Posted on 08/01/2018 6:26:11 PM PDT by vannrox
In honor of the Rush Limbaugh Show reaching 30 years old today, I would like Freepers to post and collect their memories. Memories of when they first listened to the Rush Limbaugh Show, and why you kept on listening to it.
I'll start...
It was 1993. Bill Clinton was elected and he was on television, and the radio discussing his budget. He was talking about all the great plans that he had to remove man from space, end the "boondoggle" of the "Freedom " space station, and mothball the space shuttles so the money could be used "for the children". He was promoting what a great boom to the American worker that NAFTA and extended relations with China would be. He talked about how he was going to restore ethics to Washington, DC.
Every show and every radio station was gushing with praise for this man. It was sickening. The women looked like they were fawning and near fainting near him. The men was nodding vigorously and everyone was talking in excited tones about how America will lead the world by undoing Reaganism.
There was only one man who had a contrary view. That was Rush Limbaugh.
So while the rest of America praised the new America led by Clinton, and was looking forward to the new trade agreements with NAFTA and China, I was huddled in my living room, listening to Rush on the radio on a dark and stormy West Virginia night. Only Rush gave voice to how I felt.
I’d say 1990 i was on my home from work and l stumbled onto to a guy on the radio referring the “The REVERAND Jackson” and l thought finally someone else has noticed what a phony opportunistic race hustler Jessie was. Then he hit the femanazis and l have not stopped listening since.
She passed before the November election was held, but we got to watch the debates together and follow the topics on Rushes show.
I’d ask the kid if he wanted me to change the channel, at 8 he was like “No I like this guy” LOL
1993. I was told he was the devil incarnate when I was in college. Started working in the real world and saw how much I was getting jobbed and came across Rush. By next year I voted strait GOP during the Republican Revolution (remember it had been decades since they held the house). Never looked back.
I went looking for his radio show the next day.
Within a few days I realized this guy was speaking common sense as few had the courage to do so.
I got to get a call in on his show a little over a year later. Still have the tape recording somewhere too.
Right before I got fired partially for telling my high school students about him years ago. The rest of it was being strict in class and having real expectations of learning. No one would defend us back then. Now, every 1,000 times or so some conservative will have the nerve to defend another conservative.
I seem to remember Rush Rooms. Weren’t they restaurants that played his show or something to that effect?
In November 1988, I was driving through the Central Valley of California. My company car only had AMFM so I was scanning through stations trying to find something to listen to. I found Rush and my first thought was, this guy saying what I think. I was so impressed I tried to remember his name to find him on a station in Southern California. Probably about february 1989 I saw KFI640 Billboard with Rushes name on it and I’ve been listening ever since.
I first saw him on his TV show during summer vacation. My Mom watched it, and I sat in for a few.
If I remember right he had a show on TV.
I lived in VA, near Langley AFB, with several military family neighbors. I was all worried about the start of Gulf War I, and fretting way too much. My dear Auntie encouraged me that all would be well. She said I needed to listen to Rush Limbaugh. I said, “Who?” So, the next day or so, I tuned in for the first time, and the rest...as they say...is history. Have listened ever since, and enjoyed every bit!
1992? My father said “you’ve got to listen to this guy!”
I believe it was late 1989 or early 1990. It was in the winter in Yuma, Arizona.
I arrived there in September of 1989 to take over the leadership of the Meteorology Team at Yuma Proving Ground. I was visiting one of the upper air radiosonde sites (building 3555 on KOFA) when I heard Rush on the radio. I asked who was that on the radio?
I was told it was Rush Limbaugh.
I remember those! None were near me though.
I don't think Rush does them much anymore, but he used to have the "update" segments with sound effects which were pretty funny.
Rush plays it safer now, and doesn't push the envelope like he used to. He's still great, just different.
Air campaign began in the first Gulf War. I was searching for news on the radio, and I heard a guy talking about how liberals were whining about how we were being mean to the enemy.
I was walking through my small town Walmart (pre-Super Center) in ‘93 and they had him on and he was going on about Clinton being a gifted liar. I was hooked.
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....
Driving on Sunday to Telluride Co from Colorado Springs...Building a hotel there...
It was a rerun on a radio station in Grand Junction ....
I though he was a preacher.....did figure out it was on M-F
His show was great back then when he had parodies ....to many ads now
My husband discovered him first, although I don’t know how he found him. I hadn’t heard him yet, and we were walking through Disneyworld with our 4 children when we passed the Star Wars ride. They were playing the music that Rush used to play when he was talking about Gorbachev, and my husband blurted out “Gorbasm!” I thought he said something else and looked at him in disbelief and embarrassment. On our drive home, he was playing Rush on the car radio and he explained what a Gorbasm was. That was in 1991.
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