We all know the story and unfair characterizations of Al Gore supposedly claiming to have said he "invented the internet." A typical GOP, inaccurate slur and lie. But unfortunately the lie stuck and many people, incorrectly, believe he said that when the only thing he said remotely close was he had worked on legislation that helped created the internet.
Lets examine things Scott Brown said last night in his debate with Elizabeth Warren using the same standard after the fold
In two parts of the debate when talking about job creation, he appears to have once again serial puffed up his own credentials. He's done this before, but last night was egregious. A partial transcript reads in two different places he claimed full responsibility for things that clearly he only had a bit part in. For example, he says about President Obama's jobs bill:
"The only parts of the President's job bills that passed was mine...."
In the same answer he talked about other legislation that has passed by saying:
"the 3% withholding, which is a stealth tax going into effect that would have affected contractors doing work with the federal government...that's gone as a result of my efforts...."
So, again, in two different places Scott Brown exagerrates his role. Puffs up his resume. Takes more credit than he deserves. Where are the Al Gore critics who hounded him for years for allegedly claiming to have invented the internet when these Scott Brown comments are far more egregious puffery? Where I ask?
You can see Scott Brown's comments roughly between the 8:05 and 9:15 mark in the video of the debate below: