Bush Unveils "Don't Make Me Go Medieval on You" Doctrine

So many of us had a little chuckle when Dubs did his Dirty Harry impression during the State of the Union Address, saying of suspected terrorists:

Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way—they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies.

Still more of us groaned when the president, apparently mistaking himself for Bill Pullman's character in Independence Day, landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a S-3B Viking jet and proceeded to give the first stump speech of the 2004 campaign.

But I think this one may have crossed the line separating the merely risible from the creepy-awful:

There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring them on. We've got the force necessary to deal with the security situation.

When did Randy "Macho-Man" Savage become the leader of the free world?