All the more reason to leave the sophomoric name-calling aside.
For the record, I don't like "funny name tricks" with politicians in debate either. A few talk show hosts I listen to make a constant habit of this ("Hill-lie-ry"), and it isn't all that clever when they do it, and it really grates on me. From the other direction, one of the things I like about this board is that there is a minimum of "Shrub" type crap on Bush here, a trait that is endemic on boards like Democrats.com.