Again the false left/right paradigm is being thrown in the face of every American with the announcement of Bohemian Grove member and three time Republican administration insider Colin Powell will be part of Barack Obama’s inner circle.

“He will have a role as one of my advisers,” Barack Obama said on NBC’s “Today” in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush’s former secretary of state, endorsed him.

“Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that’s a good fit for him, is something we’d have to discuss,” Obama said.

Powell denies that he knew he would be offered a role in the Obama administration before his appearance on Meet the Press yesterday. Suggesting that these sorts of things are just accidents and there are no private disscussions taking place off camera.

“I won’t lie to you, I would love to have him at any stop,” Obama said with a grin Monday. “Obviously, if he wants to show up he’s got an open invitation.”