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Monday, October 20, 2014

Beyèr - A Democrat of Convenience

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Two years ago, Democrats tried and nearly succeeded in getting rid of State Representative Justin Simmons. They ran Kevin Deely, a one-time teachers' union president for the Easton Area School District. Deely lost, and later moved out of the 131st District, proving that he had been a carpetbagger after all. Now Democrats are trying to beat Simmons with Mike Beyèr. Until very recently, Beyèr was a Republican himself. He's the son of former Republican State Rep. Karen Beyèr, who was upset by Simmons four years ago. She's pulled out all the stops in getting her son elected. This includes breaking the law, doing the same thing that led to the Bonusgate prosecutions.

Harrisburg Republicans have been getting emails like this from Karen Beyèr, sent to their pahousegop.com e-mail addresses:
From: Karen Beyer [mailto:kdbeyer@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 6:25 PM
Subject: Please join me for a cocktail reception for Michael Beyer

Please join me and my family in our home for a cocktail reception for Michael.
He will be a great representative for the 131st, please come out and meet him.
Attached to these emails is a flyer from 7pointsconsulting.com (That is political consultant Mike Fleck's firm) inviting them to the cocktail party to elect Beyèr at $100 a pop.

This, of course, is exactly what started the Bonusgate prosecutions. So Beyer instead of a mad rush to buy tickets, she instead received an email from Rod Corey, Chief Counsel of the House Republican Legal Staff, telling her to stop using state email addresses to further her son's campaign.

There goes that damn Ethics Act again.

I guess porn would have been OK.

This little episode demonstrates that Beyèr, among other things, is a phony who pretends he is a Democrat while reaching out for Republican support, and breaking the law to do it. He is, as one other person has called him, a Democrat of convenience. He was registered Republican until just before deciding to circulate a nomination petition for his mom's old seat. Realizing he could never beat Simmons in a primary, he simply switched parties.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is on to him. He was thrown off the ballot as a Democrat after making a "knowing and material misrepresentation" that he was, in fact, an attorney. The truth is that he failed or never took the Bar exam. Those who signed his nomination petition, the Court concluded, were "materially misled."

He has continued to materially mislead the public. In campaign literature, this former intern claims falsely that he was a legislative aide. He also falsely claims to have worked at a securities arbitration clinic when the truth is that it was just a part of a required class when he attended law school.

The Beyèr camp, issued this statement: "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time."

35 comments:

Anonymous said...

FINALLY someone speaks the truth about these nasty, nasty, nasty people. And, don't think the daddy ain't out there spreading lies, too. But, then again, he's been hear to speak the truth to some saying his marriage is a farce! Keep up the great work, Bernie. Now maybe we can get the newspapers on board, too!!!!

Anonymous said...

Karen Beyer will lie, cheat and steal her way to anything. It's amazing how she has now tricked the kook, fringe left to get behind Beyer. She's luring them because the Deely race was close. The district when from D+7 to R+7 with new maps. That's why HDCC, PSEA, labor, trial lawyers and other groups are staying out. There is no shot for Beyer. His polling is God awful and mommy is bankrolling the campaign. And $100 buy in for the event at Mommy's house? That is very low. She's just trying to make her money back.

Anonymous said...

Bernie, you should get a list of the polling questions they were asking... it was EMBARRASSING!

Anonymous said...

You would think that a "lawyer" and a former state Representative would know better than to send invitations to political events to Representatives at their state emails... Do you think he means to "clean up Harrisburg" by going to jail (if he somehow won) for breaking ethics rules and trying to bring other Reps down with him? I guess "scout's honor" only means so much to him.

Anonymous said...

@ 10:23 Maybe the lawyers aren't coming in because he lied about being one of them...

Anonymous said...

Lehigh County Democrats are really desperate./ Don't they have real Democrats to run? This guy is a Republican that is running as an act of revenge for his mother. Musty Muller is a country club Republican who ran to keep his hefty county check. They just keep coming and coming.

What's the matter Lehigh county. Are you the party of disposable Republicans?

Anonymous said...

Yeah and the nut jobs like Jenny Vogt (who thinks her crap doesn't stink because Jennifer Aniston played her in a movie) are trying to force this stooge down our throats because she thinks we're all hayseed hicks. I got news for Jenny: Mikey is going down big so maybe you should just move to a place where your views are accepted because it isn't here.

Anonymous said...

Merrill Beyer called me. He said that Simmons isn't qualified because his only experience was that of an intern. He also said that only a democrat can fix the mess created by the republicans. Funny, I was thinking of voting for Beyer since Simmons is a yahoo tea bagger, but no longer. The Beyer family have no shame. I thought Fleck had better ethics than to get involved with them. I guess even he has a price. Totally disgusted.

Anonymous said...

Simmons is actually a fairly centrist republican. I saw somewhere that he's ranked like 75th most conservative out of 112 republicans in the House. There is only that perception because Simmons took out the Arlen Specter of the PA House, Karen Beyer

Anonymous said...

Jenny Voight's hubby is a one hit wonder at best! He wanted NOTHING to do with Karen Beyer when she was trying to get a citation for him when he was honored by the LV Arts Council. She refused to send a staffer and then back pedaled to get the citation to him.... to no avail. I believe it was eventually just destroyed, but can't be certain. That said... I find it ironic that Jenny, his wife, is not working on Mike's campaign..... They are all losers! Mike should have the smarts to tell mommy to back off.... oh, but wait a minute.... how smart is he... 5 yrs to get undergrad... 4 years to go thru law school.... and let's not forget .....still no bar exam! Maybe they are ALL on meds... we know Karen is!

Anonymous said...

3:09... thanks for supporting the right guy! The lies these idiots put out are just insane. Justin worked for "2" State Senators on their PAYROLL.... yes, he first interned, and because he did such a great job..... they HIRED him! Can Mikey say the same???? I'm still waiting to hear who Mikey clerked for.... anyone?

Anonymous said...

3:16- Last year, Simmons won the American Conservative Union award for scoring higher than 80% on defending conservative issues. He is very conservative, mostly on social issues-talk to him sometime. Whereas, I think Michael Beyer is muddled with the past of his mother, who promised that her school board quorum would not raise property taxes, but did so repeatefly even though she abstained from the vote and then as a representative, promised that the Sands Casino revenue would lower property taxes, then promised that table games would not be permitted, then promised, and promised, and promised. Now, her husband (a Republican) is saying only a Democrat can improve our system. At least Simmons hasn't taken many of the perks offered to a representative. I'm waiting to see if Simmons runs next time as he originally said he would only serve 3 terms. If he runs, I'll call foul on him, too.

Anonymous said...

So 4:18 are you voting Simmons now?

Anonymous said...

Hey Karen Richardson, you really should get a life and a job and quit blowing up every email in the tri-county area with your hate-filled crazy rantings. Time for your medication!

Anonymous said...

Hey Karen Richardson/Anonymous, you really should get a life and a job and quit blowing up every email in the tri-county area with your hate-filled crazy rantings. Time for your medication!

Anonymous said...

I would like to know if ANY LV Legislators view, stored, or shared porn on their State Computers. Voters should know.

Anonymous said...

Queen Karen Beyer - the only one who needs to get a life is you. This whole temper tantrum against Simmons is such a joke and you've now hurt your baby boy in the process. Great calculation. Oh Karen you had it all. The establishment greased the skids for you in 2005 and you blew it with your arrogance. For what it's worth, the Beyer political name is forever done in PA. And you Queen Karen are the only one that needs to be on medication. Enjoy the shellacking November 5th.

Anonymous said...

The only meds I ever needed where relaxants for when I worked for you. Ashley would call and warn us of the return trip to the district office, and I'd ask... Is it a one pill or a two pill day? Most often it was a two pill day! How sad is that? I wasn't the one in therapy at 8am monday morning in H'burg and then putting in for reimbursement! Not a lie! Not a lie! Stop spreading YOUR filth about Justin. At least Justin works and has worked since he was 14. Can you say the same thing about your son? NO, you can't! By the looks of these remarks on this page, the Beyers are not very popular people. Hurts, doesn't it?

