Michelle Obama's $6,000 Purse

Michelle Obama is lucky her name isn't Sarah Palin or she would be massacred by the media for her profligate spending on a $6,000 alligator purse. (Maybe the taxpayers gave it to her as a gift?) I'm surprised we haven't heard any outrage from the PETA folks either.

*Update*
The White House denies it; says that she only paid $875 for it. Then a VBH company rep said that it was definitely the $6,000 version. Maybe Michelle did only pay $875 as a "Friend of VBH" special, just like Chris Dodd did with his Countrywide loan.