"Center of our agenda". Bushism? Speechwriter slip?

[Career Prole]

From Shrubby in Belgium today:

"This approach not only reduces the danger to free peoples, it honors the dignity of all peoples, by placing human rights and human freedom at the center of our agenda."

Now, I was under the impression that an agenda, being a list, would read from top to middle to bottom. So, apparently, are many others because if you Google "center of our agenda" you get a whopping 82 hits.
In comparison "top of our agenda" gets 11,800 hits.

So was this term an ad libbed Bushism, a speechwriter screw-up, a major policy change placing freedom and human rights much lower on the "to do" list, or have we somehow acquired a circular agenda?
:wtf:

[TwilightZone]

1. He probably meant "centerpiece", but we all know that...

Bush can't speak words that are more than two syllables, so he probably shortened it.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Gee, what would that list include?

Wars of aggression
Propaganda
Torture
Disappearances
Indefinite detention without charge

That's some agenda for freedom and human rights.

[Career Prole]

3. Eureka! I think I've figured it out!

We must have an "agenda dartboard"! :bounce:

[CountAllVotes]

4. more "Bushisms" uga uga !! ;-)

"I'm also mindful that man should never try to put words in God's mouth. I mean, we should never ascribe natural disasters or anything else to God. We are in no way, shape, or form should a human being, play God." —George W. Bush, ABC's 20/20, Washington D.C., Jan. 14, 2005

"I want to appreciate those of you who wear our nation's uniform for your sacrifice." —George W. Bush, Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 14, 2005

"I speak plainly sometimes, but you've got to be mindful of the consequences of the words. So put that down. I don't know if you'd call that a confession, a regret, something." —George W. Bush, speaking to reporters, Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2005

"Who could have possibly envisioned an erection — an election in Iraq at this point in history?" —George W. Bush, at the white House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2005

"We need to apply 21st-century information technology to the health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the I.T." —George W. Bush, Collinsville, Ill., Jan. 5, 2005

more here:

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm

:dem: :kick:

[Roland99]

9. I like: "I look forward to moving forward." - Jan. 25, 2005

[wtmusic]

5. Good catch...prolly a speechwriter screwup

Even the pubbies used to have competent speechwriters

[Career Prole]

6. Maybe they outsourced the speechwriting

and encountered translational difficulties. :D

[New Earth]

7. LOL

:hi: by the way!

[Career Prole]

8. Hi, Faye!

:hi: