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oberliner

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15. Then why is the text different?

Reply to FreeState (Reply #13)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:58 PM

Jan 2013

I've seen about a half dozen different version of this online - all with different text, and signed with a different moniker.

Doesn't that suggest that the letter isn't real? At least not as posted on Daily Kos. Perhaps the spirit is accurate, but not verbatim.

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Except it's fake oberliner Jan 2013 #11

its real - its in her book FreeState Jan 2013 #13

Then why is the text different? oberliner Jan 2013 #15

It was quoted in her obituary csziggy Jan 2013 #14

I do think the sentiment is true oberliner Jan 2013 #16

The version in the Daily Kos is the version in the obit csziggy Jan 2013 #18

I found the original newspaper clipping oberliner Jan 2013 #19

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We'll miss you, Abby..... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #27