The truth is non-partisan

I don't know if you remember me. I served in the French mission at the same time you did. I arrived in Paris in June of 1968. You were the Assistant to the President.

Since that time, I have watched your career with interest and admiration.

However, I'm a little disappointed with your campaign for president.

It seems to me that you ran a dirty, divisive campaign. I don't think your attack ads helped your cause. People are tired of that kind of politics and your ads smeared rather than informed. I think the Biblical quote "you reap what you sow" may apply here.

I know that you are a person of great integrity. However, in your campaign, you came across as lacking strong principles. Your message and your life practices seemed to be out of sync. You need to base your campaign on solid principles, defend those principles, and not change your position with every "wind" from the pollsters and every "whim" of your advisers. Sometimes you have to take positions that are not popular.

I don't really believe you understand the Constitution. If you did, you would see that it provides a solid foundation and path for how government should operate. It can provide the principles on which you can base your political life just as the scriptures can guide your spiritual life.

I think you might have been a good president had you run a principled and clean campaign.

One benefit will come from your campaign. You have made it easier for another Mormon to run at another time. I hope we have someone in the upcoming generation who also sees it is worthwhile to run for president.

So thanks. I wish you well. John Fisher