Ok, I stand corrected...
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in
creating the Internet. "
Is not "I created the internet" but it is an exaggeration and I guess every
politician I have ever seen or heard is guilty of that...
JeffF
(Hoping to see a viable third party candidate in his lifetime)
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> Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 3:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Gossip and the Internet
>
>
> Jeff Fairman wrote:
>
>
> > The "I invented the Internet" quote is on tape and cannot be explained
> > away!!! That is not to say the other's are untrue, but lets stick with
> the
> > facts...
>
> >From snopes.com, an invaluable source for researching netlore and urban
> legends...
>
> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/gorelies.htm
>
> "Although Gore's statement about his having helped foster the creation of
> the Internet might be exaggerated, he never claimed to have "invented" the
> Internet -- that claim is a the result of a persistent (and often willful)
> misreporting by the media of something he said during a CNN interview, a
> topic covered in more detail in our Questionable Quotes section. "
>
> And:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.htm
>
> 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.
> "
>
> This from salon.com:
>
> http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/05/gore_internet/index.html
>
> "Several of the people who could claim to have "invented" the Internet, or
> key pieces of its protocols -- in particular, Vinton Cerf and
> Robert Kahn --
> are out there on the Net today defending Gore, asserting that he was the
> politician in Washington who took the "initiative" to support the
> Net in its
> early days."
>
> Can we please put this urban legend to rest, now? You want to target some
> of Gore's other claims, go ahead, but I'm tired of hearing about this one.
>
> Adam Lipscomb
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