The Power of DU has helped our US Senate Campaign. Thanks!

[CarlSheeler4U]

Keep the support coming. This is one GOP seat we can take.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/10256

Carl
Sheeler for US Senate
www.carlsheeler.com

[MadMaddie]

1. Hey Carl....

I hope all is well....

You are right this is a seat that we can and we will win!!!

:hi:

[CarlSheeler4U]

9. Thanks. We need everyone's help.

This is going to fall under the wealth and influence versus the working type warrior who wants change.

Carl

[sabra]

2. k & r

[CarlSheeler4U]

10. I'll never forget.

This is going to fall under the wealth and influence versus the working type warrior who wants change.

Carl

[LSK]

3. k & r

Vote #5

[CarlSheeler4U]

11. Let's take it on!

This is going to fall under the wealth and influence versus the working type warrior who wants change.

Carl

[dogday]

4. My Husband is from Pawtucket

Way to go... Let's keep this effort up.. As Scotty said today, they are furthering the President's agenda... When did it go from the people's business to the President's agenda?????

[Daylin Byak]

6. Hey Carl....

Great job on the campaign so far, love the billboard. Just wondering did you get my request for a yard sign yet? cause i sent a request to volunteer on your site and i request a yard sign just wondering if you got it yet.

[CarlSheeler4U]

13. No yard signs yet. Against the rules... but pass this release along

[Daylin Byak]

25. Againist the rules?

I don't understand Carl.

[CarlSheeler4U]

31. There is a period when coity and twon ordinances allow displaying

political signs on private property.... it differs among municipalities.

[Daylin Byak]

54. Okay...

Well when that period of time ends, send me a yard sign please. I got to show my support cause you seem like a good candidate to support for the Senate in Rhode Island(even though i don't live in RI)

[CarlSheeler4U]

57. Thanks. Sorry about the spelling errors. Type faster than I think.

[CarlSheeler4U]

12. When special interests replaced public interests

This is going to fall under the wealth and influence versus the working type warrior who wants change.

Carl

[Greeby]

5. Hey Carl, maybe you should try to get on Mike Malloy's show on AAR

Bet he'd love to speak to an anti-war, pro-impeachment Dem such as you.

Email his producer, Kathy Bay Malloy, here:
[e-mail]

[LSK]

8. thats a good idea n/t

[CarlSheeler4U]

14. DU'ers rule. Thanks.

This is going to fall under the wealth and influence versus the working type warrior who wants change.

Carl

[Uncle Joe]

7. Semper Fi Carl!

:patriot: Wishing you the best.

Kicked and recommended.

:kick:

[CarlSheeler4U]

15. Semper fi'. We have to do this....

This is going to fall under the wealth and influence versus the working type warrior who wants change.

Carl

[dogday]

16. K&R For Carl Sheeler----Vote It Up People!!!!!!

[CarlSheeler4U]

19. WE can do this one engaged person at a time.

[dogday]

23. You bet your ass we can Carl....

This is for my Son in Iraq.....

[CarlSheeler4U]

32. Keep them safe and protect our Constitution from near not afar

[dogday]

28. I am kicking this for Carl............

[CarlSheeler4U]

33. Thank you. We're doing what we can.

[Mythsaje]

17. Best of luck, Carl...n/t

[CarlSheeler4U]

20. We're going to make our luck.

[mdmc]

18. Get out the vote!

Give em hell Carl!

[CarlSheeler4U]

21. Let unleash hell together.

[Catrina]

22. Great idea, going on AAR, maybe on Randi Rhodes also ~

Keep up the good work ~ I think you have a great chance ~ I read that Bush only has around 28% support in RI.

:kick:

[mdmc]

27. great ideas

:kick:

[CarlSheeler4U]

34. Agreed. The public knows if we only ask them.

[dogday]

24. kick

[CarlSheeler4U]

35. Amen

[myrna minx]

26. Good luck to you!

:kick:

[CarlSheeler4U]

36. We work together and we create our own luck.

The more the work, the more the luck....

