An outspoken conservative , Bright was highly critical of John F. Kennedy . In response to President Kennedy 's visit to Texas in 1963 , Bright co-sponsored a political advertisement in the '' Dallas Morning News '' to criticize the president 's policies . The full-page ad ran on November 22 , 1963 , the day that Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas
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