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At the Old Town Ale House in Chicago, partisan politics don't get in the way of an inspired crush on the "bizarrely fascinating" vice-presidential nominee.

Bruce Elliott, whose wife Tobin Mitchen owns the drinking establishment, says he "pretty much despise[s]" everything Sarah Palin stands for, but admits he finds her kind of hot. So when Elliot painted a nude portrait of the moose-hunting VP candidate, Mitchen hung it prominently in the bar.

The portrait -- in which the body was evidently modeled on that of Elliott's daughter (!?) -- depicts the Alaska governor standing in the buff on a bearskin rug, wearing red high heels and holding a machine gun.

These days, the painting is a big attraction among the pub's clientele. "We got a bunch of people in tonight," Elliott said. "They're coming to take pictures with their camera phones. The photo is all over the place."

Question Raised: Has our country's obsession with the Alaska gov reached a new low?