Apparently, people are "flocking" to The Old Town Ale House in Chicago to see a new nude painting that just went on display:

The four-foot-tall oil painting depicts the current governor of Alaska standing atop a polar bear-skin rug in her living room, nude, except for a pair of red stiletto heels and her trademark eyeglasses. In the picture she leans on an automatic rifle while beaming a megawatt smile. Behind her, a window looks out onto a pristine Alaska landscape, complete with a moose that has just ambled into the frame.

The artist thinks Palin - and presumably all other women in America - should be thrilled with his work: "I don't see how she could be offended by this," he said. "I made her into a sex figure."

Just another footnote in the annals of the culture war, I'm afraid.