I gotta admit, if Al Gore had managed to sue his way into the White House in Florida 2000, I would have opposed him with every fiber of my being for the rest of his Presidency, perhaps beyond the point of detriment to the country.
Come on. Clinton was a total embarrassment to the country but I don't think Conservatives "hated" him and even when he shot off the Monica Missiles Conservatives kept their mouths shut because he was the President of the United States.
If Gore had won I think the majority of Republicans would have just dug in and waited the 4 years to get him out.