A FOLK ART FLAG still hangs in the warren of offices surrounding Gov. Roy E. Barnes’ domain in the Gold Dome. As staffers begin to pack the remnants of his tenure, that flag, built of haphazard wooden slats, stands as a tangible reminder of the ironies of political life.
Scrawled across its stripes-for this Howard Finster-esque rendering is a U.S. flag, and not the controversial Georgia banner-are words Barnes spoke in happier times, after his successful run for governor in 1998: “If this trend holds, we’ll start putting Georgia back together. I, as long as I hold office in the state, will never allow it to be divided. I will never let it be divided on race, or geography.”
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