Liberal Jonathan Alter Declares Himself an Expert on Conservatism

[See NewsBusters for more.] Long-time liberal journalist Jonathan Alter on Tuesday declared himself an arbiter of conservatism and that all the Republican candidates at the presidential debate are failing his test. The man who has assailed “vile” conservatives appeared on MSNBC and lectured, “...It's really kind of crazy that we call this a conservative political party. There's nothing conservative about it, big-c conservative, small-c conservative.”   Speaking of Republicans, Alter sneered, “They shouldn't be called conservatives anymore. They are radicals who want, you know, radical change in the American system. .” The candidates’s crime? Calling for more tax cuts. The former Newsweek editor mocked the Fox Business event: "It was much calmer than in the CNBC debate. It was more substantive, but they were living in cloud coo-coo land when you actually look at the economics.”