Look, Gore was a clod, but this whole "I invented the Internet thing" never really happened. He said he took initiative in the creation of the Internet -- characteristic overstatement, but at least a little true in the sense that he played a leading role in passing the supercomputing bill. I mean, sure, there are all sorts of things to criticize him on -- his policy positions above all else -- but I just find the distortions annoying.
I know, I know...but it is a lot of fun to poke fun at Algore.
All kidding aside (and at the risk of falling further afoul of the topic at hand), here is Gore's actual quote: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Source: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/