And President Jimmy Carter served two terms, followed by Presidents Dukakis, Mitchell, and Kerry. The Soviet Union is still exists and has been using Islamic groups as a front for their continued global expansion. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan died last year and was honored, as the former President of the Screen Actor's Guild, by the Academy at last year's Oscars. Double digit inflation continues into its 3rd decade despite attempts by the Democrat controlled White House and Congress to curb it through further regulation and taxes. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-WV) is quoted as saying, "The last over half a century of Democrat control has been a learning experience for all of us. And if it takes another half a century to fix the economy, we're prepared to stay here for the long run." He went on to attack the Republicans for their negativity in their use of terms such as "big government" and "recession".
All of that may be the political reality today if we believed the political "reality" in the early 80's and again in the early 90's.
Your sermon has nothing to do with the topic at hand. There are selective RINO states in the N.E. which is a political reality.