Did you know Al Gore never said "I invented the Internet"?

Question

To that one dumbass "ash" chick who keeps repeating this like a retarded parrot. Hello, it is 2006, not 1999. This is OLD news.

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Claim: Vice-President Al Gore claimed that he "invented" the Internet.

Status: False.


Origins: Despite the derisive references that continue even today, Al Gore did not claim he "invented" the Internet, nor did he say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way. The "Al Gore said he 'invented' the Internet" put-downs were misleading, out-of-context distortions of something he said during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "Late Edition" program on 9 March 1999. [...]

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp


Snopes should really be required reading...

Answer 1

thanks for the clarification even though i didn't know that al gore even implied that he invented the internet

Answer 2

This is what he actually said:

"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. "

He brought this on himself. He didn't "create" the internet either. Yes, his words were twisted, but he chose them poorly.

Answer 3

of course he didn't say it,,, fiscal conservatives have to make up lies about the Democrat Party in order to have talking points,,,

Answer 4

But I've seen him say it here several times. Is he lying?