 100 people is

[3:01] there from this

[3:02] >> camp 18 80 to 100 people died from this

[3:07] >> yes

[3:07] >> this was supposed to be the best of the

[3:09] camps

[3:09] >> but I know including here some have been

[3:12] shot

[3:14] >> some has been shot

[3:15] >> here too the fear is everywhere

[3:17] >> the people speak here it's very easy

[3:19] very easy

[3:20] >> easy to become a marked man. World

[3:23] outrage has brought improvement, but

[3:25] marginal at best. Until the Red Cross

[3:28] was allowed into this camp last week,

[3:30] there was no food. The Red Cross is also

[3:32] trying to compile lists of prisoners of

[3:34] war, but any comment on camp conditions

[3:37] is forbidden. For the French delegation,

[3:39] there is only one way to end the abuses.

[3:42] You know the enemy of oppression is

[3:44] photography, camera, press, information.

[3:48] Pressure on politician, pressure on

[3:50] politician. Politicians with the power

[3:52] to stop this war before 50-year-old

[3:54] memories of the Holocaust turn into a

[3:57] new reality.

[3:58] Martha Tyner, CBS News, Topoly.

[4:03] >> Here in Houston, the Republican National

[4:04] Convention was called to order today.

[4:06] And as Susan Spencer reports, it's the

[4:08] start of what could be a makeorb breakak

[4:10] week for George Bush.

[4:13] >> Trailing in the polls and in the fight

[4:15] of his political life, President Bush

[4:17] arrived in Houston facing an odd task

[4:19] for an incumbent. Explain who he really

[4:22] is and why he should continue as

[4:24] president.

[4:27] >> In the streets, meanwhile, the fight

[4:28] over the GOP's tough anti-abortion stand

[4:31] raged again today. On the Bush

[4:33] controlled convention floor, the issue

[4:35] had one last gasp.

[4:38] >> I'm pro-choice.

[4:40] >> But the votes weren't there to even

[4:41] force debate. Determined to present a

[4:43] united front and please conservatives,

[4:45] the party oayed a no exceptions

[4:48] platform.

[4:49] >> We affirm the right to life of the

[4:51] unborn child.

[4:55] >> And there was another flurry of sleas

[4:57] today. Campaign chairman Bob Mossbacker

[4:59] quoted as saying that questions about

[5:01] Governor Clinton's marital fidelity

[5:03] should be one of the yard sticks by

[5:05] which voters judge Clinton. Another Bush

[5:07] supporter called Clinton a skirchaser in

[5:09] a speech yesterday. All of which forced

[5:12] Mr. Bush to deny that he's privately

[5:14] encouraging any of this.

[5:15] >> I'm saying that there's an awful lot of

[5:17] people who feel strongly one way or

[5:19] another on a wide variety of issues and

[5:21] nobody is going to be able to control

[5:23] everything that everybody says. There is

[5:25] no the program uh is to stay away from

[5:30] what I call the sleas business.

[5:32] >> Late this afternoon, the Bush camp

[5:34] apologized. Clinton himself sounded

[5:36] resigned

[5:37] >> when he said in February this wouldn't

[5:39] be part of the campaign. Look, you know,

[5:41] I can't there's been so many times when

[5:44] he said one thing and had his people do

[5:46] something else that I can't keep up with

[5:47] it. I It's nothing to me. Let them do or

[5:49] say whatever they want.

[5:50] >> What they clearly want now is to

[5:52] establish Mr. Bush as the unchallenged

[5:54] leadership candidate. At a veterans

[5:56] convention this morning, the president

[5:58] may have been hinting at Thursday's

[5:59] allimportant speech, recalling Desert

[6:02] Storm, threatening the bully of Baghdad,

[6:04] and defending family values.

[6:07] >> Some ridicule me, some ridicule us when

[6:11] we talk about family values. But it's

[6:14] the family that teaches us right from

[6:17] wrong teaches us discipline.

[6:21] Respect for the law. Strengthening the

[6:24] family is not something we ought to do.

[6:28] It is something we have to do.

