If it's been too long since you thought your head was about to explode and you really miss the feeling, maybe what you need to do is go over to RedState.com and read a 3,471-word essay recommending that the Republicans run an '08 ticket of Donald Rumsfeld and John Bolton.

Yes, really.

What can I say about this except to give you a taste? It's a supersized gift bag of jawdroppers:

The fundamental issue here is one of competence. Both Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Bolton are enormously accomplished individuals....

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And then there's [Rumsfeld's] most recent performance as Secretary of Defense. Rather than running away from this record, how about running on it? How about trumpeting the military success of the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan...?

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Neither man is particularly warm and fuzzy -- although I would pay good money to see either on Oprah.

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I want the President and Vice President who are best qualified to protect us from the threat of Islamic jihad and to defend our global position. Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Bolton have been consistently demonstrating by word and deed not just for a few months or years but for decades that they would do just that.

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Speaking of the VP, there's the moustache. That's facial hair with attitude. It tells you something about the man.

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Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Bolton can grab the cameras and rivet public attention -- and they don’t have to dress in spandex or make a movie to get someone to show up with a microphone.

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I have to wonder from how many the notion of a R-B in '08 ticket elicits a response of "I wish." Well, it seems to me that if we want to win this thing, we have to stop wishing, shake off the cobwebs and focus on what really matters. Do we have to compromise?

This guy (he calls himself "Academic Elephant") is dead serious. And you know what, A.E.? I wish, too.

(Via Instaputz.)

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UPDATE: Pam from Atlas Shrugs is on board ("The Uber Dream Ticket," she calls it -- not exactly the adjective I would have expected her to use, though Johnny and Rummy do seem rather uber to me.)

Oh, and there's a poll at RedState. Go vote! Maybe we can start something here.