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Date: 1999-03-23

"Internet-Erfinder" Al Gore im Senat ausgelacht

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So gehts: Nachdem der Vizepräsident sich als Netzerfinder
dargestellt hatte, gaben 2 republikanische Kongressmitglieder
bekannt, die Büoklammer bzw. das US-Highwaysystem erfunden zu
haben. Im Anschluss ward gelacht.

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Declan McCullagh
3:00 a.m. 23.Mar.99.PST WASHINGTON -- Al Gore's timing was as
unfortunate as his boast. Just as Republicans were beginning to eye
the 2000 presidential race in earnest, the Vice President offered up a
whopper of a tall tale in which he claimed to have invented the
Internet.

Usually vice presidents roam the country spewing half-witted
comments that few people remember, let alone take seriously. But
the possibility of the Senate removing President Clinton from office,
combined with Gore's nascent presidential campaign, made
Washington insiders a little more sensitive to the possibility of
President Gore.

So it didn't take long for GOP sharks to smell blood in Gore's fish
story. Inveterate neatnik Trent Lott, Senate majority leader, claimed
credit for inventing the paper clip. House Republicans joined the
chorus, with majority leader Dick Armey taking credit for the
interstate highway system.
...
A Washington Times columnist remembered that Gore took credit for
inspiring the tough-guy hero in Erich Segal's novel Love Story. Segal
denied it, saying that Gore's Harvard roommate, actor Tommy Lee
Jones, was the role model.
....

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http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/18655.html

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declan@well.com

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