We both try to speak Spanish with varying degrees of success.
Language Log summarized via video some of his Spanish attempts during the preparations for hurricane Irene this weekend: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3399
And if you haven't seen it, he's been satirized on Twitter as El Bloombito. http://twitter.com/#!/ElBloombito
I think my Spanish is better than his, but I do empathize with him. Speaking another language and sounding like an idiot isn't an easy thing to do. I do it every day here, but (fortunately) not in front of millions of people on TV.
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