The second fictional biographies contest

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Hey, remember the first one? Rules are the same. Put a brief biography of a fictional U.S. politician.

Just one thing, in previous edition like 99% featured fictional Presidents. Now, try to be more diverse

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Barack Hussein Obama II (1961-2002)

Born to a black father and a white mother, Obama was born in Hawaii but moved to Kenya as a child after his mother's death in a car crash (Obama Sr. wasn't a deadbeat). In 1982, a military coup backed by the CIA overthrew the left-leaning president at the time. However, by the Clinton administration, the regime showed signs of weakness. The young Barack was among the leaders of the revolution which toppled the junta and formed a provisional government, which held democratic elections a month later. Barack Obama was inaugurated as the new president in 1999, but sadly assassinated in 2002 by a former military officer who supported the old military government. Obama's main achievements in office included work with U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Al Gore to fight AIDS, and improving Kenyan infrastructure, and despite his short leadership is widely considered among the best leaders in modern African history.

How's that?

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Actually, I meant totally fictional characters, not changing, even significantly, RL figures lives.

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Oh, okay. Still have to admit that mine was awesome.

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Oh, okay. Still have to admit that mine was awesome.

Oh yes

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Robert Kerlinger

Born on April 4th, 1953, to Danielle Halverson Kerlinger, and Adam Louis Kerlinger, in Spooner Wisconsin. Adam Kerlinger, a WW2 veteran, was also, a Doctor. Growing up in a household with 6 siblings (Robert was the 4th child, and the 2nd son), Robert never took a interest in politics, though he was forced by his father to volunteer for the Johnson campaign in 1968.

1969 was the year everything changed. Aged 16, Robert, and four friends went off to Duluth, boarding a flight to Buffalo, and headed down to Yasgurts farm for the infamous Woodstock Festival. It was there he took a interest in politics, after visiting the Progressive Party's booth. Returning to Wisconsin, he continued through High School, graduating in 1971, and attending the University of Wisconsin Medical School, graduating in 1975.

Returning home to Spooner, he married his first wife, Laura French. They divorced in 1977, with no children. In 1979, he marries Rachel Turlinger. His first son, Patrick, was born that year. His daughter Sarah was born in 1986. But it was not too 1980 that Robert entered politics. After 5 years of a small medical practice in Spooner, he decided to make a independent bid for the Wisconsin House of Representatives, which he won, by a percentage.

Serving only four years in the House, he eventually decided to run for Governor, as a independent. In a campaign against Tommy Thompson and Tom Earl, Kerlinger only garnered 4% of the vote. Since retiring from politics, Kerlinger would return to Medicine, and was considered as a potential Reform Party candidate in 1996. He declined to run, and lives in Spooner, Wisconsin.

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[OOC: Some of my fictional characters won't agree with me on stuff, but merely take political positions I find most "interesting". This dude is an amalgram (spelling?) of Patrick Buchanan and a character I once read of in a book.]

Calvin Robertson:

"Washington politicians have poisoned this country's politics with their deficit spending, obsession with foreign intervention, corporatist tarriffs, abandonement of America's wilderness, and failure to preserve American culture!" Robertson cried at the 1996 Reform Party National Convention, looking down on his numerous supporters waving their "Cal '96" signs. Despite not being a very national face six years before when he left his seat in Congress, Robertson had become a national figure, endorsing Pat Buchanan and later Ross Perot in 1992 and working to build the fledgling Reform Party in his political home state of New Hampshire. As a third party candidate, Robertson and his running-mate would take Alaska and New Hampshire as well as 13% of the popular vote.

Born to Howard and Mary Robertson in Cinncinati, Ohio on October 15th, 1942, Robertson spent most of his childhood growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A man whose parents were staunch Republicans who worshipped (rather surprisingly) both Teddy Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge, Robertson would adopt their beliefs in non-interventionism, hard work, and fsical restraint. With good grades in high school, Robertson would move back to Ohio and attend the University of Cincinnati, after which he would be an intern for Congressman Robert Taft Jr. (R-OH), a position he would hold for a few months as he was drafted into Vietnam. Choosing to serve out his tour of duty in Army Intelligence, Robertson would perform his duties without zeal as he viewed the war as "costly, un-necessar, and un-winnable", citing the fact that the vast majority of American troops couldn't even speak Vietnamese and that President Johnson held the policy of what Robertson would refer to as "don't win and don't pull out, the perfect scenario for continued troop loss".

