OK, so Obama knew his pastor made controversial remarks. So then it should have come as no surprise then that Wright made very controversial remarks.

“Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely,” said Obama.

But he said the snippets of Wright’s sermons circulating on cable television and the Web in recent days do not tell the whole story about Wright.

“As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children,” Obama said.

Yet he had Wright serve on his campaign, that is until his sermons came to light.

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose sermons raging against the U.S. have sparked controversy, is no longer formally tied to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign, an Obama spokesman said late yesterday.

He knew about the remarks before then but it took the news media getting a hold of them before he did something about it. Wonder what Wright will do informally or what he may do in the future administration were Obama to become President.

Obama said he wasn’t aware of Wright’s incendiary comments until he began running for president early last year.

Yet he still had Wright serve on the campaign knowing. That is telling.