Having seen the Wright tapes it's very clear to me now...?

I agree. Obama is the one who can be quoted as saying that Wright had a "profound influence on his life". His relationship to Wright is not that of priest and congregation. He let this guy name his book for pete's sake! He refers to him as his "spiritual guide" and "mentor", he even draws the comparison of family (old uncle to be specific)...only we don't chose our family barack. He has called him an inspiration and attributes his call to politics to him. The fact that he now claims to not have known about the vitriol that Wright spews like poison is ridiculous. the recording is seven years old, and is one of MANY other taped anti everything afrocentric sermons. If you want to lose in the fall, vote for obama...the gop will pigroast him with this. wrights remarks were like pouring a bucket of anthrax all over his message.