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  • Jimmy Carter Announces Sudden Passing of 28-Year-Old Grandson to Sunday School Class

    Former President Jimmy Carter is grieving the sudden passing of his 28-year-old grandson. Jeremy Carter’s untimely death was completely unexpected.

    Despite learning of this devastating loss just hours earlier, Jimmy Carter still went to church on Sunday. He addressed his Sunday School class as planned–using his loss as a means of discussing grief. He told the class to “be filled with a sense of joy and thanksgiving.”

    “I should be joyful and thankful to God for giving me both life and freedom,” he said.

    Jimmy Carter regularly teaches a Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. Just two Sundays ago he announced happy news. The radiation treatments he underwent removed all traces of cancer from his body.

    Jeremy Shoulta is the pastor of Jimmy Carter’s church. He confirmed the former president’s announcement about his grandson to CNN.

    “Jeremy Carter had not been feeling well [on Saturday], and at some point later in the day he had gone to sleep, and during the course of that time, his heart stopped,” the pastor said. “[President Carter] was shaken. He was obviously sad, although he was able to teach and he was able to present the lesson as well as he always has. But it was apparent to everyone there that this was weighing on him very heavily.”

    The grace Jimmy Carter showed in the face of grief is inspiring. Many people his age would wonder why he got a reprieve from his cancer, yet his young grandson died. They would have lamented the unfairness of the devastating situation.

    Jimmy Carter has long been strong in his Christian faith. He no doubt believes that one day soon, he and his grandson will be reunited in Heaven.

  • Paula Deen Back on Cable TV With ‘Paula Deen’s Kitchen’

    Paula Deen is ending a lengthy hiatus by returning to cable TV with a new show called Paula Deen’s Kitchen. The former Food Network star, who was dropped faster than a hot, buttered biscuit for admitting she’d used the N-word, will soon debut her new show on Evine Line–previously known as ShopHQ. Paula Deen’s Kitchen premieres Wednesday with a three-hour show.

    It’s been 22 months since Deen was ostracized for her racially offensive talk. Since then her media appearances have involved mostly apologies and admissions of guilt. There was one exception, however, and that’s when Paula Deen made a red-carpet appearance during Evine’s live broadcast from The Plaza Hotel on Valentine’s weekend.

    In addition to losing her contract with the Food Network, Paula Deen also saw millions of dollars in endorsement contracts and publishing deals slashed, including Ballantine Books, Caesars Entertainment, Home Depot and Walmart.

    The NY Post reports that the controversy about Deen erupted from a lawsuit–filed in March 2012 by a former employee of the celebrity chef and restaurant owner–that charged Paula Deen and her brother with sexual harassment and racially offensive talk.

    In June of 2013, former President Jimmy Carter came to the defense of Paula Deen, saying she had been punished more than enough.

    President Carter said Paula Deen was “punished–perhaps overly severely–for her honesty in admitting it and for the use of the word in the distant past.”

    Evine CEO Mark Bozek recently appeared on Bloomberg TV and echoed Carter’s sentiments.

    “Everybody makes mistakes,” he said, adding that Paula Deen “has a good soul” and “a huge fan base.”

    Do you think Paula Deen’s Kitchen will gain back many of the viewers who watched the southern cook prior to this scandal? Will Paula Deen forever be associated with her use of the N-word?

  • Here’s 30 Minutes Of Eric Schmidt Talking With Jimmy Carter

    Google’s annual Zeitgeist conference is underway in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and the company has been uploading numerous discussions from the event to YouTube. Following is Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in a half-hour discussion with Jimmy Carter.

    Bill Clinton is reportedly also speaking at the event.

    Other currently available videos on the Zeitgeist Minds YouTube channel include: Laura Tyson, Lawrence Lessig, Dr. John Noseworthy and Tom Brokaw, Michael Morton, Kimberly Motley, Kevin Richardson, Kevin Pearce, Gavin Preator, Joanna Barsh, Adam Grant, Bob Roth, and Robert Krulwich.

    Here’s another of Schmidt talking about “the interconnected, improving world”.

    The videos also have transcripts on their respective YouTube pages, so if any catch your eye, but you don’t have the time to sit through them, you can skim those.

