You are correct!
I remember the Democrats post 9/11 saying "Thank god Gore isn't president"
And I remember stories of people seen removing the Gore bumper stickers from their cars shortly after 9/11.
I'll never forget the admission by Gerald Posner -- who was a signatory on a full-page ad accusing President Bush of stealing the 2000 election -- that he in actuality did not know that Bush stole the election, but rather he thought he knew better than the voters so went along with the accusation. He thought the ends justified the means.
He said he was horror-stricken post-9/11 at how close Gore had come to winning the White House.