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*Sorry, but that debunking stuff is flat out lies. I have a transcript of the speech Gore gave, taking credit for it somewhere. Stay tuned! --<font color="#1E90FF" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="DC143C">[[User_Talk:TK|/Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 02:08, 9 October 2007 (EDT) <small>(Guess you'll be sorry you even brought it up pretty soon! :p)</small>
*Sorry, but that debunking stuff is flat out lies. I have a transcript of the speech Gore gave, taking credit for it somewhere. Stay tuned! --<font color="#1E90FF" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="DC143C">[[User_Talk:TK|/Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 02:08, 9 October 2007 (EDT) <small>(Guess you'll be sorry you even brought it up pretty soon! :p)</small>
:*Here you go. [http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/goreinternet.htm] --<font color="#1E90FF" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="DC143C">[[User_Talk:TK|/Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 02:18, 9 October 2007 (EDT)
:*Here you go. [http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/goreinternet.htm]
This comes from a television interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that was aired on March 9,1999. TruthOrFiction.com has a transcript of the entire broadcast. Vice President Gore was not yet a formal candidate for the presidency, but was clearly setting the stage for it, and Blitzer's questions focused on his potential campaign. At one point, Blitzer asked Gore why the Democrats should support him over rival Bill Bradley. Gore answered, "Well, I will -- 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 feel that it will be. But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. '''During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."'''
Some of the emails criticizing Gore for this statement point out that Gore has often shown ignorance about computers, so how could he have created the Internet? He did not claim, however, to be a computer geek who toiled in his basement and came up with the idea. '''He did claim that somehow as a member of congress he not only played in role in creating the Internet, but "took the initiative" to do it. '''
No amount of "spin" can undo his words. Please note he has never retracted his statement or actually explained it. He has however made jokes at his own expense about it. --<font color="#1E90FF" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|şŷŝôρ-₮K]]</font><sup><font color="DC143C">[[User_Talk:TK|/Ṣρёаќǃ]]</font></sup> 02:18, 9 October 2007 (EDT)
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