Salt and Light and Politics

Salt and Light
Salt makes one thirsty and light exposes darkness.  So I wonder how well we have been doing amidst all the political rhetoric flying around social media.  Little snide remarks about this candidate or that one's family affairs or this one's past.  We may be better served spending more time being salt and light about Jesus than Donald or Ted or John or Hillary or Bernie.  Now that's not to say we can't or shouldn't weigh in on the great political debate of the century, because we should...I have.  But, let's focus on the virtues of Christ, after all this is Easter right?  It was Jesus that died on the cross, was buried and on the third day rose again and is the only candidate capable of taking away our sins! 
Jesus said it this way...
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:13-16