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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (24065)	3/11/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: Sawtooth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Well, I won't be expecting Dr. J to take credit for inventing the telephone! Hoot of the Day: VP Al takes credit for inventing the Internet: No Credit Where It's Due by Declan McCullagh 3:00 a.m. 11.Mar.99.PST WASHINGTON -- It's a time-honored tradition for presidential hopefuls to claim credit for other people's successes. But Al Gore as the father of the Internet? That's what the campaigner in chief told CNN's Wolf Blitzer during an interview Tuesday evening. Blitzer asked Gore how he was different than other presumptive Democratic challengers, such as Bill Bradley. "What do you have to bring to this that he doesn't necessarily bring to this process?" Replied Gore: "I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins, and it'll be comprehensive and sweeping, and I hope that it'll be compelling enough to draw people toward it.... I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years." Then came the kicker: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." Huh? ..... wired.com