CBS Evening News - 2004-08-29 (partial) - 1 of 2 (Republican Convention)

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[0:00] 35. The big fear for city officials

[0:02] today was that protesters would come

[0:04] here to Central Park in defiance of a

[0:06] court order and gather. That really

[0:08] hasn't happened in any significant

[0:09] numbers, although a television camera

[0:11] does have a way of attracting them all

[0:13] things considered. When you think about

[0:14] what could have happened in New York

[0:16] today, it really was literally a walk in

[0:19] the park. Dan

[0:20] >> Jim Axar reporting live. Thanks. The

[0:23] protesters against Bush policies

[0:25] included many whose opposition to the

[0:27] war in Iraq is deeply personal. CBS's

[0:30] Jim Acasta talked to some of them today.

[0:36] >> Among the voices rising up against

[0:38] President Bush were quiet stories of

[0:41] sorrow.

[0:41] >> God bless you. God bless your son.

[0:43] >> From people like Celeste Zapula

[0:45] >> at my son's funeral.

[0:48] I swore to him I will not be quiet.

[0:51] >> Zapala's son, Sergeant Sherwood Baker,

[0:54] >> died serving the Pennsylvania National

[0:56] Guard in Iraq just four months ago. He

[0:59] never gets to come back and say, "Oh,

[1:02] I'm sorry. I made a mistake. There were

[1:04] no weapons of mass destruction." He

[1:06] never gets that chance.

[1:08] >> She joined a small band of grieving

[1:10] relatives who carried the pictures of

[1:12] their sons and daughters, a message that

[1:14] stood out because it was so personal.

[1:17] The protest organizers placed these

[1:19] family members of fallen soldiers front

[1:20] and center in this demonstration. But

[1:22] the relatives say it's the war that put

[1:25] them in the spotlight. You feel like

[1:27] your son is with you right now? Yes, I

[1:29] believe my son support my activity.

[1:31] >> Fernando Suarez del Solar joined the

[1:33] anti-war movement before the invasion of

[1:36] Iraq. His Marine son, Jesus, was killed

[1:39] days after the fighting started.

[1:41] >> And now today here, the people say no

[1:44] more Bush in the White House say end the

[1:46] occupation in Iraq. I paid the last

[1:49] price. I pay win life.

[1:51] >> Protest organizers deny pushing these

[1:53] families as props. And we have a

[1:56] democratic coalition and they're part of

[1:58] the leadership.

[1:59] >> Hardly a leader, more a foot soldier,

[2:01] Celeste Zapolet came to turn her pain

[2:04] into power.

[2:05] >> And then I see my grandson

[2:07] and he says, "I miss my dad."

[2:09] >> She hopes America is listening. Jim

[2:12] Acasta, CBS News, New York.

[2:16] President Bush will be here in Madison

[2:17] Square Garden on Thursday. Till then,

[2:19] he's out campaigning and defending his

[2:21] decision to go to war with Iraq. But

[2:23] CBS's John Roberts reports the president

[2:26] now acknowledges he might have done

[2:28] things differently.

[2:31] >> President Bush was in a fighting mood in

[2:33] West Virginia today, leveling no fewer

[2:34] than nine attacks against John Kerry.

[2:37] From K's vote against funding for the

[2:39] military in Iraq to what Mr. Bush called

[2:41] his opponent shifting support for West

[2:43] Virginia coal.

[2:45] >> He's out there mining for votes. All I

[2:48] all you know I'm going ask you to do is

[2:49] tell your friends and neighbors be

[2:51] careful of somebody whose position

[2:53] shifts in the wind.

[2:54] >> But Mr. Bush himself seemed to shift

[2:56] position now acknowledging shortfalls in

[2:59] planning for the Iraq war telling Time

[3:01] magazine he would have pursued different

[3:03] tactics had he known that an enemy that

[3:05] should have surrendered or been done in

[3:07] escaped and lived to fight another day.

[3:10] The president termed it a consequence of

[3:12] catastrophic success. Uh, I understand

[3:14] the president's now describing his Iraq

[3:16] policy as a catastrophic success. Uh, I,

[3:20] like most Americans, have no idea what

[3:22] that means. Uh, but it is long past time

[3:25] for this president to accept personal

[3:27] responsibilities for his failures and

[3:29] for his performance.

[3:30] >> While the Iraq war remains a central

[3:32] campaign issue, a new shot is being

[3:34] fired in an old war. On a pro carry

[3:37] website, Texas former Lieutenant

[3:39] Governor is saying on camera for the

[3:41] first time he helped George Bush escape

[3:43] duty in Vietnam.

[3:45] >> I got a young man named George W. Bush

[3:47] in the National Guard when I was

[3:48] Lieutenant Governor of Texas. And I'm

[3:50] not necessarily proud of that, but uh

[3:51] but but I did it.

[3:53] >> This new attack, though getting far less

[3:55] attention than the Swiftboat veterans

[3:57] ads leveled at John Kerry, marks yet

[3:59] another escalation in the war of words

[4:01] over who would make the better

[4:02] commanderin-chief.

[4:04] Leadership may be a legitimate issue in

[4:06] this election, but argues one prominent

[4:08] war hero, Vietnam, has no place in the

[4:11] debate.

[4:12] >> We We need to honor these men for their

[4:14] service, and we ought to say that

[4:16] chapter is over, and we're never going

[4:17] to let it happen again.

[4:19] >> There are pluses and minuses for both

[4:21] candidates in keeping the issue of

[4:23] Vietnam service alive, but with so many

[4:25] outside groups now jumping into the

[4:27] fray, the campaigns may have lost the

[4:29] ability to control that debate. Dan,

[4:32] >> John Roberts live from the convention

[4:34] floor. Thanks, John. Vice President Dick

[4:37] Cheney arrived in New York today and he

[4:38] came right here to Madison Square Garden

[4:40] to check out the podium. Vice President

[4:42] Cheney will address the convention on

[4:44] Wednesday night. Still to come tonight,

[4:46] targeting American civilians in

[4:48] Afghanistan and inside the new hot spot

[4:51] of Iraq when the CBS Evening News

[4:54] continues.

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