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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: PartyTime who wrote (44102)10/9/2000 2:46:15 AM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Thank you. Point made.
"Former vice president Dan Quayle (R) scoffed to a reporter that "if Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell-check." Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) countered that he had invented the paper clip. Despite the partisan mirth, many of the researchers and venerated propeller-heads who did have a hand in the Internet's creation said Gore deserves substantial credit for passing a number of bills that boosted supercomputing and high-speed communications networks, which in turn helped create the Internet as it exists today.

David J. Farber, a professor of computer science at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the early players in the Internet, said that along with the importance of his legislative initiatives, Gore popularized the emerging medium worldwide. Gore aligned himself with high tech long before every lawmaker boasted of his or her personal Web site. He helped popularize the term "information superhighway," drawing on the symbolism of his father's hand in creating the interstate highway system."

Also Gore never said he "invented" it in the first place. GOP lies. Again and again and again. They are just scared of Al because nobody in their party was smart enough to recognize this #1 industry in the world which Gore DID help create. A much bigger industry than oil going forward by the way.
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