Methinks the lady doth protest too much

The Republicans are in high dudgeon these days. Actually, they only have one gear when it comes to dudgeon, and they seem to be perpetually in it. The latest outrage is the NAACP's resolution calling on the Tea Party to denounce the fringe members who engage in racist rhetoric, or carry racially themed signs or posters at their rallies. Republicans are responding to this resolution in 2 ways. First, they are condemning the NAACP for calling the Tea Party racists, which they did not actually do. Second, they are calling out the NAACP as hypocrites for not condemning the New Black Panther Party for their racist rhetoric

I don't think it would cause controversy for me to say that 2 wrongs do not make a right. However, Republicans are defending a failure to denounce racism by charging the NAACP with a failure to denounce racism. They may be accurate with the charge, but it is no defense. Wrong is wrong. Politicians on both sides of the aisle often believe that they are above the law. That's fine, it is what they do. But when people defend acts that they deplore by saying the other side does it, too, I am offended by that. As Bill Maher might say, we need a new rule: If you are unwilling to denounce an offense committed that benefits you, you are Constitutionally barred from expressing outrage about the same offense committed by your political rival.