Carl Sheeler on the front page of (repug) Providence paper.

[Chemical Bill]

He's been ignored until now, but I think that the billboards are too noticeable. Go Carl!

Underdog pursuing Senate seat
Admitting that his campaign for Democratic nomination so far is best known for his opposition to the war in Iraq, Carl Sheeler looks to broaden his appeal.



01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, May 30, 2006
BY SCOTT MacKAY
Journal Staff Writer



PROVIDENCE -- Carl Sheeler is known, he says somewhat ruefully, as "the guy with the billboard."

The billboard was the one his U.S. Senate campaign purchased over Route 95 approaching Providence that stated, "Be Patriotic: Impeach Bush."

"It is a mixed blessing. It really helped get my campaign noticed," says Sheeler. "But I don't want to be known just as the guy with the billboard or as a one-issue candidate."

Sheeler, a Marine veteran of the Persian Gulf war, a business consultant and former Republican, is perhaps the most unusual candidate running for the U.S. Senate in Rhode Island this year. So far, he is the only one -- with the exception of perennial candidate Christopher Young -- who has never been elected to political office.
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http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060530_sheelera.1289dd5f.html

(This is a subscription site, but this article should be available for free for a short time)

[Chemical Bill]

1. Of course, he has two billboards now.

http://www.carlsheeler.com/

[stellanoir]

2. Thanks for the heads up and yup Go Carl indeed

I'll have to go read the article in print shortly in a borrowed newspaper. Not givin' that rag a dime.

They charged my friend who lost her only son in Iraq last Thanksgiving over 700 bucks to print his obit. How sleazy is that?

Yikes. Atrocious.