Transcript of Rush's announcement

Drudge Report ^ | 10/08/2001 | Rush Limbaugh

[wimpycat]

I haven't listened to him in ten years

Then how would you know what he's been saying the last 10 years?

By the way, there are some people in this world who don't have a kind word for anyone who doesn't agree with their view of the world. You're obviously one of them. I'm not. If either of the Clintons were struck deaf, or if Barbra Streisand lost her voice, or if Alec Baldwin's face was disfigured, or if Rosie O'Donnell or Roseanne had a heart attack, I would not be saying ugly things about it, implying that they somehow deserved it.

[aimhigh]

The unfortunate thing that should become apparent in this is that modern science doesn't know squat about hearing loss. Once people begin to lose their hearing, even gradually, doctors can only measure it, not stop it.

[prognostigaator]

Rush is bearing a cross that very few of us can carry .
And what a family he has....to help him through this minor major setback for an individual such as he...
Much larger than anyone can imagine...

mega dittos ,Mr. Rush Limbaugh!

[The Other Harry]

Bye bye, Kirby.

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

BUMPETY BUMPETY BUMP BUMP !!

[ChemistCat]

Man, oh man. I read that it had happened to him and I thought, okay, this is going to make him better really-- my only complaint about Rush through the years has been his occasional insensitivity to people with disabilities. But I read this and I just weep for him. Nobody ever knows till they go through it, do they? Even when they've gone through it. I hope that makes sense. I'm facing a major loss of body function myself, but I'm in awe of how matter-of-fact he's been about this and how it is changing his life.

[ThreeOfSeven]

He has an admirably game way of facing his affliction.

[Sidebar Moderator]

KirbyJ's profane post was pulled. All the responses calling KirbyJ a profane name, while understandable, are about to be yanked.

Let's keep it clean.

[Tunehead54]

Re KirbyJ:

Rush didn't steal your date to the prom in high school, did he? No? Then why the ad hominem attacks on a guy who, ego or no ego, has arguably advanced the conservative cause more than any non-officeholder in our lifetimes?

Anyone else agree with me?

Ditto!

[clintonh8r]

I feel terrible for Rush. This is a terrible thing for someone who is a professional communicator, as it would be for anyone. I heard his statement today and he was incredibly matter-of-fact about it. I hope he can stay on the air, but wish him the best no matter what.

[nmh]

I hope they find a way to bring back his hearing. If the worst case happens and he is unable to hear, a stenographer could type the words of the caller on the screen so he could read it and respond accordingly. He might have to learn steno or maybe the person could type words.

I sure hope the find the cause of this and fix it. This is a shock. I had no idea this had happened. I don't often have the time to listen to him but when I do, I enjoy him.

[Osinski]

how about rush's email address?

[clintonh8r]

rush@eibnet.com

[Osinski]

rush@eibnet.com

Thanks.

[Tunehead54]

Thanks for the post - like a lot of listeners I missed this during Rummy's news conference.

Very sad for Rush and all of us but I see a silver lining - he's operating at 100% with no hearing. He seems to have to "remember" how to do his x42 voice and he did! I am not going to quibble about an inflection missing here or there. I can only guess he's got transcriptionists burning up the keys as as a caller talks.

Have you ever heard S. Hawking "speak"? As long as the thought is there - I'll take it any way I can get it. He is the best.

As a current example, I thought there was something weird about OBL's "speech" afte we began hammering them.

With Rush's insight I now have no doubt that that speech was made prior to 911 and was intended to be delivered after the atrocities but OBL and his ilk lost their nerve when they saw Dubya respond. They knew they could not tie themselves to this unspeakable sin.

Thanks Rush for making clear what I might have missed - since 1991 when a hard-working fellow - Doug Rowan - in California opened my eyes. I've not contacted him since I left the left coast but I'll fix that.

I was a conservative then but I felt alone - he has brought us together.

God bless you Rush - we'll get through this together.

[Bryan]

Well, as a new arrival on this thread I have no idea what Kirby said. So I'll say this:

Suppose we were to list the people most responsible for rescuing the conservative movement from the ash heap of history, toward which it was headed after Watergate. Rush Limbaugh would have to take the #2 spot behind Ronald Reagan. He has his faults, but in light of his colossal contribution to the conservative movement, they are easily overlooked ...

... by anyone who isn't a left-wing fringe-dwelling flame troll.

[Sender]

The dummiesunderground are really beating him up with mean spirited crap...caring and compassionate as usual. To their credit, there appear to be a few humans amongst them who are saying don't kick someone in adversity. But very few.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!