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 web posted October 29, 2007 Below: US Rep. Gresham Barrett  EDGEFIELD – US House
Rep. Gresham Barrett
was in Edgefield on Saturday attending a “Meet and Greet” for District
25 State Senate candidate Shane Massey. “What a beautiful day,
what a beautiful state, and what a beautiful town. Thank you for being
here,” Rep. Barrett said after being introduced. “I’m excited to be
here today, and the reason I’m excited is for that gentleman right back
there (Shane Massey).”“He understands that you can spend your money better than we can,” Rep. Barrett said. “He understands a smaller more effective government is where we need to be. He understands that the people run the show, not the politicians.” Rep. Barrett said Shane Massey could, “really make a difference in South Carolina,” and thanked everyone for their support in his candidacy. Barrett said he wanted everyone attending to promise that they would each contact five people and get them to vote and each of them to contact five people to do the same. “It will make a difference,” Rep. Barrett said before introducing, “the next state senator in this area – Shane Massey”.  Mr. Massey and his
lovely wife Blair (Pictured left) took the floor to a standing ovation.
Mr.
Massey thanked the large crowd for attending and thanked Rep. Gresham
Barrett for his service, “Gresham has been doing a great job for us in
Washington (D.C.),” which was met with an extended applause.Mr. Massey thanked those attending the event and others not present who have worked to get him through the primaries and into the election on November 6. “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be here,” Mr. Massey said One of the things learned on the campaign trail, Massey said was, “I think it’s important politicians remember who they represent,” Mr. Massey said that he included his cell phone number on every piece of campaign literature mailed out. “I put it on there because I think it is important to be assessable. I don’t know how you represent people if you don’t listen to them.” “That’s a very important thing to me. That is to be responsive to the people and try to represent you the best I can,” Massey said. Mr. Massey went on to say that turn out was “key” in the election and that only ten percent of voters turned out for the primary and the following run-off. “When only ten per cent turn out, you don’t know what is going to happen,” Massey said and repeated Rep. Barrett’s call to get people to get out and vote. “No matter what we do, if people don’t turn out to vote it doesn’t matter,” Massey said. ©
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