Friends, please forward this as widely as possible, even to people not in the 26th district,
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp they might know someone who is! Webber's e-mail address is
http://www.WebberForSenate.com in case anyone wants to contact his campaign.
I received the following under the subject line, "Jay Webber deserves our support":
A private e-mail from his personal account not affiliated with any organization.
A message from Father Peter West, Priest of the Archdiocese of Newark
Dear Friends in New Jersey's 26th Legislative District:
Some very serious lies about pro-life senate candidate Jay Webber have been brought to my attention. It is a disgrace that those lies are being told by Bob Martin, who takes a paycheck from a Catholic university while supporting pro-aborts and attacking pro-lifers.
I speak to correct the record with facts:
Jay Webber has served as an attorney for the Legal Center for the Defense of Life, where I sit on the advisory board. The Legal Center is a not-for-profit, pro-life organization with a proven track record of defending life at all stages. We are proud to have Jay on our team.
Bob Martin, on the other hand, was a key figure in bringing partial-birth abortion advocate Christine Todd Whitman to Seton Hall University to receive a "medal of honor" in 1998, just months after she blocked New Jersey's ban on partial birth abortions. A photograph (under the headline, "Amid Furor, Whitman Gets Seton Hall Students' Award) that ran in the Bergen Record on November 17, 1998 shows Bob Martin standing with Whitman applauding while Whitman slapped New Jersey's Catholics and other pro-lifers in the face at the award ceremony. Other recipients of this disgraceful award have included Hillary Clinton and other leading pro-aborts.
Jay Webber consistently supports pro-life legislation. Among such legislation is the call to eliminate "wrongful life" and "wrongful birth" lawsuits in New Jersey, where pro-abortion lawyers sue for the so-call right of parents to kill retarded children and children with physical ailments.
Bob Martin, on the other hand, has given campaign contributions to Wilfredo Caraballo. Caraballo is a Democratic legislative crony who works with Bob Martin at Seton Hall and in New Jersey's legislature. Caraballo is so bad, he actually voted to block parental notification for minors seeking abortions. This is the kind of man Bob Martin supports.
I have seen Bob Martin's direct mail attacks on Jay Webber. Simply put, they are gross distortions, and some are blatant lies. Here are some more facts:
Jay Webber is not a "trial lawyer." He is a lawyer. So is Bob Martin.
Jay Webber never wrote a check to Bob Torricelli's campaign. Some attorneys in the firm where he works did. The only candidate in this race who has written a check to a Democratic candidate is Bob Martin.
Jay Webber is not responsible for the liberal opinions of New Jersey's Supreme Court justices. Jay Webber was a law clerk. Bob Martin, on the other hand, voted to confirm some of New Jersey's liberal justices to the positions where they sit today. He actually voted to confirm 6 of 7 justices.
These are the facts. They are not opinions. Thank God for the First Amendment and our rights to talk about the facts.
Rev. Peter West
Priest of the Archdiocese of Newark
http://www.priestsforlife.org
Legal Center for Defense of Life
65 Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 984-0725
Jay Webber is a member of the Knights of Columbus
http://www.webberforsenate.com/bio.htm If you are able to send a contribution, help with pro-life voter guides on Sunday or spread the word, please do so.
Father West bump.