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  '56 flag defenders out to oust Perdue
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Last EditedRP  Sep 25, 2006 09:19pm
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News DateSep 24, 2006 09:00pm
DescriptionThey helped rout former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes in 2002, and now they're rallying their troops for a run at Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue.

Supporters of the 1956 state flag with its dominant Confederate cross plan a final all-out charge to oust a Georgia governor who outflanked their no-retreat-no-surrender efforts to keep the controversial banner flying.

"We can't elect our own governor. We've tried, but we don't have enough votes. What we can do is make 'em one-termers," said Elijah Coleman, a Mableton member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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