[6:32] >> The hottest topic here today is what

[6:34] will Mr. Bush say here on Thursday with

[6:36] some betting that he may propose new tax

[6:38] cuts or at least acknowledge that

[6:40] breaking his no new taxes pledge was a

[6:43] big mistake. His pollster can tell him

[6:45] that. Dan

[6:46] >> Susan Spencer, thanks. Coming up here

[6:49] next, a new threat of military action

[6:51] against Saddam Hussein. That story and

[6:53] more as the CBS Evening News continues

[6:56] live from the Houston Astradome.

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[8:12] For a time, it appeared this convention

[8:14] would be overshadowed by US military

[8:16] action in Iraq. It still could be.

[8:19] President Bush said today the United

[8:21] States is ready with and I quote now

[8:22] strong responses if Saddam Hussein again

[8:26] tries to defy UN arms inspectors. But in

[8:29] Baghdad, UN inspectors wound up their

[8:31] latest mission. They said with success

[8:34] and without incident. CBS News Tom

[8:37] Fenton is in Baghdad. Tom Dan. Well, the

[8:41] expected confrontation didn't happen

[8:43] today. What did happen is that the UN

[8:45] team struck pay dirt. Their 10-day

[8:48] investigation found significant new

[8:50] information about Iraq's ballistic

[8:52] missile program.

[8:55] The leader of the team said the evidence

[8:57] calls for further investigation.

[8:59] >> Yes, certainly we have learned things

[9:00] that will be very useful and very

[9:03] helpful in our future inspection

[9:05] activities.

[9:07] >> Smidvich did not seek to enter any Iraqi

[9:09] government ministries. An Iraqi refusal

[9:11] could have triggered a military

[9:13] reaction. Saddam now faces another

[9:15] confrontation with the UN over the fate

[9:18] of the Shiite rebels in the marshes of

[9:20] southern Iraq. Iraqi TV has been running

[9:22] idllic pictures to show that all is calm

[9:25] there and that the marsh Arabs

[9:27] enthusiastically support Saddam.

[9:31] >> Other sources say he is pounding them

[9:32] with artillery and air attacks in

[9:35] violation of the UN ceasefire agreement.

[9:38] That's one of the issues a high-ranking

[9:39] UN official who arrived here today hopes

[9:42] to resolve. He does not expect things to

[9:44] go smoothly.

[9:45] >> Well, it's always uh challenging to go

[9:48] into negotiations in Baghdad.

[9:50] >> The United States and its allies are

[9:52] considering barring Iraqi warplanes from

[9:54] the Shiite areas of southern Iraq,

[9:56] similar to the existing protected

[9:58] Kurdish areas in the north. Lightly

[10:01] armed UN guards are on the ground in

[10:03] both areas, but Saddam refuses to renew

[10:05] the post-war agreement allowing their

[10:07] presence. Iraq's threatened minorities

[10:10] see the UN guards as their only shield

[10:12] against repression.

[10:15] What happens next may depend on how

[10:16] Saddam reacts to the UN concern about

[10:19] the Shiites in the south. Saddam has

[10:21] severe economic problems at home and may

[10:24] not want a confrontation. But if the UN

[10:26] issues an ultimation to stop the attacks

[10:28] and he refuses, that could be another

[10:31] trigger for military action against

[10:33] Saddam. Dan,

[10:34] >> thanks. Tom Penton live in Baghdad. You

[10:36] may recall it was CBS News Pentagon

[10:38] correspondent David Martin who broke the

[10:40] story that the allies are planning some

[10:43] kind of military action to protect the

[10:45] Shiites who are centered in the southern

[10:48] part of Iraq. David Martin is at the

[10:50] Pentagon tonight now with the latest.

[10:51] David Dan, the US, Britain, and France

[10:54] basically agreed 10 days ago to create

[10:57] this no-fly zone in southern Iraq.

[10:59] They're still haggling over the details,

[11:01] but it's only a matter of time before

[11:03] they declare a no-fly rule and shoot

[11:06] down any Iraqi aircraft that try to

[11:08] violate it. My own guess is Saddam will

[11:11] not try to defy it because all he'll

[11:14] accomplish is losing a few more planes.

[11:16] It's these UN inspections that remain

[11:18] the most likely flash point. The one

[11:21] team is is coming home now, but there'll

[11:24] be another team of inspectors that go in

[11:26] soon. And the US and its allies are

[11:27] pushing the UN to get more aggressive.

[11:30] As of Sunday, they thought they had

[11:32] convinced Ralph Aayus, the Swede who

[11:34] runs these inspections, to demand access

[11:37] to a ministry building. But after the

[11:39] New York Times reported that the UN was

[11:41] about to inspect a ministry building,

[11:43] Aayas changed his mind, went back to his

[11:46] original plan, which did not include any

[11:48] ministries. But sooner or later,

[11:49] inspectors are going to show up at a

[11:51] ministry building. And if the Iraqis try

[11:54] to turn them away, we'll have another

[11:56] confrontation. Only this time, the US is

[11:58] not going to let it drag on very long

[12:00] before it decides to strike. David

[12:03] Martin live at the Pentagon. Thanks. Can

[12:06] President Bush play the foreign policy

[12:09] card in some way in this election? And

[12:11] when? Consideration of that when the CBS

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[14:13] at the Republican National Convention,

[14:14] every night has a theme. This is what

[14:17] they hope that you'll be reading in the

[14:18] next day's newspapers as a headline.

[14:20] Tonight, it's foreign policy. The

[14:22] speakers, Ronald Reagan among them, will

[14:24] have the same message. The message being

[14:27] trust President Bush, not Governor Bill

[14:29] Clinton, with America's national

[14:31] security. For more about that, let's

[14:33] turn now to correspondent Eric Ingberg,

[14:35] who's down on the convention floor.

[14:36] Eric, good evening.

[14:37] >> Good evening, Dan. As long as there was

[14:39] a Cold War, voters judged presidential

[14:42] candidates chiefly on how they would

[14:43] perform if that red telephone ever rang.

[14:46] Even now, out on the stump, George Bush

[14:48] knows the political benefits of reaching

[14:50] for that proverbial phone.

[14:54] >> Many times in the White House late at

[14:56] night, the phone rings.

[14:57] >> It's a powerful image. The tough-minded

[15:00] chief executive on one end, foreign

[15:03] trouble on the other,

[15:05] >> carrying news of a coup in a powerful

[15:07] country

[15:08] >> are asking we how we should stand up to

[15:11] a bully halfway around the world.

[15:14] >> Michael Dakus has opposed virtually

[15:16] every defense system we developed.

[15:18] >> It worked last time for Mr. Bush as

[15:20] searing attacks portrayed Michael Dakus

[15:23] as a weakling on national security

[15:25] matters.

[15:26] >> America can't afford that risk. But the

[15:29] end of a Cold War has given the

[15:31] Democrats hope that the charge they are

[15:32] weak on defense has lost its bite as

[15:35] voters focus on the sick economy and

[15:37] unfinished business at home. When the

[15:41] phone rings uh in the White House, it's

[15:43] more likely to be Los Angeles burning.

[15:46] The world has changed in such a

[15:49] incredible way and people know that

[15:52] President Bush hasn't seized the day.

[15:56] And Republican image makers concede the

[15:58] death of communism makes their job

[16:00] harder.

[16:01] >> Now that the Soviet Union has collapsed,

[16:03] it's like the sheriff who cleaned up the

[16:04] town is not needed anymore. People start

[16:06] thinking about electing a meter made

[16:07] because there are no more bad ombres

[16:08] around.

[16:10] >> There is one.

[16:13] But the surge of popularity Mr. Bush

[16:15] enjoyed for organizing the war against

[16:17] Saddam has ebbed so far that a new CBS

[16:20] News New York Times poll shows less than

[16:22] half the public approves of the

[16:24] president's handling of foreign policy.

