So...

Pundits and politicians can pronounce Sonia Sotomayor's name as "So-duh-mire" all day long without fear of claims of sounding unintelligent, yet if someone were to say "George WashingtAN" or "Abraham Lencon", snickers and smirks of affirmation of a lack of intelligence would run amuck. 

So, just to clarify - Anglos mispronouncing names left and right, perfectly O.K. 

Non-Anglos mispronouncing things, "Learn English right!"

Gotcha.