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2006 Texas Platform, Click here * 2004 Texas Platform, Click here * 2002 Texas Platform, Click here * 2000 Texas Platform, Click here * 1998 Texas Platform, Click here *
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Prepared for delivery to the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee at the Austin Municipal Auditorium, November 22, 1963. Click here:
Prepared for delivery at the Dallas Trade Mart, November 22, 1963. Click here:
Other speeches of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy. Click here:
Click here for the statement of Barbra Streisand, to her fellow Democrats
Click here to research the list of vetoes of Rick Perry in 2001, while he served as the unelected, acting Governor of Texas. Perry was placed in this office because of a decision by Katherine Harris, Secretary of State of Florida.
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