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To say that I am against the Lord’s Prayer is absurd. The truth is simple. I voted for The Lord’s Prayer and I held the line against liberal trial lawyer legislators who wanted to take the Ten Commandments out of our public buildings.

I’m not going to apologize for standing up for our family values and I completely disavow this ridiculous attack by Greg Anderson. We’ve been saying all along that he has run a deceptive campaign, and this is further proof that he will say absolutely anything to win this election. But voters aren’t going to fall for it and they know that I stand by my word. This kind of politics is exactly why I ran for office in the first place and vowed to shake things up.

Posted October 23, 2008 by

Oran Smith Responds To Greg Anderson’s Attack

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Greg Anderson and his extreme liberal backers are saying that Shane Massey voted against the Lord’s Prayer.  That’s ridiculous.

Call Shane directly on his cell phone at 803-480-0419 anytime you want to talk to him directly about these nasty attacks.

Posted October 20, 2008 by

Shane Massey Responds to Ridiculous Attack by Greg Anderson

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Greg Anderson Will Say Anything To Win

Greg Anderson once again proved that he will say just about anything to win with an absolutely ridiculous attack on Senator Shane Massey. This time he’s claiming that Shane Massey opposes the Lord’s Prayer, a complete fabrication by South Carolina’s most liberal legislators.

Senator Massey released the following statement:

“This ridiculous attack is exactly the reason we need to shake things up in Columbia.  For weeks Greg Anderson and his team of liberal backers have been spreading this nonsense across the district. The truth is simple. These liberal Senators tried to kill a bill allowing local governments to display the Ten Commandments, and I fought them to protect our shared family values. That’s why the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the Palmetto Family Alliance, and other Christian faith organization have thanked me for standing beside them.

The vote in question was on an amendment to a bill that would allow state and local governments to post a display of the “Foundations of American Law and Government.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee decided on a display to include the Ten Commandments, the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the Star-Spangled Banner, the Bill of Rights, the Preamble to the South Carolina Constitution, the national motto “In God We Trust,” and the image of Lady Justice. Why these historical items?  Two U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal have already ruled this exact display (minus the S.C. Constitution’s preamble, of course) satisfies the First Amendment.

Unfortunately a group of Democratic senators was determined to kill the bill, primarily because it included the Ten Commandments.  They inserted a clever “poison pill” to make it unconstitutional. I voted against that amendment to make sure the Ten Commandments could be displayed in public by local governments and school boards. Saying that I voted against the Lord’s Prayer is ridiculous and desperate. I have always supported efforts to preserve and strengthen our family values, and I will continue to do so.”

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Posted October 20, 2008 by

The Lord’s Prayer

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Perhaps the most ridiculous attack from Greg Anderson, the Democratic Party, and South Carolina’s most liberal State Senator has been the accusation that Shane Massey voted against the Lord’s Prayer.

LIE:

Shane Massey supports the ACLU and voted against the Lord’s Prayer.

TRUTH:

This attack is ridiculous and completely unbelievable. Shane Massey would never side with the ACLU and he stood with South Carolina’s faith community and protected the display of the 10 Commandments. Extreme Liberal State Senator Brad Hutto inserted a “poisen pill” in the bill to make it unconstitutional so that government could not display the 10 Commandments.  Shane fought back and now local governments can display this very important religous document.

This attack is politics at it’s worse. Please click here to read a full explanation from Shane.

Click here to read an explanation from Oran Smith, President of the Palmetto Family Alliance, South Carolina’s leading organization on faith and values issues.

Posted October 17, 2008 by

Predatory Lenders

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Greg Anderson and the Democrats have spent nearly tens-of-thousands of dollars on mailers and television ads accusing Shane of supporting predatory lenders.

LIE:

Shane Massey voted to support predatory lenders.

TRUTH:

“Not only am I no fan of predatory lenders, but I voted twice to limit payday lending operations in South Carolina.” - Shane

Call Shane anytime on his cell phone at 803-480-0419 to talk to Shane about how he voted to crack down on predatory lending in South Carolina.

Posted October 17, 2008 by

Greg Anderson and Shane Massey on Energy

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Voters across the district received a mailer from the Democratic Party on Thursday, October 17th. The mailer is a Greg Anderson/Shane Massey side by side comparison and cites no votes and throws out baseless accusations.

LIE:

Shane Massey does not support investing in alternate energy and “sides with big oil instead of us.”

TRUTH:

Shane has developed a comprehensive energy plan to drill offshores and use royalty revenue to invest in alternative energy research at the Savannah River Site. Doing so will not only be an investment into alternative energy, but it will also create jobs for our area. You can read the plan here.

Shane would never side with big oil companies instead of South Carolina’s working families. This claim is so incredibly ridiculous, that the Democrats couldn’t even cite a vote on the mailer.

Posted October 17, 2008 by

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