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[CARDINALRULES]

Bump.

[DouglasKC]

Simply heartbreaking.

[wysiwyg]

Here's the audio from RushLimbaugh.com. The whole transcript is here.

[wjeanw]

Is this just a result of genes, or is this what a lot of boomers can look forward to given their love of rock music and walkmans?

[Alas]

Rush has done a ton of good in the last 14 years. He has been a solid and steady conservative for the most part, and given us reason and laughter during the eight year horror reign of the clinton regime.

I for one will pray for him and hope that he will be able to continue his show.

Messiah Yeshua bless you Rush,

Alas

[The Thin Man]

Thanks for the transcript. This is quite a shock, very sad.

[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!

[ThreeOfSeven]

He has an admirably game way of facing his affliction.

[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?

[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.

[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.