The article that you listed under [1] to support the fact that Obama lacked legal authority to "shake BP down" says absolutely nothing about Obama's legal authority. I bet you hoped no-one would actually read it.
And by the way, how do you know that "enough" people in business think these things are true? Yours is a very dangerous type of reasoning. It allows one to spread lies and disinformation, and then say "well it does not matter whether all these stories are true, it matters that people may think that they are true" ...
By now it is an obvious fact that any democrat president will be relentlessly attacked from certain corners of the media regardless of what he does. So saying that a bunch of stories or statements are out there is not saying much at all. These stories will always be out there for any even slightly liberal president.
For example, it is clear by now that the Clinton administration was very good for most business and especially silicon valley. But if you listened to certain media outlets at the time you would think that Clinton was a Maoist dictator that rounded up all business people and sent them into gulags.
And by the way, how do you know that "enough" people in business think these things are true? Yours is a very dangerous type of reasoning. It allows one to spread lies and disinformation, and then say "well it does not matter whether all these stories are true, it matters that people may think that they are true" ...
By now it is an obvious fact that any democrat president will be relentlessly attacked from certain corners of the media regardless of what he does. So saying that a bunch of stories or statements are out there is not saying much at all. These stories will always be out there for any even slightly liberal president.
For example, it is clear by now that the Clinton administration was very good for most business and especially silicon valley. But if you listened to certain media outlets at the time you would think that Clinton was a Maoist dictator that rounded up all business people and sent them into gulags.