David L. Peterson

David Laker Peterson (June 14, 1955), a member of The Democratic Party of Grevy is the current President of The Democratic Republic of Grevy. Despite criticism at the beginning of term for being “too young” and having a cabinet full of “underage and inexperienced” members, he has risen above this one of Grevy’s most popular and successful leaders.

Early Life

He was born in Train City, Train to parents Tom, a lawyer, and Janice, a singer at a local lounge. More notably, he was born at the very start of Secretary of Development Wes Carter’s big building period in Train (better known as “The Locomotive”), which prevented young David from ever seeing anything outside of the sub-region. Things didn’t get any better during the following eight years after Carter was elected.

On October 21, 1961 (when David was three), his bother Hack Spencer Peterson was born. They got along surprisingly well.

The Locomotive was finally finished when David turned thirteen, when Carter reached his term limit. His family, eager to see anything new, immediately went on a road trip around the nation.

Interest in Politics

His interest in politics sparked when he was sixteen, during the 1972 election, along with Hack’s. They would try to have debates with each other, but it was always impossible because their beliefs were too similar. Even though neither of them could vote (David was 17, Hack was 14), they were both supporters of Democratic Nominee Troy Buchanan. That was when they both decided they were members of the Democratic Party. Buchanan ended up winning by an overwhelming majority.

In his senior year in high school, David was elected to the student council by a large percentage of votes. The next year (1973), he was accepted into Train City University, the biggest university in the nation for law, economics and political science. He finished his first year at the top of many of his classes and became the youngest interschool debate champion. The next year, he became the National Debate Champion.

In his last year of college (1976), he voted for the first time. That is to say, he voted for the re-election of Democratic Incumbent Troy Buchanan. While at the voting station, he met graduating model-in-training Jackie Learner. They dated for a year or two and then married on May 2, 1978. He was 23, she was 22. At this time, they had both graduated. David had degrees in Political Science, Sociology and Economic Arts. On July 12, 1979, Jackie gave birth to David Laker Peterson, Jr., their first child.

In order to help make money for his family, he toured for about half a year (pretty much the remainder of the year) as a standup comic. He was particularly famous for his political jokes, especially his ‘You might be a [political party] if…’ routine. Despite his local popularity, he said it was all for the family and vanished off the scene. However, he still occasional goes to the microphone, “just for kicks”.

"This Week In Politics"

In May of the next year (1980, he was 25), Channel 19 offered him a contract for the position of political commenter for the six o’clock news. He famously declined this offer and ended up taking the coveted 5 PM slot Thursdays on radio station WKNY (Better known as “Frequency 99.3”) with a show known as “This Week in Politics”. In it, he poked fun and commented at the various events, mainly political, as the name suggests. Every week, it also had a new guest on for a traditional talk-show interview. Many of them were people he had collaborated with, important political figures or a combination of the two. A good example would be Chuck Downfall, a Democratic Senator from Train who with he co-wrote the book ‘The World As We (Think We) Know It’. The show became extremely popular. At one point, it was proven that two out of five citizens listened to it regularly on their way back from work.

The show continued to run successfully for six years, until he resigned. It wasn’t due to any negative circumstance, but rather that on December 13, 1986, had officially become a father again. This time, it was to a girl they named Samantha Tiffany Peterson. The now-31 year old announced this with his retirement the day before Christmas.

David Peterson, Author

His political career didn’t end there, though. He spent the next five years as a full time writer, in which he released two books (‘Inside the Jurors Box: Life as a Lawyer’ [1989] and ‘Fictional Reality’ [1991]) which all went directly to the top of the National Best Seller List, and wrote an incredibly popular column for Democratic newsletter ‘The Blue Star’ named “This Week In Politics II” from 1989 to 1992.

The Senate

His works again came to a sudden stop when, when in late March he announced in his own column that he was going to run for Senate. He said the Current Leader of the Democratic Party Bill Childs already approved him as a Dispatch. Shortly after that last column was published, calls flooded in from supporters, some donating, some willing to assist and some just congratulating.

Peterson, 37 at this point, was assigned Mel Court as a campaign manager. It would be good to note that Court was incredibly famous among the party for his amount and variety of connections. David found this out rather quickly, as he found himself giving speeches and appearances at some of the biggest places and events in Train, including the International Firefighters Convention, the Pacific War Veterans Convention at Pacific War Veterans Memorial Building, the Canjii Film Festival and even as a guest on “Late Night with Ben Farmer”. Of course, he was able to use his own connections to get a phone-in interview on WKNY and give a motivational speech at Train City University. He ended beating both incumbent Capitol Jon Chain and Independent Mary-Ann Card by a landslide.

He jumped into a very successful term. In his first two months alone, he gave and sent a successful order for an electronic train system (which was, oddly enough, run by his son), improved the Education and Welfare budgets, and set plans for a Department of Science and Technology. He did manage to write a new book, though, titled ‘How to Become an Overachiever’. In fact, he was so successful that he was elected to another term in 1998.

2000 Election

He didn’t remain a Senator for long, as he set his sights on the Democratic Party Leader/Presidential Candidate Nomination in 2000. He faced four opponents: Fellow Senator Bob Armstrong, former Trade Ambassador Ross Greenberg, businessman Robert Johnson and retired Four-Star General Steve Cob. At 45, Peterson was the youngest candidate the party had in decades. He soon also became the youngest Presidential Candidate as well. He picked his brother, Hack, as Lt. Party Leader. He faced Capitol Martin H. Grant (Full name Martin Horatio Grant, 52) and Independent Janet J. Beckon (Full name Janet Jane Beckon, 43). The results were almost completely split evenly, but even with the help of campaign manager Dr. Keith Patches, Grant emerged as the victor by a margin of 2%.

Party Leader

Peterson spent the next four years (besides waiting for his chance at being elected again) managing the Democratic Party. During his “rule”, Democrats become the majority in the Senate, two more Democratic governors were elected while the rest of them held their seat and party membership increased by 8.1%. He was also planning out his campaign strategy secretly with Dr. Patches.

2004 Election

He finally got to use it in January 2004. He set everything up to give him an early start. He made appearances in many familiar places, such as Train City University, the Pacific War Veterans Convention and the all too familiar studios of WKNY. He also received word while he was on the road in March that Christine White-Peterson (“Junior”’s wife) was pregnant, and he would soon become a grandfather. For his 49th birthday in June, his hometown of Train City donated $49,000,000 to his campaign/party. Although he faced off against familiar opponents Janet Beckon and President Martin Grant, history didn’t repeat itself as expected. Peterson received 48.3% of the vote, which was more than enough to put him in office.

A Fresh Start

President Peterson had a theory for his cabinet: “Younger minds have fresher ideas and aged minds have more seasoned ideas. If a good portion of the mainstream Cabinet Members are young and a good portion of the advisors and Lt. Cabinet Members are aged, we will have a new start on the nation with proper guidance.” This theory has only been proven right so far. The Cabinet itself has only gotten better, now suited with the new Department of Science and Technology. He has also brought Grevy for the first time into the UN, appointing former senator Jack Watt the first UN Ambassador, Also, as of December 29, 2004, he became the grandfather he was promised he would be to a little girl named Hailey. Grevy’s UN status has gone on a roller coaster, but many feel that President David L. Peterson will lead the small, secluded nation into a more respected position in the world.