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Mine was way back during the lead up to the first Gulf War (1990). I was in high school and was obsessed with news about the coming war since this was the first real war I had ever seen in my lifetime (and to a 15 year old it was just a big adventure).

My parents had one of those huge console stereo systems, so I was fiddling with the dial one day and found this guy that was talking about the war so I stopped and listened and ended up listening for the entire show.

My parents were not really big into politics and being a typical teenager I couldn't even tell you what the difference between the two parties was let alone what a "conservative" believed. But this guy on the radio was talking about politics and not only did I find myself paying attention, I also found that I agreed with pretty much everything he said. For the first time in my young life I felt I somewhat understood why the country worked the way it did.

Then my parents started listening because I had the stereo on most of the afternoon and they agreed with this guy that was saying things even they had never heard or paid attention to before and he was entertaining at the same time.

So that is how Rush Limbaugh converted an entire non-political family into die hard conservatives. My mom, who is now 82 still never misses his show as do I, at age 44 now, (at least when my work schedule allows). And I'm sure my dad is still listening from heaven....