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In reply to the discussion: Shocking, absolutely shocking! The appearance of impropriety is just stunning! [View all]mercuryblues
(16,357 posts)never said that.
In March 1999, Vice President Al Gore was doing an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. In the course of that interview, he said:
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
And guess what? It's true.
Let's quite Vincent Cerf, a man often called The Father of the Internet,
"The Internet would not be where it is in the United States without the strong support given to it and related research areas by the Vice President in his current role and in his earlier role as Senator."
Marc Andreesen, Internet pioneer who actually received federal funding thanks to Al Gore, who while Senator wrote the High Performance Computing Act also credits Gore. Another Internet expert, Dave Ferber says that without Gore the Internet "would not be where it is today."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/al-gore-never-said-i-inve_b_48946