Gilgoff intervieweth:I asked Gingrich if his conversion had changed some fundamental political beliefs for him. He said it was the other way around--that political developments had made him more overtly Christian: "The whole effort to create a ruthless, amoral, situational ethics culture has probably driven me toward a more overt Christianity.Such as his engineering of the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 1994?
"ruthless, amoral, situational ethics"
Hmmm. Perhaps this is an example of such situationalism?
In April, when Fox's Van Susteren asked if waterboarding is torture, Gingrich said: “I think it’s something we shouldn’t do,” and later he added, “Lawyers I respect a great deal say it is absolutely within the law. Other lawyers say it absolutely is not. I mean, this is a debatable area.”
also:
VAN SUSTEREN: But you said a minute ago that it was torture, waterboarding…
GINGRICH: No, I said it’s not something we should do.
VAN SUSTEREN: OK. Is it torture or not?
GINGRICH: I — I — I think it’s — I can’t tell you.
VAN SUSTEREN: Does it violate the Geneva Convention?
GINGRICH: I honestly don’t know
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...