Clintonophobia!

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Meanwhile, to the religious right, Clinton is practically the Anti-Christ. During the campaign, they waved placards warning TO VOTE FOR BILL CLINTON IS TO SIN AGAINST GOD. More recently the Virginia-based Christian Action Network called on Clinton to "fire the four horsewomen of the apocalypse: Joycelyn Elders, Kristine Gebbie, Roberta Achtenberg and Jane Alexander" -- respectively, the Surgeon General, who advocates condom distribution to high school students; the National AIDS policy coordinator; the Assistant Secretary in the Housing and Urban Development Department and the first openly lesbian nominee to be confirmed by the Senate for a high office; and the actress Clinton appointed to head the National Endowment for the Arts.

The First Lady draws her own share of fire. About 500 men, women and children braved a wet, bitter wind to protest her visit last month to Wausau, Wisconsin. BILL AND HILLARY, PREZ AND CO-PREZ OF SLEAZE, read many of the placards. In the middle of the crowd Constance Brockman, an apple-cheeked mother of two, talked about why she came out in such foul weather. Brockman, a 38-year-old homemaker, said she was worried about social ills -- crime and the lack of sexual abstinence among teenagers -- which she blames the Clinton Administration for exacerbating. "The country has no morals, and they are in charge," she said. "I fear for the lost."

Two men who have benefited as professional Clinton haters are behind-the- scenes activist Floyd Brown and conservative celebrity Rush Limbaugh. Both profess not to hate Clinton. "We like the President," said Limbaugh's producer, Kit Carson. "We think he's probably a lot of fun to go out with after work -- have a few beers and chase women." Brown said he has no personal animosity toward Clinton and only "the greatest respect for his raw political instinct and capabilities." He explained that he and his associate David Bossie are merely "researchers."

Brown's digging, however, can be dirty and deadly for his opponents. Brown achieved fame as creator of the infamous Willie Horton ads used in the Bush campaign against Michael Dukakis. Now head of the conservative, Virginia-based group Citizens United, Brown has become a major source of Whitewater information for reporters and, he says, congressional investigators. His group's membership has boomed under Clinton, Brown contends. Last summer, he started a monthly newsletter called ClintonWatch (annual subscription: $29), which contains items ranging from Whitewater rumors and innuendo to right-wing critiques of Clinton's agenda. In his quest for damaging material, Brown has spent hours in Little Rock cultivating Clinton enemies and other sources.