Well, I guess my post has been misunderstood, it wasn't meant to be snooty nor over-criticise Bush's spanish.
Of course, people don't expect Bush to speak perfect spanish, he spoke a few phrases and people appreciated that but when he called Aznar by other name (well, it's humorous to mistake your guest's name or to say a phrase that has a double meaning!). Maybe joke was not the more accurate word in English.

When I said that right wing in Spain would be left wing in the US, it was not a snooty attitute. What I meant is that in issues like death penalty, guns, Kioto protocol, social benefits, worker's unions and so on, even the Spanish right wing would more lefty than the democrats in the US. Maybe I'm wrong but the impression I have is that even discussing about death penalty and things like that is politically incorrect in Spain.