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You are imputing a motive without any evidence. The IRS was going after the tea party because of the high likelihood they were tax cheats. Yes, that is unconstitutional profiling most likely. But that is a far cry from "sickig the IRS onthem to bring them down.". It is simply sicking the IRS on them tools sure they paid their taxes! If they hadn't tried to apply for tax skeptic a they didn't actually qualify for then they would have had no problem.
You are assuming that I've already come to the conclusion the President actually did this (I haven't). Hit rewind and try again. I didn't argue that the President sicced the IRS on them, I said that if he did it would be a giant misuse of his authority. You are forgetting that the IRS already admitted to and even apologized for focusing on conservative groups in particular. You're trying to change my point by arguing that I'm already condemning this president for deliberately misusing the IRS (I'm not) and by implying that I think it's acceptable for those conservative groups not to pay their taxes (I don't). It won't work.
I just saw your edit: "I'm the first one to argue that the method the IRS used was unconstitutional but I would never dream of impugning their motives without hard evidence like you are doing."
I never did that. This is an extremely poor display of reading comprehension.