Did Al Gore actually claim to have invented the internet, or was that just propaganda from Limbaugh/Fox News?

Answer 1

Here's the exact quote:
"Well, I will be offering - I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be.

But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

During a quarter century of public service, including most of it long before I came into my current job, I have worked to try to improve the quality of life in our country and in our world. And what I've seen during that experience is an emerging future that's very exciting, about which I'm very optimistic, and toward which I want to lead."

Answer 2

No. Gore fumbled up an interview back in 1999, screwed up a few lines on what he was suppose to say. People took that and twisted it even further to make it sound as if he really said this-that he invented the internet. Its no different than how people claim Bush said their is more than one internet, or make that INTERNETS-simply because he misprounounced a word.
Granted, it is a funny thing to say, all the Al Gore invented it jokes. But in reality he never really claimed to have invented the internet.

Read about it here:

Answer 3

Here is what was actually said:

" BLITZER: I want to get to some of the substance of domestic and international issues in a minute, but let's just wrap up a little bit of the politics right now.

Why should Democrats, looking at the Democratic nomination process, support you instead of Bill Bradley, a friend of yours, a former colleague in the Senate? What do you have to bring to this that he doesn't necessarily bring to this process?

GORE: Well, I will be offering -- I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be.
But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. "

I think he was saying he was active in Congress to bring about the establishment of the internet. He probably could have phrased it a little clearer. Don't misunderstand, I can't stand the sight of Al Gore, but I don't think mischaracterizations should be spread about the man, either.

Answer 4

Al Gore at one point said that he took "a leading role" in the creation of the internet. While not exactly the same thing, it was no less inaccurate.

The internet began as the ARPANET - a Defense Department link to several colleges designed to facilitate defense related research. It became the basis for the backbone that has grown and expanded since private enterprise has entered into the act.

Answer 5

Rush spins it like he wants, that Al must have been busy in the in his early years slaving away at a terminal screen inventing the internet. Liberals suck up for Al and explain that Al didn't mean that he created it, just that he funded expansion of access.

The problem is that what he said was incorrect. There is no other way to look at it. Why didn't he just say that, "Hey, we just voted to expand the access to the internet and we are excited about it."

So, one of two things occurred. Either he didn't know enough about the bill to vote on it because his comment would show that he wasn't aware of the technology enough to even know what he was talking about. OR, he know enough about it and thought it sounded better to take a little more credit and thought he could get away with it. Either way it still was an extremely embarrassing comment.

Answer 6

Is that Al Gore still going around taking credit for my invention?

Answer 7

No, that never happened, and yes the neo-con liars know that it is a lie.

What Mr. Gore did claim (because it is true) is that he sponsored the bills that gave public access to the Internet..

check out the complete story at the link below:

Answer 8

It was Limbaugh making a bad attempt at a joke. Probably too much Vicodin. Hypocritical drug addict. Fox News will air anything that slams a Liberal regardless of the source. I noticed the Limbaugh problem was reported in a hush-hush manner by them (almost not at all).

Answer 9

In a March 1999 interview with Wolf Blitzer, Gore said, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet" The website below tries to "say what he meant/mean what he said/say what he said he meant to say", or something like that, but yes, he said it.

Answer 10

The way I remember it was that Gore made some comment such as that which had a little bit of truth in it Limbaugh then took the comment and blew it out of proportion and made it sound like more than it was.