We're not talking about establishing ARPAnet. We're talking about moving ARPAnet out to the public, and creating the Internet.
I see so many web sites stating that he couldn't have created the Internet because ARPAnet was around in the late 60s and Gore didn't have his first term until the late 70s. But when did you start using the Internet? I was on in the beginning of the 90s, but we mostly stuck to DECnet as we were on a VAX and we'd chat with others around the world and amaze ourselves with our Lynx browser.
Getting the technology out there, and especially getting the network into the schools, was principle in making it a success. "Creating the Internet" was far more about promotion of technology than it was about creating a network protocol. I don't know much about what Gore did and I'm far too lazy to read the link in the Snopes article to find out, but to say that Gore couldn't have helped create the "Internet" because ARPANET already existed is disingenuous.
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