The rain fell
And it was the Democrats who got spattered by the mud
GARY MORROW spent from dawn to dusk on Tuesday at the intersection of two highways near Dahlonega in north-eastern Georgia, the rain splashing on his umbrella, mud spattering his cowboy boots. One of his pro-Republican placards asked motorists to “Boot Barnes”—Roy Barnes, the sitting Democratic governor—and displayed a picture of the Confederate flag. It was Governor Barnes who had the Confederate symbol removed from the state flag in 2001, and Mr Morrow hoped he would now pay for it. “It's not about race,” Mr Morrow said. “Blacks, Jews, Asians and Hispanics all fought for the Confederacy. This is to honour the memory of 300,000 Confederate veterans.”
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The rain fell”
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