Al Gore said he invented the Internet - has he taken credit for any other inventions lately?

Answer 1

HEY LIBERALS...

March 9, 1999 CNN's 'Late Edition' (Transcript)

"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."

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"I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
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You liberals claim Gore never said it.. I didnt even take it out of context, i gave you his claim of creating the Internet along with the rest of his response...

WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE?

obviously this is just another right-wing conspiracy DrrrRRrRrRR....

tards...

Answer 2

Al Gore did not claim that he invented the Internet. This is a hoax that has been repeated so many times that some people actually think that it is true. Repeating this lie shows complete ignorance of the real world.

Answer 3

It's more accurate to say "Al Gore helped start the internet" than to say "Iraq has weapons of mass distruction":

In 1989, Gore introduced the National High-Performance Computer Technology Act, a five-year, $1.7 billion program to expand the capacity of the information highway to connect government, industry, and academic institutions. Signed by President Bush in 1991, the bill supported research and development for an improved national computer system, and assisted colleges and libraries in connecting to the new network. While Gore is not, as he suggested in 1999, the father of the Internet, he can credibly claim credit as the wealthy uncle who stepped up to provide funds at an important moment. In 1989, when few public officials grasped the profound changes that new information technology would bring, Gore saw them plainly. "I genuinely believe that the creation of this nationwide network will create an environment where work stations are common in homes and even small businesses," he told a House committee in the spring of 1989.


Source: Inventing Al Gore, p.217, on http://www.issues2000.org/Inventing_Gore_Technology.htm

Answer 4

He didn't say he invented it.

Both as a Senator and Vice-President, Al Gore has been involved in the mainstreaming of the Internet since the 1970s (see Campbell-Kelly and Aspray, Computer: A History of the Information Machine, 1996:298). This involvement led to legislation during the late 1980s known informally as the 'Gore Bill'.[4] It was passed, however, as the High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 [5] on December 9 1991 and led to the NII or National Information Infrastructure [6] which Gore referred to as the Information superhighway.

As a result of the publication of three articles in Wired News[7], Gore's 1999-03-09 interview on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer became the subject of heavy satire. [8] During this interview, Gore stated:

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. [9]

Media reports surrounding this statement sometimes re-wrote it, stating that Gore claimed he "invented the internet".[10] However, Gore received support from members of the computer industry, notably Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Robert E. Kahn. Cerf and Kahn issued the following statement on 2000-09-28 in response to the controversy:

[A]s the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time.
Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role. He said: "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet." We don't think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he "invented" the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it is timely to offer our perspective.[11]

Gore, himself, poked fun at the controversy. In September 2000, as a guest on the The Late Show with David Letterman, he read a list of the "Top Ten Rejected Gore - Lieberman Campaign Slogans." Number nine on the list was: "Remember, America, I gave you the Internet, and I can take it away!"

Answer 5

He never said that. You are repeating a common right wing distortion. That's very common and right wing of you.

"Took the initiative in creating the Internet" is not "I invented the internet" in my book, and an intellegent person who reads the totality of his comments in context would understand what he meant in saying "he took the initiative..." and he didn't mean he "invented" it.

Answer 6

He created global warming. In California he has not been too successful as the temperature here over the last 30 years has been dropping. By the way for the record he did say he invented the Internet. Oh I forgot he invented history too so he can change it if he wants to. To the person who used Jesus's name in vain in saying his quote is a lie I have this to say. If you are Christian (especially Roman Catholic) Al Gore is not some one to look up to. Let's see, He is anti life, He says stealing is ok. Plus God gave everyone a brain which He expects us to use to the best we know how. He fails on all points. Also to person who brought up Iraq's wmd. Pres. Bush never said this was the reason we went into Iraq. Even if he did I think unless you are a fool there are weapons of mass destruction there. What do you call all the boms which are several people a day. How do you as a so called Christian justify the over one million killed under Saddam Hussein. The problem there now is a result of Pres Bush Sr not taking down Saddam when we Had the chance and clinton being more worried about Yugoslavia. Did we ever find Wmd's there??
Another fact. It was the private sector and not the gov't under clinton which got the internet where it is today. Thank you Bill Gates (not clinton)

Answer 7

For those who deny that Al Gore claimed to have "invented the internet", here you go:

"As a result of the publication of three articles in Wired News[7], Gore's 1999-03-09 interview on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer became the subject of heavy satire. [8] During this interview, Gore stated:

'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.'"

Is that enough for ya??

Answer 8

Not lately but here is the list of Gore Lie's compiled by Democrat Bill Bradley.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38dbb84a2e85.htm

Answer 9

I think someone took credit for winning in Iraq. Was that Al Gore?

Answer 10

"I took the initiative in creating the internet"-by that he meant he HELPED TO DEVELOP IT WITH MANY GROUPS OF OTHER PEOPLE. That is what he said and that is what he meant. You intentionally misconstrue it. You hate the truth. You don't know that he helped to develop the internet during the early days of the internet.