[16:26] >> With Saddam still in control and with uh

[16:29] him using his some of his forces that

[16:31] were were prohibited to him in the

[16:34] ceasefire agreement against his own

[16:35] people, all this is has made Bush uh

[16:38] look like uh like somebody who who lacks

[16:41] followup, which he does.

[16:43] Then came the blood bath in the Balkans,

[16:45] which gave Bill Clinton an opening to

[16:47] charge the administration was slow to

[16:49] respond to the crisis. The main hope of

[16:52] Bush advocates is that in an unsettled

[16:55] world, voters will want to stick with

[16:57] the experienced hand. What uh George

[17:00] Bush has demonstrated is that he is

[17:03] capable uh with the world's leaders of

[17:06] mobilizing mobilizing them um in the

[17:09] interests of the West uh our allies and

[17:12] in fact the United States.

[17:14] >> The Republicans send Ronald Reagan to

[17:16] the podium tonight to try to wrap the

[17:18] Cold War victory in GOP Bunning, but he

[17:21] won't be able to bring the evil empire

[17:23] back with him. And the absence of that

[17:26] old menace in one of the mighty ironies

[17:28] of politics makes George Bush's

[17:31] re-election effort even tougher. Dan,

[17:33] >> thanks, Eric. Coming up next here on the

[17:35] CBS Evening News, a live interview with

[17:37] Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, the man

[17:39] the Republicans assembled here want to

[17:41] beat in November.

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[19:28] >> Back now at the Houston Astrodome Live.

[19:30] Well, the Republican delegates here

[19:31] didn't have to wait long for the first

[19:33] attack on Democrat Bill Clinton. At the

[19:35] opening gavl, GOP chairman Rich Bond, an

[19:38] official spokesman for President Bush,

[19:40] called Governor Clinton, and I quote,

[19:42] now the heartburn of the heartland and

[19:45] again, direct quote, the failed governor

[19:47] of a small state. Joining us now live

[19:50] from Little Rock is Governor Bill

[19:51] Clinton of Arkansas. Governor, thank you

[19:53] for being with us. Uh, first, let me

[19:54] give you a chance to respond to Rich

[19:56] Bond, if you care to. I'm particularly

[19:58] interested in the charge which we hear

[20:01] over and over again about you're the

[20:04] governor of a small state. We talk about

[20:06] the United States of America in the

[20:08] postcommunist era. That isn't enough to

[20:10] trust you with the American national

[20:12] security.

[20:14] Well, first let's talk about the real

[20:16] national security problems of America.

[20:18] They begin here at home. If you're not

[20:20] strong at home, you can't be strong

[20:21] abroad. You can't lead the kinds of

[20:24] coalitions that bring victory in a Gulf

[20:26] War. Uh I have worked for a dozen years

[20:29] now to help our people become

[20:31] competitive in the global economy and in

[20:33] my state we've created manufacturing

[20:35] jobs at 10 times the national average

[20:37] and maintained the second lowest tax

[20:39] burden in the country. So I think that

[20:42] that's why my colleagues both

[20:43] Republicans and Democrats before I

[20:45] started running for president said they

[20:47] thought I was the most effective

[20:48] governor in the country. In terms of

[20:50] whether a governor can be

[20:51] commander-in-chief,

[20:53] uh I would just point out that is

[20:54] largely a question of judgment and

[20:56] values and understanding of our

[20:58] country's position in the world. I have

[21:00] spoken out forcefully and clearly on

[21:02] many foreign policy issues. On several

[21:04] the administration has agreed with my

[21:06] position. Uh after all, Ronald Reagan,

[21:09] who's speaking tonight, had less foreign

[21:11] policy experience even in international

[21:13] economics than I do at this point in my

[21:15] career when he became president. and

[21:17] both George Bush and Jim Baker owe their

[21:20] jobs to him. So, I just don't think that

[21:22] there's any real basis to this claim.

[21:24] They're they're making this claim

[21:26] because it's the best claim they have

[21:27] since they can't run on their record.

[21:29] >> You've mentioned Jim Baker's name. Uh do

[21:31] you think that the conduct of foreign

[21:33] policy is going to be weakened over the

[21:35] next six or eight weeks given the fact

[21:37] that the real secretary of state will be

[21:40] in the White House helping to run

[21:41] President Bush's re-election campaign?

[21:44] >> Well, I hope not. Uh, you know, I have

[21:46] supported this administration when I

[21:47] thought they were right. I supported a

[21:49] tough stand in Iraq, uh, stronger

[21:51] initiatives in Bosnia, uh, a strong

[21:54] continuity to the Middle East peace

[21:55] talks, and I hope those things will not

[21:57] be weakened by Mr. Breaker's change. I'm

[22:00] going to do what I can to continue to

[22:01] speak out for a strong American presence

[22:03] in the world and a responsible foreign

[22:05] policy and hopefully one that will be

[22:07] outside the 1992 presidential elections.

[22:10] I think whenever we can have uh one

[22:12] strong unified foreign policy, we're

[22:14] better off as a people and then we can

[22:15] argue about our economic problems here

[22:17] at home and how we can rebuild and

[22:19] strengthen America.

[22:21] >> Governor, have you had the security

[22:22] briefing that President Bush, it's my

[22:24] understanding, has offered you?

[22:26] >> No. Mr. Skraftoft called and offered it,

[22:28] but said he wanted Mr. Gates to give it

[22:30] and he would be uh out of the country

[22:32] for a couple of weeks. It's my

[22:34] understanding that he's just come back,

[22:35] so I'm going to take it just as soon as

[22:37] I can, but it hasn't really been

[22:39] available. It wasn't available when it

[22:40] was offered since they wanted Mr. Gates

[22:41] to give it and now we're working on

[22:43] establishing a time to do it.

[22:45] >> Governor Clinton live in Arkansas. Thank

[22:47] you very much for being with us. Still

[22:48] to come on tonight CBS Evening News from

[22:50] Houston, Eye on America. Tonight, the ad

[22:53] campaign that made Morning in America a

[22:55] Republican franchise. The image then,

[22:58] the reality now.

[23:13] Boy, I keep reading about this vitamin

[23:15] and vegetables beta carotene.

[23:17] >> Me, too. In fact, I'm having some right

[23:20] now.

[23:21] >> What vegetables for breakfast?

[23:23] >> No.

[23:24] >> The latest news is now there's a brand

[23:27] new way to get some beta carotene. Whole

[23:29] grain total. Of course, Total is the

[23:32] only leading cereal that has beta

[23:34] carotene, plus 12 other vitamins and

[23:37] minerals.

[23:38] >> With this news about beta carotene, I'm

[23:40] eating Total.

[23:41] >> Of course,

[23:43] >> ordinary pickles are cooked, and most

[23:46] don't snap. Not Clawson. They're packed

[23:49] fresh and stored cold, so they're always

[23:52] crisp and delicious. Taste the

[23:54] difference. Cold. Crisp. Clawson.

[23:59] You're on your own.

[24:00] >> Her name is Sarah and she's lucky cuz

[24:02] today she'll encounter egrets doing

[24:04] dances and alligators in the wild.

[24:07] She'll see how other moms take care of

[24:09] their kids. And she'll be doing this

[24:11] recycling through a program of the

[24:13] National Park Service and its recycling

[24:16] partner DAO.

[24:17] >> We can make a

[24:20] br. together with the National Park

[24:22] Service and folks like Sarah.

[24:29] >> Stop. This Charmin's not squeezably

[24:32] soft.

[24:32] >> Maybe the fluffer broke down.

[24:34] >> Oh no. We fluff every sheet of Charmin

[24:37] for a deep down squeezable softness.

[24:39] >> So if it's not squeezable,

[24:41] >> it's not Charmin.

[24:42] >> Hey, what's this?

[24:44] >> That's it. You fixed the fluffer. It's

[24:46] squeezable again. So is this chief new

[24:49] poperri scented charmin's put on the

[24:52] core, not the paper.

[24:53] >> Makes sense to me.

