Cornell West Goes OFF on Obama (Video)
January 22, 2013
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as posted by the channel"Dr. Cornel West says that President Barack Obama doesn't deserve to be sworn in for his second term as President of the United States with his hand on the bible of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"You don't play with Martin Luther King, Jr. and you don't play with his people, said West. "By his people, I mean people of good conscience, fundamentally good people committed to peace and truth and justice, especially the Black tradition that produced it.""*
Activist and professor, Dr. Cornel West spoke passionately after the inauguration, saying President Obama doesn't deserve to be sworn in with Martin Luther King Jr's Bible. Why doesn't West see Obama as worthy? How would Obama get along with MLK, if he were still living? Cenk Uygur breaks it down
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