Anonymous said...

ooooh, 6:54... are you saying what I think you are saying? That's a good one. No need to worry.... just hop in bed with the right person and it all went away.....

Anonymous said...

Expose yourself much, KRich/Anonymous?

Anonymous said...

How very sad is it that mommy is posting a fundraiser for Mikey at THEIR house and clearly no one has responded because the price of the fundraiser is CUT IN HALF! In all my years of campaigning, I have never, never seen such a thing!

Anonymous said...

The usual whacko leftists will attend....Joyce Moore, Gloria McVeigh and Jenny Vogt ( a has been reporter looking for a job and trying to ride her husband's name for writing a stupid book about a dog and making millions). Oh yeah Jenny America sucks. What other country could you be a millionaire writing about a freaking dog? Whacko.

Bernie O'Hare said...

The emails of state legislators and judges are not subject to RTK.

Anonymous said...

701. Absolutely NO inferences to subjects of this post. None. Generally, speaking, there should be a zero tolerance related to porn on any state or federal PC. Most employers have a zero tolerance policy.

Sometimes, one cannot control the emails they receive, but they have control over their response. I do think it is wrong to be a visit known sites (repeatedly), download or distribute such material.

Anonymous said...

If emails are not RTK, perhaps websites visited and files downloaded from explicit sites should be.

Bernie O'Hare said...

" Generally, speaking, there should be a zero tolerance related to porn on any state or federal PC. Most employers have a zero tolerance policy"

I have a more benign view of naughty emails. If it is like locker room talk, it's hard for me to get excited.

Anonymous said...

Mike Beyer will not make a good legislator for PA. This election is personal for Karen Beyer. She has convinced Mike to change his party from Republican to Democrat and run against Simmons to avenge her primary loss. Karen should be a gracious loser and stop letting Mike embarass himself. Mike is 30 and has not held a job. We can afford bad leadership with the Beyers.
Simmons has done an excellent job. We need to keep him in office. SUPPORT SIMMONS!

Anonymous said...

Beyer is campaigning hard. He was in Allentown tonight at the Lations Moving Forward event. Drinking and eating free food. Everyone was pointing an asking who the pasty white guy was. Sad to say not a single person in the room lives in his district.
Dumb Ass.

Anonymous said...

Uh oh karen. Pyle and Ellis are giving money to Simmons. They want nothing to do with your crazy ass.

Anonymous said...

I have a new show idea. Instead of The Three Stooges, let's call a show The Three Nuts. Starring Jenny (I'm better than you) Vogt, Gloria McKook, and Joyce "I don't have a job" Moore.

Anonymous said...

...and as Judge Judy says, "LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!"

Bernie O'Hare said...

Let me interject here. I don't think it's particularly cricket to slam people who are not running themselves, unless you say who you are.

Let me follow up by saying i don't know Vogt at all. I do know Moore a little and have no problem with her. I know McVeigh and agree she is a McKook. But i will take responsibility for what i say. So should you.

Anonymous said...

The thing of it is, Bernie, is that none of this conversation would have taken place had Karen, herself, not started all the spewing. She and Merrill stood at the polls and told LIES about Justin, his family and his friends. LIES! The sad story is that we all know she is running her son to be her puppet. The Dems have fallen for it, and I think they are just as fair game. They should have put up a much stronger candidate than a 30 y/o who hasn't ever worked a significant job a day in his life and who falsely claimed to be a lawyer. I think they are fair game. JMO!

Anonymous said...

bring it fleck! you're the to-go guy, err...go-to guy, to revolutionize a campaign...

seems like beyer is floundering.

(oh, and thanks for your support, guys, when I needed you most).

-fletch

Anonymous said...

Liar liar Michael Beyer! Today Michael claimed to have the endorsement of the PA Humane Society, in less than one minute this can be shown to be just another Michael Beyer Lie! Here is a link to a screenshot of Mike's Posting: http://imgur.com/kJOECK4



And here is a link to see the candidates that actually WERE endorsed by the Humane Society, the presence of Justin Simmons and the absence of Michael Beyer is glaring. http://humane-pa.org/endorsements/2014-general-election-endorsements/



Like mother like son I guess: http://youtu.be/TCZs3swN6NQ