Christine O'Donnell Establishes 'ChristinePAC,' Plans to 'Bring the Battle' to Her Opponents

ABC News' Gregory Simmons reports: It looks like former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell is positioning herself to play a Palinesque role in the upcoming election cycle. In a letter to supporters today, O’Donnell announced she is establishing ChristinePAC to “investigate and counter attack leftwing groups” and to help pay for her expenses as she travels around the country speaking.

“This is a way that will help me counter attack our opponents and bring the battle to them,” she wrote.

O’Donnell, whose name has become synonymous with the Tea Party Movement, says she won’t submit to the Left who attack her because she is a “strong, Republican woman...a danger” or the “liberal-controlled GOP establishment.”

Dear xxx ,

Your incredible contribution of time and money allowed us to send the establishment a powerful message last year. Our fight is not over as so many patriots like you have sacrificed over the years to keep America great!

You've probably heard about the latest smear on me. The establishment is going to keep attacking and keep trying to destroy those they think might be a threat.

They won't let up.

The Left keeps after me because they consider strong, Republican women a danger to their status quo. Larry Kudlow recently said "the hope of the Tea Party rests with you because this is going to be used to discredit the Tea Party in its entirety."

Bill O'Reilly recognizes the viciousness of the Left’s attacks on me. Recently on his program he said "...the press relished attacking you. They relished it. They loved it... they didn't go after Carly Fiorina the way they went after you. It was all personal... They just want to demean you... The old boys don't want to give up their power."

I'm determined not to let them destroy our movement. If I stand alone, though, I'm no match for the liberal media and the political establishment. But, with us standing together to fight, they don't have a chance!

That's why I'm starting ChristinePAC.

ChristinePAC can investigate and counter attack leftwing groups, many funded with one million dollars or more from billionaire leftist George Soros.

A strong ChristinePAC will enable me to counter the liberal-controlled GOP establishment in upcoming Congressional Primaries. Remember, for primary challengers to win, conservatives needs to start organizing now in 2011 - or else candidates who reflect our values won't be able to run an effective 2012 campaign.

Your donation also enables me to speak out in many venues from Coast to Coast, thereby helping support a nationwide effort. This is a way that will help me counter attack our opponents and bring the battle to them.

You have helped me come this far. You have been a true friend. Please help me again with your donation. These are battles that will be won or lost based on how much support and organization our side can put forward right now.

That is why I ask you most urgently to lend your financial support to ChristinePAC.

Make your donation right now.

You are the reason I made a stand for our cause in 2010.

You are the reason that President Obama came to Delaware in late 2010, diverting his attention from other states he could have campaigned in. You are the reason that a frantic White House dispatched Vice President Joe Biden, again and again, to campaign in Delaware to defeat me, who they regarded as their number one opponent.

You are the reason that the largest army - busload after busload - of SEIU labor union and ACORN "paid volunteers" came to campaign in Delaware.

My friend, what you helped me do at the six week long Battle of Delaware 2010, sent shock waves throughout the nation. We can build on what we have accomplished if you will help me again in supporting ChristinePAC.

Sincerely,

Christine O'Donnell

P.S. You stood with me and helped me rock the establishment as we defeated in the GOP primary the most liberal Republican in the entire U.S. House of Representatives. Then, you stayed with me as we worked overtime to expose my big-government Democrat opponent as a pawn of the liberal establishment and a puppet of Democrat Senator Harry Reid.

Now, keep up your commitment. I pray you will send your immediate and generous donation as you have done before. Your dollar will help us fight back and continue to get the message out. Click HERE to contribute securely.

Gee, I don’t watch TV, sue me. I presented only what I had heard, mention that I don’t necessarily believe the spin and you attack me. There really is no reason for me to research O’Donnell as I could never vote for her, and time is at a premium. A simple link to an article, or link to a written response from her campaign would have been better than spiteful words.

There maybe something there and then again the FEC may well drop any efforts. I don’t know where the investigations stand at this point.

She did raise somewhere around $7 million and spent most of it or so it’s claimed. I’ve not looked at the FEC filings.

However some of the charges seem to center around using some of the money to pay rent/mortgage or whatever on the domicle where she was staying. That is or isn’t permitted under the FEC rules depending upon who you are listening to.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101229/ap_on_re_us/us_o_donnell_investigation

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Although O’Donnell’s campaign has denied wrongdoing, she has acknowledged she paid part of her rent at times with campaign money, arguing that her house doubled as a campaign headquarters.

Federal law prohibits candidates from spending campaign money for personal benefit. FEC rules state that this prohibition applies to the use of campaign money for a candidate’s mortgage or rent “even if part of the residence is being used by the campaign,” although O’Donnell’s campaign maintained that it was told otherwise by someone at the agency.

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Although O’Donnell’s campaign has denied wrongdoing, she has acknowledged she paid part of her rent at times with campaign money, arguing that her house doubled as a campaign headquarters.

That is absolutely FALSE. O'Donnell has DENIED paying ANY part of her rent with campaign money. (I realize, of course, that it is NOT YOUR fault that the news media reports it inaccurately. I am not jumping on you, only informing.)

O'Donnell's campaign has paid for a headquarters, which you can see is a real office environment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfzbGVJ2tCE

O'Donnell then paid the campaign, not the other way around, to use part of that location as her LEGAL residence. She actually lives somewhere else, which she does not disclose for privacy.

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