[Hissyspit]

29. I was just thinking last night "I haven't seen any threads from Carl

lately - wonder what he's up to?", not knowing that you had posted earlier in the day. Good to hear from you. We're with you!

[CarlSheeler4U]

38. Thanks pardnuh'!

[mistertrickster]

30. The check is in the mail, Carl.

Finally, some one who "gets it." Work with the wired community, and we'll work for you.

[CarlSheeler4U]

39. I need the wired community. Help me to help you.

[helderheid]

37. I am hoping for some DU love with the senate race to oust Hatch

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x956295

[CarlSheeler4U]

40. Okay.

[helderheid]

41. thanks!

:hi:

[opihimoimoi]

42. Every 3 or 4 weeks I see a CarlSheeler coming to a Liberal/Progressive

Site asking for help...without really posting thoughts and comments to our many threads...

Also, without answering pertinent questions:

How long have you been a DEM?

How long were you a Pub?

How come you don't answer questions?

Are you riding the DEM WAVE?

You show signs of being a DINO...tell us that you are not, that you are a Progressive, able to analyze/solve for the Best Course of action for all Americans.

Tell us why we should Trust you?

[Hubert Flottz]

43. "Tell us why we should Trust you?"

Or anyone else for that matter????

Even the best of the best in the GOP are the WORST! And the dems in the DLC think we ought to be more like them???? More like the REPUBS? The WORST! I'll go on being a leftie because righties just ain't right!

[opihimoimoi]

45. The Track record of the Pubs of late, say within the past 25 years

have been horrid...

The Gains made by the Dems have slowly been modified leaving an adverse effect/result.

Homelessness UP

Poverty UP

JOBs going over seas...UP

National DEBT.....UP

National Waste of Revenue(TAXES)....UP

Secrecy in GOV'T UP

Brainwashing/scamming/fooling/Photo OPs...UP

Lost Opportunites to advance Society...UP

Obedience Level....UP

Fantasy Level ...UP

National Annual DEFICIT....UP

NOT Heeding WARNINGS/ADVICE Level....UP

This is a Crazy World we live...made crazier by Peeps who pose as Leaders....

[Hubert Flottz]

56. Bush is leading America to the poor house, ASAP!

They mean to bust any form of organized labor groups in this country and the rest of the world. They look at trade unions as being evil, the way they look at Iran and North Korea as evil. Anything that don't make them more wealthy, or powerful, or that stands in the way of their gaining more wealth and power is a threat to them. The super wealthy are paranoid to the point of insanity, or so it would seem.

They want it ALL and they want it NOW! Every drop of blood, out of every turnip and every turnip's son's ass for the Army. Every Gold Tooth! * Every wedding ring...EVERYTHING...They want it NOW! * For Fatherland Security!

How many more "INTOLERABLE ACTS" will the people stand for?

I'm Hubert and I don't approve of their Bushit!

[CarlSheeler4U]

59. Then we show them real opposition and push it towards RI!

[Hubert Flottz]

63. I'm too busy dodging trickle down Bushit here in West By Gawd...

If you win and go on to be president, could you ever turn into an evil dictator, like you know who, did?
Do you want to rule the world like some politicians and petro-bankers do?
Would you repeal NAFTA?
Would you invade Iran, North Korea and China, simply because they're evil?
Did Gawd ask you, or tell you, to run for this office?
Would you be willing to take a lie detector test and submit to random drug testing, on your new job?
Do you believe that the Constitution of the United States of America, is "Quaint" and outdated?
Do you believe that Congress, is too good, for our Social Security program, or should their retirement be the same as yours or mine?
Would you vote to give yourself a raise as soon as the vote came up again?
Would the police ever need to frog march you, for anything that you can think of...
Why would you want this job?

[dogday]

44. Kicking-Questions for Carl???? See Post Above

[opihimoimoi]

47. We should hold our breath??

[mdmc]

48. Get out the vote

don't donate if you don't want. Find a candidate, and work for them.:shrug:

[opihimoimoi]

49. In the meantime I try to help the Party prevent more Zells coming aboard

[mdmc]

51. Zell Miller was better then any GOP that ever ran against him

:shrug:

I live in an area were the only elected Dems also run on the conservative line. They are never liberal enough for me, but they are always better then the GOP choices.

As a Nader voter, I often enjoy telling lockstep Dems that I would vote for Zell Miller in 2008, if he won the Democratic nomination.

Any jackass can knock down a barn. It takes a great man to build one up. - Mario Cuomo.

[opihimoimoi]

52. Zell might be better than some GOPers but he sure turned me off at the

PUB CONVENTION as the Key Note Speaker... He said a lot that night...WTH was he thinking?

[mdmc]

64. WTH was he thinking?

That the Dems were a watered down version of the GOP, of course. That was what Zell Miller was thinking. In fact, that is what he has always thought. It was just that Bill Clinton's watered down GOP-isms were more palatable to Zell then Kerry's watered down GOP-ism, which, frankly, was as liberal and progressive as the Democrats have ever been on a national level.

I think that Zell's GOP convention speech was very similar to his Dem convention speech in 92.

If Zell Miller wins the Democratic nomination, he will be a better choice then who ever wins the GOP nomination.

[CarlSheeler4U]

60. Now that is a position I'd be proud to shake your hand over!

[mdmc]

65. lol - why you so crazy Carl?

Now, stop blogging and Get Out The Vote! :D

[novalib]

46. No, Carl

THANK YOU for ALL YOU DO!

The Billboard was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[CarlSheeler4U]

50. OPI is correct. There are very few people I would choose to ignore

He has made it a point to flame my posts on this blog and does not deserve my attention. For the longest time I responded to his quixotic questions and he was never happy with the intellectual depth given my education. I think it is because he chose not to accept that sometimes the simplest answers are the best ones.

1. End the war in Iraq. Why? It is the right thing to do regardless of party.
2. End the wealth tax cuts and roll them back to pre-2001 levels. Why? Deficit.
3. Don't repeat history. Prioritize alternative energy to clean our environment
and improve our economy and revise our foreign policy.
4. Target special interests and those feeding from their trough because the majority of the public wants national health care and access to quality education.
5. Let's get over ourselves and declare a national equality identity, so we don't waste so much energy of wedge issues that divide like women rights, gay rights, immigrant rights.

I call this vision middle class common sense and these are bi-partisan issues.

And as OPI knows I disaffiliated in spirit the day Bush II bombed Iraq and ran as an Independent in 2004 against a 4-term GOP and am running as a Democrat, because although the party leadership has steered toward the right, I adhere to the principles of shared responsibility once adhered to in the 60's and 70's that many Green's now call their own. I have voted for the best candidate, not the party and believe leadership is lacking on both sides of the aisle. Those principles of protecting our Constitution and being socially progressive and fiscally responsible are my bona fides and I do not hide them at my website.

Carl
Sheeler for US Senate
www.carlsheeler.com

[opihimoimoi]

53. Don't give that crap about flaming you with quixotic questions

I had asked with great patience some very pertinate questions which you never answered..and if you did, it was with a flippant answer.

So how long have you been a card carrying DEM?

How is it you ran as an Independent in 04 but now you are a DEM Candidate...why the change?

Re Simple answers, yes sometime they suffice...However, in your case, I considered it rude and distractive..

I have not heard a single signal from you with respect to Progressiveness/Liberalism..its been all generic...where are your thoughts on reducing Poverty? Homelessness? Addressing the National DEBT? etc...

It seems all I get is Put Downs and Flippant non answers...

Show us some signs of being a good Senatorial Candidate.....

cause when you first came...you were asking for our Dem Platform/Philosophy...things a candidate is supposed to know even before announcing the hat in the ring thing....

