"I am a jelly donut" giggles????
Well, there were some similarities - they were both Kennedys with a thick accent
However, with Arnie it wasn't so much about
what he said (because that was fine) but rather
how it sounded. The locals likened it to "a Styrian farmer impersonating John Wayne". Badly.
Funny thing is , the same had been said about his English by the Americans.
Anyway, I have nothing but respect for the guy - he dipped his quadriceps in sports, arts/business and politics, and made an impact in each of those fields (I'm not saying he's the greatest thespian talent ever, or the most enlightened politican, but he was noticed).
Come to think of it: Arnold Schwarzenegger is probably the most famous Austrian on the planet, ever.
P. S. Yeah, yeah, I know about the other Austrian guy but at that time they had limited mass-media facilities and the world population was at less than a third of today's numbers (and that Austrian guy worked hard to lower those numbers even more) - so in absolute terms Arnie is the winner.