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  • Jimmy Carter Calls Out Climate Skeptic Nutcases

    In 1979, President Jimmy Carter became the first president to install solar panels on the White House. At the time, the nation was facing an impending oil crisis from the Arab Oil Embargo and Carter was cementing his presidential legacy as the one president, besides Teddy Roosevelt, to give a damn about the environment. Not only did he add 32 solar panels to the White House (only later to be taken down by Ronald Reagan…), but President Carter was also responsible for expanding the national parks system into Alaska, establishing a national energy policy, creating the Department of Energy, and for telling Americans to stop turning up the heat in the winter and put on a damn sweater or something.

    Jimmy Carter was an environmental activist as president, and he still is today.

    In speaking at the American Renewable Energy Day Summit in Aspen, Colorado, Carter expressed his views and opinions on the current state of energy and the environment in the United States.

    Carter began by chastising the United States for its failure to keep up with other countries in terms of providing energy through renewable resources. Whereas Canada provides approximately 64 percent of its energy through renewables, “The United States is right at the bottom, with only 10 percent of our energy coming from renewable sources. So we still have a tremendous opportunity to do what we haven’t done.”

    While the United States ranks at the bottom of the list, Carter does not blame the president, who he feels is doing his job but is constantly limited by Congress’s petty grudges. Instead, Carter blames the nutcase climate change deniers:

    I would say the biggest handicap we have right now are some nutcases in our country that don’t believe in global warming. I think they are going to change their position because of pressure from individuals, because the evidence of the ravages of global warming are already there.

    However bad the current status of the United States is, though, it isn’t doomed. Carter stated that “we [the United States] need something like a carbon tax, which is a reasonable approach.” Due to Congressional blockage, however, Carter believes that there may be a better solution:

    I don’t look at the present hold-up concerning changing to renewable energy to be an insoluble problem. I have always felt that the best key to get international support, in this case global warming, is for the United States and China to agree on anything. I think we are going to begin to realize that a superpower is not just who dominates economics and military, but I would say that one of the characteristics of a superpower is to take the leadership or make a pledge to the rest of the world to [address] climate change.

    With the leaders of the United States currently being obsessed with conflicts in foreign countries and international concerns, former President Carter’s approach may be longer in the making than he or any other environmentalist could care for.

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  • Jimmy Carter’s Grandson Running: A Dynasty Born?

    Political dynasties are a part of America’s storied history. Right from the start there were the Adams, John and John Quincy, the second and sixth presidents of the United States, respectively. By the 20th century, we had the Kennedys. We are all familiar with Bushes, father and sons. And of course, there are the Clintons.

    But there may well be another name to add to the ranks of dynastic political families — Carter. Jimmy Carter is well-known to Americans as our former president. But now we have his grandson, Jason Carter, running for governor of Georgia, his grandfather’s old job.

    The former president says he is only playing a minor role in his grandson’s campaign. And most commentators will allow that Jason keeps his grandfather at arms length, distancing himself from some of the elder Carter’s stances.

    “I love my grandfather, but we disagree,” Jason Carter says. He specifically points to his own stance on the death penalty. Jason Carter is a Democrat, but he supports the death penalty.

    The former president has admitted that Jason has turned down offers for his grandfather to speak at events in support of him.

    “There are a lot of people in Georgia, which, as you know, is a red state – has been in the past – who look with great disfavor on my administration as governor and president. And I recognize that, without any hesitation.

    “He wanted the people of southwest Georgia to see that he was a man of his own. He didn’t want the attention to be focused on me and Rosalynn.”

    Jason Carter serves in the Georgia state senate, and is currently running neck-and-neck with the state’s current Republican governor, Nathan Deal. Deal has been under fire for alleged problems with his 2010 gubernatorial campaign.

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  • Malia Obama Turned Sweet 16 on the 4th of July

    Malia Obama turned sweet 16 on Friday–the 4th of July. The daughter of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama is just one of several White House daughters to celebrate this milestone birthday while their dad was in office.