Show us the signs of being ready for Prime Time....

[Sydnie]

61. You ask some thoughtful questions that I would like to hear the

answers to as well. I am in close physical proximity to this district, although not a resident of RI. I would be interested in hearing the answers to these questions as well. If I like what I hear, I could throw some time his way perhaps.

How about it Carl?

How about some positions statements and some issues discussed that mean something to you? Getting the seat is one thing ... what you will do with it needs to be clearly stated.

I love Carl's billboard ... now if he can just make me love the candidate behind it ...

[opihimoimoi]

62. Exactly.....we Dems cannot afford candidates who later make us look bad

We need to filter them as best as we can....and not blindly follow...

[CarlSheeler4U]

66. Read #50 and go to www.carlsheeler.com

It's all in the open...

[opihimoimoi]

68. You continue to ignore specific questions giving instead directions to

your web site,,,which looks good, sounds good, but is only generic positions.....

Sorry, still lacking.....

[tkmorris]

70. I'd like the answers to those questions as well.

I hate to say it but my antennae are starting to twitch.

Carl really, answering simple, direct questions from we the people ought to be just about your first priority and yet you seem to be ducking them. I didn't know you ran as an Independent in 2004 and if that is true I'd like to hear you explain why. Being a Democrat is a lot more than just slapping a 'D' after your name and gladhanding Progressives for support.

Don't get me wrong. If you are really "one of us" so to speak then you'll get my support. You really need tell us who you are though I think. Full disclosure, no ignoring of anyone, most especially not a tried and true DU veteran like Opi.

[CarlSheeler4U]

71. Fair enough.

Last evening I was introduced by Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) to speak to out state's party city and town chairs. I did not speak about myself. I talked about a fellow I met the day before by the name of John. He was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy with 16.5 years having joined at the age of 17. He was articulate and well spoken. He served in Honduras, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. He quit with only 3.5 years left to retirement. He suffers from PTSD.

It took the VA hospital 6 months to set an appointment to see him for therapy. During that wait he had attempted suicide twice and beat the crap out of his Navy nurse wife. His therapy sessions include mostly folks from the Vietnam era who have been carrying this mental illness for 35 years. He and they are unable to function and he has been unemployed for two years. This war is unique in that half of those serving are national guard and reserves with many who had families and businesses and other jobs so the disruption is enormous to them and their families. There have been about half a million troops who have rotated through Iraq and an estimated 20% are or will be diagnosed with PTSD. The VA is ill-equipped to handle this number because they are understaffed and underfunded by about 80% of what is needed. I have been a vocal and outspoken opponent to the war and have asked for the withdrawal of our troops immediately. As a Marine veteran during Desert storm I feel uniquely qualified to make this case.

The Iraq/Iran issue broadens as the president has made clear that there will be no exit during his administration and almost no outrage for making this public statement that almost assures a draft given we have four super bases in Iraq and ten under construction so we can use our military to protect Saudi and Exxon/Mobil interests while that company's CEO earns $165,000 an hour and a troop will bring down about one-fifth of that in a year. In one day the public spending an extra ten cents per gallon will collectively spend an extra $200 million a day or over $70 billion a year and I see no evidence of pursuing a robust three year alternative energy plan or emulating conservation like cities in Germany have done for almost 50 years. This is neceassry if we want to create a more environment friendly country and bring back a large investment in public transit.

What I do see his China and the US are in a race to gain access to as much petroleum as possible and China's economy will burn through as much petroleum in 15 years what it took the US 40 years to achieve. Tis begs the issue of battle for a natural resource when the American future is in the balance for issues that ought to be funded like single payer national health care and portable education accounts for our kids (I have five) and adults whose jobs are outsourced.

We can see China as our ally and partner with them and seek their building new factories here in the US not just our corporations building there. The US should lead the way in biotechnology advances to include stem cell research and treatments for our aging population.

