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Originally posted by NY Madman:
Oh by the way.... Al Gore did say he invented the Internet in a March 1999 interview with Wolf Shitzer on CNN. Even Snopes.com admits it and prints the text of what he said... "I took the initiative in creating the Internet".. but they even shamelessly spin and make excuses for what he said. I guess the people at Snopes are Democrats and not very non-partisan.
And where did he say, "I invented the internet?"

Vint Cerf, who was one of the driving forces behind the internet, even says Gore was misquoted, and what he DID say was taken WAY out of context.
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