Jack Welch diatribe an accident or GOP narrative?

Ponder this.
Why in the world would Jack Welch come out and go on a diatribe about the LBS unemployment numbers yesterday? Especially after Romney did so well in the debates?
I will present this idea.
Romney came off as a moderate in the debate, yes a moderate. The last year he has tried to plead the case to his own party that he is " conservative" enough and has said whatever he needed to say and waffled on a variety of issues to support this ideology that now dominates the GOP and win the reluctant support of his party.

Even as late as after the GOP convention conservative writers were slamming the Romney campaign.

It is clear at this juncture in history the people of America do not want a extremist from the right or left in the White House so Romney did what he had to do to appeal to that moderate middle away, as he did in Massachusetts to become Governor, and on Wednesday night he did it quite effectively too.

Now less than forty right hours after Romney’s post debate glee in walks  Jack Welch. The perfect and respected former CEO of General Electric. His career at the Fairfield, Connecticut based General Electric epitomizes the best and worst in America Corporatism. He  is revered as much as he once was feared but after what happened yesterday on  numerous cable television shows you have to wonder why in the world he would say this? Of coarse this was proceeded  by his tweet heard around the world, which he posted five minutes after the data was released, accusing the Obama Administration of manipulating the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers. The very same data that the nation has  relied on for decades.Granted there is legitimate criticism and there may need to be  reform but it was actually  during the Richard Nixon administration that  they did manipulate the BLS data and changes have been made to protect the integrity of the  data and how it reaches the oval office.

Bloomberg news last night  had this headline about Welch's claim "Welch Conspiracy Theory on Jobs Data Not Tied to Reality."

So why would Jack Welch say something as absurd as this? A well respected, and equally hated, American business icon?  If you were to visit  the Romney campaign rallies yesterday many in attendance in  were in agreement with this latest conspiracy theory allegedly created by the hands Barack Hussein Obama's Chicago cronies, and now being championed by  the likes of Jack Welch.

That is where the problem begins within the Republican party. There have been numerous and successful attempts to discredit this current Administration from the the Reverend Wright statements, to the birther movement, to accusing Obama of being a Muslim and socialist. Shallow theories that regardless how often and how well they were debunked this narrative has  stayed with a  growing number of American voters. It was only six months ago that Donald Trump was reeling about the birther issue.

Fast forward to a moderate sounding Mitt Romney on Wednesday night. Not exactly what the extremist or the teaparty wings of the GOP wants to hear. It was like seeing a developing Scott Brown who has now become the second most bipartisan Senator and guess what?  He blew up his teaparty allegiances months ago and they are  both from Massachusetts. A sheer coincidence?

This  sounds more and more like a  kick  back by the extremists conservative base to maintain and appease their "liberty" fighting, fear obsessed folks who are threatened by any reach of the Federal government into their lives, especially when it comes to healthcare and taxes. You can only wonder what Mitt Romney is now thinking? On one hand he is simultaneously trying to appeal and be liked  by moderate voters, and on the other side he has to please the real drivers of the GOP, the powerful and wealthy elite of the tea party, and  maybe Jack Welch comments are the warning shot to Mitt Romney not to go to far to the middle?

It is yet to be told but just the silence from actual  Republicans leaders is curious to say the least on these comments. Either way it is painfully clear that Jack Welch is more than willing to take some  shots for his team and fall on his own sword as he  tries to defend a position that he himself said " I have no evidence the numbers were doctored."

Look for him on the next season of The Apprentice as it will be his only legitimate next career move.