B.O. is all about show. He shouldn't have used MLK's Bible.

Cornell West...what a great bastion of Biblical theology...(LOL)...I'm surprised that MLK's Bible didn't burst into flames from having a socialist marxist muslim touch it...

what do you say about obama spending the USA into bankruptcy?

I think this commentary is stupid and embarrassing. MLK Jr. was there and he was fine with it. So, Dr. West should chill out.

Indeed, what would he say about a president of color who greatly expands said poverty, possibly on to future generations?

this brother is cracked in the head!!!!!!

You don't play with GOD or HIS people. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a MINISTER of the Gospel, not GOD.

PREACH!!!!

Makes sense to me.

ADULTERY IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH DECENCY AND DIGNITY

oohh...excellent point!!! Why do folks get sent to jail for drugs when the U.S. C.I.A. and other various U.S. Agencies are trafficking trillions of drugs every year yet the real crooks don't. Can you answer that question Obama the Terrorist?

obama in my opinion.. has brought GREAT shame to MLK .. not only by using his Bible .. but by the lies he told when he promised to uphold the Consitution. obama is a disgrace to America and to the black people in general.

We can all tell the real Martin Luther King Jr. when we meet him on the other side..

Someone wanted to be on tv. Jerk.

Despite the points that Dr. West has brought up I can truly believe that Martin Luther King, Jr. would of felt highly honored to have his bible used (although with that of Abraham Lincoln's) for the oath of in the 2nd inauguration of President Barack Obama.........so he should stop raining on everyone's parade.

I am so bored of this guy's schtick -- having to turn himself into a cartoon character who always wears the same outfit and ludicrous look, what a strutting little peacock!

Content of character not the color of his skin! How has West or Obama come close to that?

Amen .
Obama consistently attains his height by coming in a back door.
Obama didn't earn it . He needs to find his own way to be a leader.
King's fight was continuous & unselfish & didn't care about popularity votes . His conscience was pure & single minded & driven by "his" convictions . We need more people like King . King didn't ride on anyone's coattails,just truth !

this guys a republican...need i say more. They would argue the presidents choice of toilet paper. What a bunch of sour grapes. He won .......Go President Obama. We love you that's why your president.....

Agreed.

Agreed.

I can't imagine that I will agree with Mr. West on much. I do agree with him on his point about using MLK as a political prop. King fought for everyone to have EQUAL protections under our Constitution. He cause was just and right. Obama wants to disregard the Constitution to fundamentally deny our rights. Rights given by God and not man. MLK knew and believed this. Also using God's Word to legitimize his goals is indeed playing with God. Blasphemous.

Caution against idolizing anybody, including MLK.
See nothing wrong with using the swearing in as a point to spread information.
War criminals, poverty, new Jim Crow...etc.

Obama isnt even qualified to carry MLK's umbrella.
MLK performed from his own efforts without the use of speech writers and teleprompters. No comparison between MLK and the annointed one.

"Swearing on a stack of bibles," Cornell, is appropriate if your an habitual liar and using the inaugural as an occasion to lampoon our virtuous Christian heritage, which as you point out, MLK was a part of and Obama is not when he promotes the gay agenda which is unbiblical, he is unethical when his Czar's intellectually molest children in school with it, or uses the Secretary of Defense to force soldiers against conscience and beliefs to institutionalize it, or religious organizations to participate against conscience to administer birth control in Obama-"Care". So yes, it was a white wash by the first black president and the first Lampoon-Augural.

I still don't get how using Dr. King's bible is taming or playing with Dr. King's legacy. It was a show of gratitude for everything that Dr. King had done. It's sad the Cornel West didn't get that.

If Dr. West is interested in running things , he should run for President. MLK111 was ok with POTUS using the BIBLE so should everyone else. They should take away your DR in Theology Dr West.

Oh please...West is interesting within the confines of your head, but totally irrelevant in the real world.

Whether you agree or not, Dr. West 's take on this issue is thought-provoking...Father open our eyes.

This is absolutely ridiculous and so are most of these comments. What an Oscar performance! We did not need this moment in history. We are well aware of the legacy of MLK. I think it was nice that the President wanted to honor Dr King's legacy (especially since it was MLK holiday) by using his bible at the inauguration. The King family felt honored and do not seem to have an issue with it, so why does he? Bernice King was interviewed on CNN and MLK III was on the platform at the inauguration. I used to have much respect for Cornel West. However, the last couple of years he has really shown himself to be devisive and has become no more than a "so called" black leader trying to seize a moment in the spotlight at any cost. I am so sick of Cornel and Tavis complaining all the time, yet offering no real solutions. Anybody can hold a forum or write a book about the problems of Black America, but it takes real courage and leadership to actually do something about it! We should be more supportive and uplifting rather than "crabs in a bucket" trying to tear each other down in order to build ourselves up!