For the record, Al Gore never said that. It came from a smear campaign against him and everyone just believed it.
<insert random liberal lecture here>
<more bitching about bush being appointed to office instead of elected>
<further complaints involving Karl Rove and how evil he is>
Dick Cheney is an asshole.
"The Internet would not be where it is in the United States without the strong support given to it and related research areas by the Vice President in his current role and in his earlier role as Senator." -Vincent Cerf, a senior vice president with MCI Worldcom who's been called the Father of the Internet