The latest trend in political disinformation has used the Internet to disseminate a series of quotations that make Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee, sound like his Republican vice-presidential predecessor, Dan Quayle.
The reason the quotes make Gore sound so much like Quayle is that they are quotes previously attributed to Quayle.
Sometime around 1997, a list of "Gore" quotations began circulating in various spots on the Internet. Where Quayle had said "Republican" or referred to "President Bush" and "Mrs. Bush," some anonymous editor had changed it to fit a Democratic administration.
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