    Twins Barbara and Jenna Bush turned 16 while their father George W. Bush was president. Chelsea Clinton–who is expecting her first baby in the coming months–turned 16 when Bill Clinton was in office. Who can forget little Amy Carter who skipped through the White House during Jimmy Carter’s one-term White House reign? She turned sweet 16 at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., too.

    And then there’s Susan Ford, whom the media heard little about, except maybe for that 16th birthday milestone. Her mom Betty Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after Gerald Ford took office, so Susan took a bit of a back seat to the media reports.

    And Lyndon B. and Ladybird Johnson’s two daughters Luci and Lynda both celebrated their sweet 16 birthdays in the White House, too, when their dad stepped into the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

    Even though all of these young girls–most of them grown women now–celebrated these milestone birthdays while their famous fathers were president, times have definitely changed from Luci and Lynda Johnson to Malia Obama. The president and Mrs. Obama strive for normalcy for both Malia and sister Sasha Obama.

    “They really want normalcy, and the White House isn’t normal,” Michelle Obama said during an interview with Jimmy Fallon a few months ago.

    “The truth of the matter is, they have more freedom than maybe we might have anticipated,” President Obama said.

    He added that he doesn’t worry as much as he thought he might–especially about the prospect of dating.

    “I’ve got men with guns following them around all the time,” he told Steve Harvey a while back.

    So exactly how did the Obama family celebrate Malia Obama turning 16? Well, Pitbull entertained on the White House Lawn as part of the annual 4th of July event there. That’s not a bad way for a teenager to celebrate her big day.

    Can you imagine what it must be like to be a teenager in the White House? Like all the young ladies who celebrated these birthdays before her, Malia Obama doesn’t have the freedom of simply picking up her phone and arranging to meet a group of girlfriends at the mall. She can’t accept an invitation to a new friend’s home or arrange to attend a sleepover at another teen’s house. Still she is enjoying opportunities that most 16-year-olds–and many adults, too–can only dream of experiencing. She’s been privy to a wonderful wardrobe, a Pitbull concert on her south lawn, and world travels.

    Life really isn’t so bad for Malia Obama. And to top it all off, since she’s now 16–she can apply for a driver’s license. Does it get any better than that?

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  • Jimmy Carter: Obama Never Consults Me

    Jimmy Carter: Obama Never Consults Me

    In a recent interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Former President Jimmy Carter, 89, expressed sadness that Obama never asks for his opinion. Carter said that many other past Presidents have gotten in touch with him.

    It appears that the former president would like for Obama to call him.

    Carter expressed sadness during an interview Sunday that Obama doesn’t ever call him for advice. “Unfortunately, the answer is no,” Carter said after he was asked whether Obama ever calls him to ask for his opinion on domestic and international matters.

    Looking as if he might have lost a friend, former president Carter added:

    “President Obama doesn’t, but previous Presidents have called on me and the Carter Center to take action,” and he listed others former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and even Ronald Reagan who have enlisted his help or asked for an opinion.

    He was then asked why he thought Obama didn’t get in touch with him to ask him his thoughts on domestic as well as international issues, Carter suggested that it had to do with their differing views on how to best achieve peace in the Middle East.

    “That’s a hard question for me to answer with complete candor,” Carter said. “I think the problem was that in dealing with the issue of peace between Israel and Egypt, the Carter Center has taken a very strong position of equal treatment … and I think this was a sensitive area in which the President didn’t want to be involved.”

    “But I can understand those sensitivities and I don’t have any criticism of him,” he added.

    Carter, who was President from 1977 to 1981, also expressed fear that the federal government is “probably” spying on him.

    In regard to the National Security Agency (NSA), he comments, “As a matter of fact, you know, I have felt that my own communications were probably monitored, and when I want to communicate with a foreign leader privately, I type or write the letter myself, put it in the post office and mail it.”

    He has previous criticized the NSA stating, the surveillance practices have “been extremely liberalized and I think abused by our own intelligence agencies.”

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  • Jimmy Carter Thwarts NSA, Uses Post Office

    Jimmy Carter Thwarts NSA, Uses Post Office

    Jimmy Carter, in an interview for NBC’s Meet the Press, says he uses snail mail when communicating with foreign leaders. He is pretty sure that the NSA is spying on him, a fear that is not unfounded, according to Fox News.

    “I have felt that my own communications are probably monitored,” the former Democratic president said. “And when I want to communicate with a foreign leader privately, I type or write the letter myself, put it in the post office and mail it, because I believe if I send an email, it will be monitored.”

    Why the 89-year-old former president and founder of The Carter Center would need to be monitored, I don’t know, but the actions taken by the Obama administration and the NSA just don’t sit well with him. He said the practice of spying on American citizens’ emails, internet use, and cell phone calls has been “extremely liberalized and I think abused by our own intelligence agencies.”

    He also admitted that Mr. Obama didn’t bother to consult him when dealing with Russian President Vladmir Putin, even though he has direct experience which could have been helpful and has been consulted by former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan on dealing with “unsavory characters”.

    In fact, in 1980 Carter boycotted the Summer Olympics in Moscow because Russia had just invaded Afghanistan. But he feels that he knows the reason, and because of its sensitive nature, he understands Obama’s reluctance to consult him, according to NBC.

    He said,“I think the problem was that — in dealing with the issue of peace in between Israel and Egypt — the Carter Center has taken a very strong and public position of equal treatment between the Palestinians and the Israelis. And I think this was a sensitive area in which the president didn’t want to be involved.”

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  • Jimmy Carter: Obama Doesn’t Call Me For Advice

    In a recent interview with Andrea Mitchell of NBC, former president Jimmy Carter expressed his disappointment over the fact that Obama does not seek his advice regarding foreign policies, and how to deal with the ongoing issue between Russia and Crimea.

    Carter, 89, was on the show Meet the Press to talk about his new book entitled A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. In the book, Carter discusses women’s varied roles in a “man’s world”. The book also tackles issues on improving the lives of women all over the world.

    Mitchell then asked the former president if Obama has ever asked for his advice on how to handle Russia. “Unfortunately the answer is no. President Obama doesn’t, but previous presidents have called on me,” responded Carter.

    Former US President Jimmy Carter on Meet The Press

    When asked why he thought the President does not contact him, he simply answered that it might have something to do with their opposing opinions on how to solve the problems in the Middle East.

    Carter also mentioned that he prefers the old method of snail mail when communicating with a foreign leader privately. This is because he believes that his e-mails are being monitored by the National Security Agency. “I type or write the letter myself, put it in the post office, and mail it, because I believe if I send an e-mail, it will be monitored.”

    Carter has already expressed support for Edward Snowden who has leaked information from the NSA regarding surveillance programs. In an interview with CNN last year, Carter mentioned that although Snowden has violated the law, he believes that exposing information to the public is beneficial in the long run, as the invasion of privacy has been too much.

    The former president also said that all the spying has compromised the country’s democracy.

    Although the President has yet to reach out to him, Carter said that he understands the situation and does not have criticisms for Obama.

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  • Jimmy Carter Plans Trip to Venezuela Amid Unrest

    Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will travel to Venezuela in April and hopes to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles to help ease tensions in the politically-torn country.

    Carter expressed concerns about Venezuela’s escalating political crisis in a private letter sent this week to Capriles and President Nicolas Madura.

    In the letter, Carter said that for dialogue aimed at easing tensions to succeed both sides must “send signals of their willingness to alleviate the present state of tension.”

    Carter urged the Venezuelan president to guarantee the right to the opposition to protest peacefully and for impartial justice for protesters already imprisoned.

    “It is difficult for elected officials from opposition parties to resolve differences when they feel threatened and persecuted,” Carter wrote.

    According to the Washington Post, Carter contacted Capriles urging him to make clear the opposition’s commitment to act within constitutional limits and strongly reject violence. He says the government must guarantee the right to peaceful protest and impartial justice for jailed protesters.

    According to the Associated Press, Maracay Mayor Mario Briceno Iragorry said an anti-government protester had died in a confrontation. He said the protest turned deadly when gunmen opened fire on demonstrators who blocked a street to protest Maduro’s government.

    At least 16 have died during protests that began Feb. 12.

    On the same trip in April, Carter will promote a health program in Venezuela and Brazil that seeks to eliminate river blindness in one of the last areas where the disease is still present in Latin America – among the Yanomami Indians who live on the two countries’ border, said Jennifer McCoy, Americas director for the Carter Center.

    This isn’t the first time Carter has intervened in Venezuela. The Carter Center mediated talks between Venezuela’s government and opposition after coup against then President Hugo Chavez in 2002.

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  • Jimmy Carter Heading To Venezuela

    Jimmy Carter Heading To Venezuela

    With the current political unrest in Venezuela right now – violent protests against the government killing many innocent victims – former President Jimmy Carter is planning a trip to the troubled country.

    Carter sent a letter to President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles, offering his help. In the past Carter has served as a mediator in political conflict in Venezuela.

    In his letter Carter said it is a must that both sides “send signals of their willingness to alleviate the present state of tension,” adding, “It is difficult for elected officials from opposition parties to resolve differences when they feel threatened and persecuted.”

    It is important that the opposition does not act violently and works within their constitutional limits. It is also important that the current regime allows the opposition to protest, albeit peacefully, and be impartial to the protesters who are currently in jail.

    The planned trip to meet with the current Venezuelan president and opposition leader will (hopefully) coincide with Carter’s trip to Caracas on April 29 to discuss a health program with Venezuela and Brazil. According to Americas director for the Carter Center, Jennifer McCoy, the program “seeks to eliminate river blindness in one of the last areas where the disease is still present in Latin America — among the Yanomami Indians who live on the two countries’ border.”

    Many people have voiced their opinion on Twitter about Carter’s upcoming trip to Venezuela. Many of those people think Carter should just stay here in America.

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  • Walter Mondale’s Wife Dies At Age 83

    Joan Mondale, the wife of Walter Mondale, who was elected as Jimmy Carter’s Vice President in 1976, passed away, on Monday, at the age of 83.

    The family announced Joan’s passing with a statement issued through their church. “We are grateful for the expressions of love and support we have received. Joan was greatly loved by many. We will miss her dearly,” the statement read.

    Joan, who became known as “Joan of Art”, entered hospice care on Friday, January 31, and later went peacefully with Walter and her two sons Ted and William by her side.

    Shortly after her husband became the U.S. Vice President, Carter named Joan honorary chairwoman of the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. With this title, Joan was a firm supporter and advocate for government support for the many art programs across the United States. Joan also gave tours and lectures at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art.

    Joan documented her lectures in a book titled, Politics in Art. ”Sometimes we do not realize how important our participation in politics is. Often we need to be reminded of our duty as citizens,” an excerpt from the book read. ”Artists can do just that; they can look at our politicians, our institutions and our problems to help us understand them better.”

    President Barrack Obama and former President Jimmy Carter also released statements offering their condolences to the Mondale family.

    “A lifelong patron of the arts, Joan filled the vice presidential mansion with works by dozens of artists, including many unknowns, and later did the same at the U.S. embassy in Japan during her husband’s tenure as ambassador,” Obama said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Vice President Mondale and his family today as we remember with gratitude ‘Joan of Art’ and her service to our nation.”

    ”She was exemplary in using the opportunities public service provided to advance the arts and other issues important to her and many Americans,” Carter and his wife Rosalynn said.

    Undoubtedly, Joan will be missed by many, and will remembered for her service to the United States, and her love for the arts.

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  • Walter Mondale: Wife Joan Enters Hospice Care

    Walter Mondale, former Vice President under President Jimmy Carter, is experiencing heartache as his wife Joan Mondale is entering hospice care. Once know as “Joan of Art” for her work as a national cultural arts advocate, she was noted around the country for her passion during the Carter administration. Joan was an avid potter when Jimmy Carter was elected president, but pottery quickly took a back seat as life soon changed drastically for both her and her husband.

    A statement regarding Joan’s health decline was issued by the church she and Walter Mondale have long attended–the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    The family is asking for privacy at this time, as Joan Mondale’s “life on this earth moves peacefully to its close,” the statement reads.

    Joan Mondale is 83 years old.

    Walter Mondale is the oldest of all of the five living former vice presidents. He has, of course, been retired from his work in Washington for more than three decades now. He was a Democratic Senator in Minnesota before Jimmy Carter asked him to join his presidential campaign. The pair served only one term in Washington, being defeated in 1980 by Ronald Reagan. Mondale went on to serve on the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and was an Ambassador to Japan under President Bill Clinton.

    It will no doubt be heart wrenching for Walter Mondale to watch his beloved wife Joan slip away, but with the backing of their church family and their daughter Ted–Walter and Joan Mondale lost their only daughter Eleanor Mondale to brain cancer back in 2011 at the age of 51–he will find the strength to persevere.

    It wouldn’t be a big surprise to see Walter Mondale as a huge supporter of Hillary Clinton, should she officially throw her hat into that proverbial ring and run for president in 2016.

    Prayers are no doubt going out to both Walter and Joan Mondale from around the world as she enters these final days of her life.

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  • President Jimmy Carter Writes Book On Women’s Rights

    Jimmy Carter’s newest book, he has written many, will not be a biography or a historical piece about his life or presidency, it will be a defense of women’s rights, as well as an attack against those who use religion to deny equality.

    His publishers, Simon & Shuster, announced Tuesday that President Carter’s newest title, “A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power”, will be published on March 25th. The publisher says Carter will draw upon personal observations from his worldwide travels as he condemns abuses of women and girls and the distortions of religious texts used to justify abuse and discrimination.

    Mr. Carter has spent a big part of his life post-White House, touring the world as a human rights advocate, collecting information for his various books, especially this one, which explores “all aspects of women’s lives” equipped with stories from his own travels.

    A spokeswoman for Simon & Schuster described the book as “an impassioned account of the human rights abuses against women and girls around the world, particularly in religious societies.”

    The Times received a copy of the book proposal, via literary agent Lynn Nesbit. In that proposal pitching his newest title, Mr. Carter wrote:

    “I am convinced that discrimination against women and girls is one of the world’s most serious, all-pervasive and largely ignored violations of basic human rights,” Mr. Carter, 88, wrote in the proposal, adding: “It is disturbing to realize that women are treated most equally in some countries that are atheistic or where governments are strictly separated from religion.”

    It continued, “Whenever possible, I’ll use my personal observations and experiences, such as a trip around Africa with Bill Gates Sr. and his wife,” wrote Mr. Carter, “during which he and I spent much of our time in enormous brothels, and appeared with Nelson Mandela to end South Africa’s practice of outlawing treatment for H.I.V.-AIDS.”

    Mr. Carter wrote in the proposal that he had been asked to write the book by a “wide coalition” of religious leaders. He has also solicited contributions from women’s activists for the book.

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  • Carter Pardons Deen, Claims Celebri-Chef Was Just “Honest”

    Hit the brakes, America. Paula Deen has been pardoned by Jimmy Carter.

    Deen has been put through the wringer since admitting to having used racial slurs in the past. But Carter, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former president, said in a CNN interview that the disgraced Food Network icon had been perhaps “excessively honest in saying that she had in the past, 30 years ago, used this terrible word.”

    Deen’s career has been in shambles the past two weeks after admitting in a legal deposition that she had used the “N” word in the past. Since that time, she’s been dropped by the Food Network, on which she had appeared since 2002. Other sponsors that have followed suit in severing ties with Deen include Wal-Mart, Sears, K-Mart, Walgreens, and Smithfield Foods.

    Defending Deen, Carter noted that the slur was used “quite frequently” during the Jim Crow era in which Deen grew up (Deen was born in Albany, Ga. in 1947). Carter noted that he has “known Paula Deen quite well for a long period of time” and was quick to point out that Deen had sponsored social programs in Savannah that benefit, in Carter’s terms, “almost exclusively oppressed and poverty stricken black people.”

    Carter has apparently conferred with Deen and advised her to get the beneficiaries of her charities to speak out on her behalf to “show she’s changed in her relationship with African-Americans.” Otherwise, Carter said that she should take some time to “let the dust settle and make apologies.”

    While this has been nothing short of a disaster for Deen, it has had the effect of rallying her supporters. Not only have her fans lashed out at the Food Network, Deen’s books are selling particularly well. Her latest release, “Paula Deen’s New Testament: 250 Recipes All Lightened Up,” was the number one bestseller on Amazon this week.