The Consolidated and All-Inclusive Theory of the Internet

Al Gore is actually from the planet Nebulon in the year 3030
and he invented the internet at that time to amuse Tipper (who is actually named Screechulon Maximum Gore)
but then the internet got lonely
it wanted geeks to calm and nurture it with blog posts
so it invented sci fi
THEN the internet placed sci fi on the earth in the early 1900s to cultivate maximum geekage
geeks were born, multiplied, and then invented vacuum tubes, which they had read about from Asimov
vacuum tubes led to the internet and to awesome guitar amplification
then Al Gore came back in time and across space to earth to reclaim the internet
but he hadn't counted on the newfound strength of the internet
which caused earthling geeks to discredit him as their rightful king
which is why he's not president.
it all makes perfect sense.