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Published on: 10/3/2004
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Scott Rials, now the executive director of the Georgia Republican Party, was Perdue's campaign manager in 2002.He says the video was a reminder that Georgia is now a two-party state."You have two sets of ideas and you hear more opposing views."
"It was humorous and satirical," Rials said.
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Trying to come up with another furry critter, Rials suggested a possum."Gov.Possum," he called it.Friends started calling him "Possum Rials."
"It was humorous, and I laughed," Rials said, tossing a barb at Barnes.
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What they didn't do, Rials says, is create the image of a Royal Roy.
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"When you do something like that, you don't create a persona, you play on one that's already there," Rials said.
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"The video accomplished its task," Rials said.