Did Al Gore invent the internet?

[Deja Q]

[terrya]

1. No, but as Senator he pushed for federal funding for the internet.

He didn't invent the internet, but Gore does deserve a huge amount of credit for helping to get it off and running.

[DistressedAmerican]

2. Only One Of The Internets Bush Has Seen!

[GOPBasher]

7. Gore didn't invent any internets. That's just a rumor on the internets.

Nor did Gore claim to have invented even one internet; that's right wing bullshit. It's totally true, however, that Bush claimed on national TV that there were rumors on the "internets." The media won't discuss that, though.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

3. www.snopes.com

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

Status: False.

Origins: No, Al Gore did not claim he "invented" the Internet, nor did he say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way. The derisive "Al Gore said he 'invented' the Internet" put-downs are misleading distortions of something he said (taken out of context) during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "Late Edition" program on 9 March 1999. When asked to describe what distinguished him from his challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Gore replied (in part):

"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."

more..............

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

[Jackson4Gore]

5. More on GSC

http://www.algoresupportcenter.com/goretruth.html#anchor_309

http://algore2008.net/accomplishments2.html#anchor_42

Thanks

[Mutley]

4. Not all the internets

But Al Gore did invent one of the most important ones...

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Republican Rule #1: Never let the facts get in the way.

[yvr girl]

8. There are no Internets

None.