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Former Gov. Roy Barnes: ‘Good-humored jousting in the past between Democrats and Republicans... [has] become all-out war...’ As a trial lawyer, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes appreciates a good courtroom faceoff. He enjoys tackling complex cases that require skillful maneuvering and deepdive research. Those same qualities won the day when Barnes and his allies struck down a Georgia state flag that prominently featured the Confederate Battle Flag and replaced it with a new flag that included images of many flags that had flown over the state— an act many, including Barnes, feel played a large part in his defeat when seeking a second term as governor. Barnes, who grew up in
Cobb County, served as governor from 1999 to 2003 after more than 20 years in the state House of Representatives and state Senate. As governor, he took on education reform and changes in health care. Since Barnes’ defeat in 2002 by Gov, Sonny Perdue, no Democrat has held the governor’s office in Georgia. Now, long out of mainstream politics and its bruising battles, Barnes has gone back to his roots as a
trial lawyer. Senior Life contributor Mark Woolsey caught up with Barnes recently. Q. You have said you got interested in public discourse while working at your mom and dad’s general store in Mableton. Can you elaborate on that? A. It had a bench and a heater, used to be an old stove, and folks would gather there particularly when it was cold and politicians would come by to meet and see everybody and talk to my daddy. I got interested in politics just hearing them talk.
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