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==Quotes==

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* Gore said, '''''"I took the initiative in creating the Internet."''''' <ref>Blitzer, Wolf. Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition'. <u>CNN</u>. 9 March 1999. 2 June 2007<[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/ http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000 /transcript.gore/]></ref>  Gore was one of the Atari Democrats who were given this name due to their "passion for technological issues, from biomedical research and genetic engineering to the environmental impact of the "greenhouse effect."[26] On March 19, 1979 he became the first member of Congress to appear on C-SPAN.[46] During this time, Gore co-chaired the Congressional Clearinghouse on the Future, along with Newt Gingrich.[47] In addition, he has been described as having been a "genuine nerd, with a geek reputation running back to his days as a futurist Atari Democrat in the House. Before computers were comprehensible, let alone sexy, the poker-faced Gore struggled to explain artificial intelligence and fiber-optic networks to sleepy colleagues."[26][48] Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn have also noted that, "as far back as the 1970s, Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship [...] the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural disasters and other crises."[49]

* Gore said, '''''"I took the initiative in creating the Internet."''''' <ref>Blitzer, Wolf. Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition'. <u>CNN</u>. 9 March 1999. 2 June 2007<[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/ http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000 /transcript.gore/]></ref>  Gore was one of the Atari Democrats who were given this name due to their "passion for technological issues, from biomedical research and genetic engineering to the environmental impact of the "greenhouse efGore was one of the ''[[Atari Democrat]]s'' who were given this name due to their "passion for technological issues, from biomedical research and genetic engineering to the environmental impact of the "[[greenhouse effect]]."<ref name=biosen/> On March 19, 1979 he became the first member of Congress to appear on [[C-SPAN]].<ref name=cspan>{{cite web

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}}</ref> During this time, Gore co-chaired the Congressional Clearinghouse on the Future, along with [[Newt Gingrich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.12/gorenewt.html?pg=3&topic= |title=The Making of The President 2000 |author=John Heilemann|publisher=Wired |month=December | year=1995 |accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> In addition, he has been described as having been a "genuine nerd, with a geek reputation running back to his days as a futurist ''Atari Democrat'' in the House. Before computers were comprehensible, let alone sexy, the poker-faced Gore struggled to explain artificial intelligence and fiber-optic networks to sleepy colleagues."<ref name=biosen/><ref name=challange>{{cite web

}}</ref> Internet pioneers [[Vint Cerf]] and [[Bob Kahn]] have also noted that, "as far back as the 1970s, Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship [...] the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided

intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential

benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural disasters and other crises."<ref>{{Cite web

* Gore falsely claimed that he discovered problems in Love Canal and fixed them. He said:

* Gore falsely claimed that he discovered problems in Love Canal and fixed them. He said: