One more thing on the second debate.

William Safire has this to say in his glowing and woefully deluded article about Bush's debate performance:

When Kerry complained again of "going it alone," Bush was ready with a powerful counterpunch: "Tell Tony Blair we're going alone. Tell Silvio Berlusconi we're going alone. Tell Aleksander Kwasniewski we're going alone."
This not only showed that Bush knew these allies personally, but could also pronounce Kwasniewski's name, which reminded Polish-Americans that Poland's president had responded angrily to Kerry's brushoff of his country's sacrifices in the first debate. (Next day, Australians re-elected John Howard, a staunch coalition member, who trounced a cut-and-run opponent - good news for coalition leaders.)

Why is it that so many conservatives believe that the ability to pronounce the names of world leaders indicates that you have a firm mental grasp on the complexities of foriegn policy?