Yep. What's he talking about -- soul searching? I wonder if he's sick?

Exactly!!! I thought it was just my radio shorting out. But his voice does sound different -- less "manly" than usual. Hope he is not in serious medical trouble.

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To be honest it almost sounds distorted at times. I wonder what's going on here. Hope the guy is okay.

He sounds terrible; maybe the radio station is playing tricks to compress the sound with all of the news updates.

ya know you're right. Is it because he's not using that phony aristocratic tone ?

LOL! There for a second it sounded like Drudge talking. I think his nose could use a really big tissue and he needs to take care of that issue.lol!! I was just wondering if it was actually Rush or someone from Art Bell's neighborhood doing the show.

Maybe it's just gas. < /sarcasm >

Geesh! Leave the guy alone. He takes off a week, and everybody thinks he's got a terminal illness.

Beyond higher register...he sounds nasal..almost like Bachelor and/or Alexander from WABC in NY!

People around here have said recently that they think his voice has sounded different, and up until now I couldn't hear a difference, but there's no doubt he sounds different today. It's almost annoying.

He talked about discussing something serious. I'm wondering if there is some kind of heath problem. Maybe he's experimenting with pre-taped shows, like he did yesterday, because he is going to be out of action for a while.

Well, he'll tell us eventually.

That's an interesting take. I wonder if it has any validity. I'd hope that it does. I'd hate to think something was wrong with the guy's voice.

I wonder if he's sick?

I believe he is. He said he had planned to explain why he was out last week for the whole first hour but that the attacks precluded that. He also said we were misinformed and that he was not on vacation last week, that he wished he was. Throat cancer maybe?

He finally admitted a few weeks ago there is something wrong with his voice....he was concerned it was "getting higher" in pitch.

You are SO right!!! I am delighted. I turned him on because of your comment and he sounds back to his old self. I had stopped listening to him because he sounded fake for the past few months. He sounded as though he was playing to his video coverage, like a B-rated actor trying to be an opera star. Even my kids complained when I turned him on.

Nice to have Rush back to a regular-Joe.

Rush sounds like he used to sound. I tuned in the other day--hadn't been able to do so because of work for a while--and wondered if someone else was trying to take his place. It was very distracting to me and after a little while, I tuned him back out. It sounded like Tony Snow (whom I like just fine) doing a Rush imitation. Now Rush sounds like himself again and I'll continue listening.

I didn't even recognize the voice at first!

I'm willing to be he had nodules on his vocal cords and has had them removed.

Happened to a friend of mine. Went from a baritone to first tenor. The surgery can tighten your vocal cords. His recovery time was about a week.

He sounds like Maxwell Smart. He said that he was going to talk about something personal later in the show.

I bet hacklers are having a HAYDAY distorting his voice. I thought he'd pick it up long time ago. Someone is having fun at the expense of EL Rushbo! He better look into it QUICKO!