[I Luv Bush]

You're absolutely right, duckman--I haven't been able to listen for a while, and I caught a snippet of his show last week. My first thought was that he had an annoying vocal affectation a la William Buckley, then I thought that he had some vocal cord damage. His voice is NOT the same as it used to be. People that listen to him every day probably can't tell it, but going from being a big Ditto-head to not listening to him for a couple of years, his voice and demeanor have definitely changed.

[Mobilemitter]

I haven't listened to Rush for nearly a year and then checked in last week to see what he was saying (hoping for some patriotic inspiration). His voice has changed and for the worse. He does have that Buckley-barfiouso sound. Don't know why. Sadly, his content has not improved and that is going to hurt him worse than the voice change.