Following his work in Army Intelligence, Robertson would again go back to working fro once again Congressman Robert Taft Jr. In 1968 he would write a letter to Senate Mark Hatfield of Oregon to call on him to "step into a race full of men content to keep American troops dying". However, his attempts to draft the anti-war Republican failed. Being lucky enough to attend the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami, there Robertson would hope to begin a "draft Hatfield" movement, even managing to talk to Congressman Donald Rumsfeld and speech writer Patrick J Buchanan, both of whom were in frequent talks with Nixon. However, nothing came of it. Following the 1968 election, Robertson found himself working for Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), Taft having recommended the aide to the Conservative legend. While he was happy working for Goldwater, Robertson retired from his job working as a Congressional staffer and moved to New Hampshire in 1972, which he liked because of the abundance of forests and mountains in the tucked away New England state, and its Conservative politics didn't hurt.

Settling down in New Hampshire, he married Sarah Burton in June of 1973. The man who had worked for Robert Taft Jr. and Barry Goldwater soon became attracted to politics once again, becoming an activist for fiscal restraint in Concord (no big feat as it was New Hampshire) and for forestry preservation. In a speech to a meeting of the local Young Republicans in 1975, he declared:

"Conservatism is about conservation. Conserving culture, ideals, and land from Liberal forces that would corrupt our values, corrupt our ideals, and corrupt our land. As Conservatives we should stand up to the corporate greed that would ravage our forests and mountains and the decadent spirit that would ravage our churches and schools."

With that, there was some calling to run for a political office among both a younger and older generation of Republicans. The middle generation however though he was crazy. In 1976, Robertson would be elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives (District 2 of Coos County). Re-elected in 1978, Robertson declared his intentions on running for the United States House of Representatives on February 13th, 1980. Winning the primary (beating Judd Gregg who, don't worry, would be elected to the HoR in 1984), Roberstson would be swept back to Washington on election day, 1980. There, he would speak again with his old boss Barry Goldwater. However, his original boss Robert Taft Jr. would sadly be unavailable as he had lost his race for re-election to the Senate in 1976. Robertson made acquaintancees with Congressmen Ron Paul (R-TX), Barry Goldwater Jr. (R-CA), and Duncan Hunter (R-CA), and Senators Mark Hatfield (R-OR) and John Tower (R-TX). He would of course get to know Senators Gordon J Humphrey and Warren Rudman.

Winning re-election in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988, Robertson declared his intentions on running for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator J Gordon Humphrey. He would lose that primary race to the more moderate Congressman Judd Gregg. Temporarily out of a job, Cal Robertson instead stepped onto Patrick J Buchanan's quixotic 1992 run for the Presidency, siding with Buchanan on the issues of foreign intervention, taxes, and tarrifs. After Buchanan failed, Robertson jumped ship and openly endorsed Ross Perot's bid for the Presidency who, despite winning no electoral votes, won 19.9% of the vote and came second in Maine and New Hampshire.

Going into the 1996 Reform Party National Convention four years later, Robertson faced opposition from Connecticut Governor Eunice Groark and former Governor Dick Lamm. However, with Perot's endorsement, Robertson managed to win over the delegates.

Now retired from politics and a supporter of Pat Buchanan's 2000 run on the Reform Party ticket (a ticket which garnered 3% of the popular vote and tossed the election to Gore), and a supporter of Ron Paul's 2004 run for the Republican Nomination, the last position Calvin Robertson has held was Chairman of the Reform National Committee in 1998. "Modern Conservatism has lost its roots" he is oft to say. However, he seems to feel he's done all he could do about it. As for President McCain's foreign policy, "It's a damn disaster".

(OOC, I honest to God made this up on the fly)