Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said today his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, disrespected him and insulted everything his presidential campaign stands for.

Obama said he had to speak out and end his association with Wright after seeing more of what he called Wright's rant before the National Press Club yesterday.

"I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday," said Obama.

Barack Obama ended his relationship with his controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright.

Following Wright's three day media blitz aimed at redeeming his reputation, Obama had had enough.

His comments were not only divisive and destructive but I believe they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate.

Wright did a sit down on PBS, preached in Dallas, and addressed the NAACP.

But it was his appearance at the national press club that put Obama over the top.

After Wright insisted he was simply defending the black church.

"If you think I am going to let you talk about my momma and her religious tradition, and my daddy and his religious tradition, and my grandma, you got another thing coming," said Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

"Yesterday, I think he caricatured himself. As I said, that made me angry, but it also made me sad," said Obama.

Obama rejected Wright's theories, from the U.S. government's involvement in AIDS to Minister Louis Farrakhan's role as a great leader.

"There wasn't anything constructive about yesterday. All it was a bunch of rants that aren't grounded in truth," said Obama.

Obama especially took issue with Wright's assertion that he was distancing himself from his pastor for political gain.

"We both know that if Senator Obama did not say what he said, he would never get elected," said Wright.

"That's a show of disrespect to me and it is also I think, an insult to what we've been trying to do in this campaign,” said Obama.

Obama had earlier taken issue with some of Wright's statements, but had not disassociated himself from him.

But, Obama says the person he saw yesterday was not the person he met 20 years ago.