Bush atty gen: Obama has ‘obligation’ to replace Scalia

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http://www.alan.com/2016/02/15/bush-atty-gen-obama-has-obligation-to-replace-scalia/#

"I know there's a big debate going on right now about whether or not Obama should nominate someone," Gonzales told CNN's Chris Cuomo, according to Raw Story.

"From my perspective having worked at the White House and the Dept. of Justice, there's just no question in my mind that as president of the United States, you have an obligation to fill a vacancy," he continued.

"I suspect President Obama is going to do his job," he said. "And after he does his job and nominating a hopefully qualified individual, the Senate will do its job eventually on its own calendar."

"The bottom line from my perspective, is the president has to do his job in nominating a qualified individual and then the Senate does it's job in assessing whether or not this person is qualified for a lifetime appointment on the court based upon experience, based upon ideology and based upon integrity," he added.

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1. Gonzalito offers fig leaf to Republican Senate. nt

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2. Even a broken clock can be right

twice a day - as they say - isn't this the jerk who wrote the torture memo?

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3. John Yoo wrote the torture memos

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4. Thank you

I sometimes get my jerks mixed up.