LWW wrote:
It is a paraphrased quote.
What he did say is:
During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Which would be like claiming Johnny Cash said he shot a man in Nevada just to watch him die.
Dont believe me, read a book.
According to Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn (The men who actually did invent the internet):
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as far back as the 1970s, Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high-speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship ... the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential benefits of high speed computing and communication.
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