[24:54] >> Charmin's so pleasable

[24:56] >> because it's so squeezable.

[24:58] >> In art, taste is subjective. But in

[25:01] life, good taste is well defined. Fancy

[25:06] Feast Gourmet cat food. Exceptionally

[25:08] moist and delicious. Fancy feast. Good

[25:11] taste is easy to recognize.

[25:16] Are you better off now than you were

[25:18] four years ago? The question no doubt

[25:20] sounds familiar. We decided to put it to

[25:22] some people who may look familiar.

[25:25] Correspondent John Blackstone reports

[25:27] tonight's Eye on America.

[25:32] >> When Republicans get nostalgic, these

[25:35] are the days they remember.

[25:38] It's morning again in America. There's

[25:41] nostalgia, too, in Paluma, California,

[25:44] where people still remember the day in

[25:46] 1984 when the Reagan Bush advertising

[25:49] team came to town. Cameras rolling. Go,

[25:52] bud.

[25:53] >> And put folks here in one of the

[25:55] commercials that made sunshine and

[25:57] smiles seem like official planks in the

[26:00] Republican party platform.

[26:02] >> Things are looking up.

[26:04] Life is better. America's back. eating

[26:07] ice cream. Frank and Helen Montilina

[26:09] were happy to help the Republican cause

[26:11] back then. Today, however, Frank's party

[26:14] loyalty may be melting.

[26:17] >> I used to vote straight Republican, but

[26:20] I think that uh a change might do us

[26:23] some good.

[26:24] >> Helen, though, will still vote for

[26:26] George Bush.

[26:27] >> He's a pro-lifeer, and I'm a prolifer. I

[26:29] belong to it.

[26:31] >> Right down the street, one of the

[26:33] neighbors just bought himself a new

[26:34] truck. In 1984, the message that life

[26:38] couldn't be better was right there in

[26:40] Norm Hillyard's smile. Then he was a

[26:42] Republican. Now he says too many people

[26:45] are losing out.

[26:46] >> We have the opportunity to uh vote again

[26:49] and if we desire changes that this is

[26:52] the opportunity.

[26:53] >> This year he'll vote Democrat.

[26:58] >> The ad boasted families could afford

[27:00] homes again. Today mortgage rates are

[27:02] even lower, but few are buying. If in '

[27:05] 84 it was uh morning in America, maybe

[27:08] in '92 it looks a little more like high

[27:09] noon.

[27:10] >> The recession hit Jim Groom's leasing

[27:13] business, but the man who played a

[27:14] beaming barber will still vote for

[27:16] George Bush.

[27:17] >> We went through a spiraling time of the

[27:19] 80s once we spent and spent and spent

[27:22] and now we're going to pay for it.

[27:25] >> The factory down by the river is working

[27:27] again.

[27:28] >> To be truthful, that factory is actually

[27:30] in another town. Worse still, 400 jobs

[27:33] have been lost there since the ad was

[27:35] made.

[27:38] Back then, members of the high school

[27:39] band weren't even voters. Now they are.

[27:43] >> I want someone who really wants to do

[27:45] the job for this country. And I feel

[27:47] like Bush is tired and he's frustrated

[27:50] and he's as depressed as we are.

[27:53] >> Frustration and depression just didn't

[27:55] seem to have a place in Paluma 8 years

[27:57] ago. But this year, those emotions

[27:58] promised to shape much of the vote in a

[28:00] town where it's no longer morning in

[28:03] America. John Blackstone, CBS News,

[28:06] Paluma, California.

[28:08] This evening in America, that's part of

[28:10] our world tonight. Stay with this CBS

[28:12] station for live coverage of the

[28:14] Republican National Convention,

[28:15] including Ronald Reagan's address. We'll

[28:17] be on the air at 9:30 in the East.

[28:19] That'll be 6:30, of course, in the West,

[28:21] and 8:30 here in the Central time zone.

[28:23] For now, Dan Rather from the Astrodome

[28:25] in Houston, Texas. Thanks for being with

[28:27] us. See you again soon.

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