There's battle lines being drawn...

People often say what they mean and mean what they say… but are they really who they say they are? During the past week, the airways and social media sites, and my email box have been filled with political ads – some say who the candidates are, but most attempt to tell who their opponents are not. Some of that political rhetoric may be accurate, but it’s hard to tell. Back when I was a kid there was something called “truth in advertising”: imagine that. That simple regulation somehow morphed into “buyer beware”: an ominous trend.  And today we’re unsure if any news is true or fake: a truly sad state of affairs. We should all mourn the death of integrity and honesty in our politics.  Until and unless we hold the politicians accountable to practice what they preach and be what they preach, then we won’t know fact from fiction. If businesses and their leaders acted like that they’d go belly-up and bankrupt – those same financial and moral consequences should be applied to political leaders. If they want to draw lines between themselves and their opponents, let them each simply tell what they’ve done in the past and will do in the future. Period. Then let us judge and decide. Let’s get back to integrity and honesty today.

 David Bednar (born 1952): David Allan Bednar is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints