A Butler Well Served by This Election

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The White House butler
Published 11/8/2008 by The Cajun Boy (noreply@blogger.com) at Cajun Boy in the City
... I'm trying really hard to move on from tear-jerking stories about Obama's election, really I am, as I'm even kinda burnt out on all of the "what a wonderful country this is" and "oh everything is going to be so perfect and grand now" stories, but this one is too damn good to not pass along. The story in question was in yesterday's Washington Post and it centered on an elderly black man named Eugene Allen, a man who worked for years as a member of the White House staff in various capacities, a story that is as heartwarming as it is heartbreaking. An excerpt... ...

Site of the Day: "A Butler Well Served by This Election"
Published 11/11/2008 by Wook Kim at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... For more than three decades Eugene Allen worked in the White House, a black man unknown to the headlines...He saw eight presidential administrations come and go, often working six days a week. "I never missed a day of work," Allen says.. . Do yourself a favor and read this amazing story posted last Friday on the Washington Post website. And if you get a bit teary-eyed at the end, it's okay...we did too. ...