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My fellow Democrats, (short pause) I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that I’m a uniter not a divider, because there is a division between Republicans and Democrats. There is a fundamental difference between our two parties.

We, the Democratic Party, see each person as part and parcel of a greater whole. They, the Republican Party, see each as an island unto themselves.

In Wyoming, we understand the lure of rugged individualism. It is, of course, very affirming to stand on one's own, achieving a goal through sheer personal determination. But, as any prairie dog knows, the one who stands alone is most easily made prey.

The Republicans have a dream. (pause) They dream of a man climbing a mountain; fighting and clawing his way to the summit, despite the odds, there to bask in the glory of his solitary conquest. But if that man takes one misstep, or misses one handhold, their barren ideology demands that another step up, latch onto that man, and hurl him to his doom. Feigning compassion, they despise the weak, the poor, the helpless, (short pause) and in doing so they betray the hopes of millions.

We Democrats have a different dream. (pause) We see the same man on the same peak. His hand reaches for a rocky ledge, he misses. As he begins to fall, his better-placed friend grabs his flailing hand from above, and together, together (emphasis on the second "together"), they forge their way to the top.

Republicans claim to champion the cause of personal responsibility. (pause) Democrats find this to be too shallow a calling, too limited a goal. We too believe in responsibility. (pause) Responsibility for ourselves, for our community, for our nation, and for our world.

Thank-you.

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