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| | This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics): | | This is a list of significant politicians who had a real career (outside of politics): |
| | *[[Michele Bachmann]] - [[homeschooled]] her 5 children and also helped raise 23 foster children; now is a [[conservative]] candidate in the presidential race.<ref>Also practiced as an attorney before leaving the workforce to raise her children.</ref> | | *[[Michele Bachmann]] - [[homeschooled]] her 5 children and also helped raise 23 foster children; now is a [[conservative]] candidate in the presidential race.<ref>Also practiced as an attorney before leaving the workforce to raise her children.</ref> |
| | + | *[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending |
| | *[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] before it became [[atheistic]] | | *[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] before it became [[atheistic]] |
| | + | *Jimmie Davis - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of [[Louisiana]] |
| | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor, and [[Founding Father]] | | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor, and [[Founding Father]] |
| | *[[Barry Goldwater]] - manager of family department store and an air force general before winning a stunning upset victory for the Republican nomination for president in 1964, moving the entire Party to the right. | | *[[Barry Goldwater]] - manager of family department store and an air force general before winning a stunning upset victory for the Republican nomination for president in 1964, moving the entire Party to the right. |
| | *[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] - Decorated army officer and political writer. First president of the Republic of [[Turkey]] and founder of the modern democratic Turkish state. | | *[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] - Decorated army officer and political writer. First president of the Republic of [[Turkey]] and founder of the modern democratic Turkish state. |
| | + | *[[Jack Kemp]] - star professional football player (quarterback) and architect of the Kemp-Roth tax cuts in the 1980s |
| | *[[Rand Paul]] - physician (non-ABO-certified ophthalmologist), now a major influence in the [[U.S. Senate]] for cutting spending | | *[[Rand Paul]] - physician (non-ABO-certified ophthalmologist), now a major influence in the [[U.S. Senate]] for cutting spending |
| | *[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician), perhaps the single most influential presidential candidate in the past decade | | *[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician), perhaps the single most influential presidential candidate in the past decade |