In article , Australopithecus scobis wrote:
On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 13:48:44 -0600, p_j wrote:

Gore claims to have invented the internet.

False. He was on a talk show (Larry King?) and said that he was very much
in favor of a particular bill which funded some sort of internet
infrastructure. One republican stooge told another republican stooge, and
between them they made up the "quote." In short, the whole thing is
another republican Big Lie. Google for the details.

Actually, your version is the falsehood. Here's the truth (from snopes.com):

On a CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer 9 Mar 1999, Gore said (in part):
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in
creating the Internet."

This is a lie. The Internet existed before Al Gore began serving in Congress.

As Snopes says, "It's true that Gore was popularizing the term "information
superhighway" in the early 1990s (when few people outside academia or the
computer/defense industries had heard of the Internet) and has introduced a
few bills dealing with education and the Internet, but even though
Congressman, Senator, and Vice-President Gore may always have been interested
in and well-informed about information technology issues, that's a far cry
from having taken an active, vital leadership role in bringing about those
technologies. Even if Al Gore had never entered the political arena, we'd
probably still be reading web pages via the Internet today. "


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