I knew it was a matter of time before someone linked the soldiers and former soldiers charged in the plot to kill President Obama to the Republican Party. Gawker reports Isaac Aguigui, the Army private and alleged ringleader of a plot to assassinate Barack Obama and “take over” Ft. Stewart in Georgia, served as a page at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota. Isaac Aguigui was arrested for the alleged murder of former Army private Michael Roark and his girlfriend, who was part of F.E.A.R., for Forever Enduring, Always Ready group.

Aguigui is one of four soldiers charged in Roark’s death, allegedly because he was a “loose end” who threatened to foil their plans. According to the AP, Aguigui and his compatriots bore “distinctive tattoos that resemble an anarchy symbol,” but that’s the extent of the reporting thus far on their political motives.  Source:  Gawker

I wouldn’t blame the Republicans any more than I would blame the Democrats for this mess, but when you have the de facto leader of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, making the argument that the hoopla over tropical storm Isaac hitting Tampa and canceling the first day of the Republican convention was done for Obama’s benefit, then, you have to wonder about the message they are sending to their fringe elements.

This was cross-posted from The Hinterland Gazette.