June 27, 2008
Theologian helps Obama find his religious voice
by Chris Hamby
Nashville City Paper
Shaun Casey, a religious adviser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was on a family trip to California in March when he got word -- he was a pinhead.
At least, that was what he was christened by Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly.
Just days before, Casey had been enlisted by the Obama campaign to appear on ABC's Good Morning America to defend the candidate in the wake of controversial comments made by his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. O'Reilly called the defense "nonsense" and "B.S." before saying Obama "needs to explain the situation himself, not that pinhead."
Casey -- who, by the way, has a normally shaped head -- laughed off the insult, yesterday calling it a "badge of honor," during a stop in Nashville for the Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University, where he will speak at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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