Everyone knows the joke about how it was Al Gore who invented the internet. The former Vice President and Senator said as much in a March 1999 interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Ramping up to launch his own campaign for the Democratic nomination for President, the would-be candidate was eager to tout his own contributions. To Wolf, Gore bragged:
“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.”
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