What wasn't mentioned is I ran against a four-term Republican and as you will witness NONE of the issues I address above are partisan. Because the bottom line is if we don't start using middle class values that emphasize a balance of common sense and action, the thing I hold most dear besides my family, our Constitution, will be without meaning.

Philosophizing, proselytizing and blaming without a vision is nothing more than armchair quarterbacking. So if you vote in a primary, believe in a candidate, but offer no tangible support of time or money, then where does it place anyone other than spectating what will turn out to be bloodsport at the peril of those on the sidelines.

Have I made myself clearer?

Carl
Sheeler for US Senate
www.carlsheeler.com

[opihimoimoi]

77. Hate to say it Morris, he blew it with me...I feel he is a wannabe

without merit...

The polls show him at 4%

First he was a PUB,

Then an Independent,

And now a DEM....yup, a flip flopper

He doesn't answer questions...

A bit Arrogant....

Condenscending too...

His writings does not reflect a PhD...not to me they ain't, but then I am only a HS grad...

I wonder if he reads and what books are in his library??

[CarlSheeler4U]

73. Please read 71.

[leftstreet]

69. Where do you stand on immigration reform?

:shrug:

In spite of the political non-posturing of the online blogosphere, it is THE make or break issue in the 06 elections.

[CarlSheeler4U]

72. Only if we let it. It doesn't even make the top 10 of the public's issues

Kennedy McCain. I support it. There's no practical way to deport 12 million people and the cost would be in the hundreds of billions. Clearly, we need stronger borders. What nobody addresses is we only allow a third of the professionals we use to let in before 9/11 who are scientists and physicians and highly educated and would make a contribution to our society.

Too easy to be caught up in the wedge issues my friend. Same goes for choice and marriage equality. Equality is protected under the way I read our Constitution.

[leftstreet]

78. "It doesn't even make the top 10 of the public's issues"

Uh...you might wanna rethink that.

In any case, politicians get "caught up" in wedge issues - and voters suffer because of it.

[CarlSheeler4U]

79. My point exactly. I won't turn my back on underrepresented

but my attention will always be those who are in the fray every day where their life is on the line. There are too many issues so we as the candidates should focus on those we feel most passionate about and not be sidelines by those that dilute the message.

My sreet cred is the anti-bush, anti-war candidate and it's what I want it to be.

[NJ Democrats]

55. K & R

Go Carl! kick their asses!!!

[CarlSheeler4U]

58. Thanks. Will do with DU'ers behind me.

[CarlSheeler4U]

67. All of the key national issues ought to be nonpartisan

Pull out of Iraq, end millionaire tax cuts, pursue alternative energy, create education accounts and K-College paths for those willing and able regardless of age, single payer national healthcare and make equality a national mandate in the spirit of our Constitution.

[EFerrari]

74. Secure our elections ----> Get rid of HAVA.

:kick:

[pat_k]

75. Sheeler FEC reported funds surpasses that of Sect'y of State Matt Brown

http://pdfserver.prweb.com/pdfdownload/373415/pr.pdf

Way to Go !!!

This caught my eye though:

. . .I believe part of our surge in contributions was from our “BE PATRIOTIC IMPEACH BUSH” billboard erected along I-95 in February. We'll be replacing it in May. . .

Changing the Billboard? Perhaps reconsider? That billboard has become a trademark. Candidates campaignging on Impeachment are still in VERY low supply, and demand is Growing. (Low Supply + High Demand = Strong National Support).

What are you planning to change it to?

[CarlSheeler4U]

76. Your point is very well taken

During the first month after it was up strong support in communication and funds. Then it dropped considerably.

If we raised the funds we asked.... we could keep it up. They run $11k a month.

The new billboard will state Fund our Future Not Bushes War with controversial graphics.

[pat_k]

80. Sent a message to your DU inbox. (nt)

[CarlSheeler4U]

81. Thank you. Got it. You're very compelling. I'm inspired!