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    Fifth Woman in Cain Sexual Harassment Scandal: 'Not Accuser No. 5'

    Donna Donella Says Reports Are Wrong; She Isn't Accusing Herman Cain of Anything -- but Isn't She?

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    COMMENTARY | A fifth woman has come forward in the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal. But Donna Donella insisted to "America's Morning News" radio program on Thursday that she was not "Accuser No. 5" as she was being portrayed in the media. She said she wasn't accusing Cain of sexual harassment, all allegations of which the presidential candidate has denied.

    But wasn't she?

    "I take issue with being labeled in the media as 'Accuser No. 5," she said in the radio interview. She made it clear she was not harassed by the presidential hopeful, nor accusing him of harassing her. "The only reason that I came forward is because I saw behavior, the one day that I met him … that was consistent with the pattern of his behavior described by his four actual accusers."

    Donella, a management consultant, told ABC News Wednesday, Nov. 9, that at a business seminar in Cairo in 2001, Cain approached her afterward and asked that she invite an Egyptian businesswoman from the audience to have dinner with him. She refused and Cain immediately asked her to dinner. Donella said she found the request "odd" and Cain's tone "suspicious."

    She told "America's Morning News," "I can't put a finger on it, but as most women will tell you, you kind of have a sense when men are on the up and up and when there are men who may not be. I had that feeling and so did my colleague, and that's why she jumped in and said, 'Oh, let's all go to dinner.' "

    In short, Donella wants people to understand that her "intuition" told her Cain's "intentions might not be pure." She wants to corroborate the actual accusers' stories without actually offering any true corroboration, in effect implying that her inaction (not setting up the dinner with the Egyptian businesswoman) and actions (and that of her colleague) kept Cain from sexually harassing the businesswoman (and perhaps herself).

    But aren't Donella's remarks accusations by implication, not knowing how "pure" Cain's intentions were? Donella is not directly accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment, nor was she witness to any overt act of sexual harassment by the man now running for president. She's implying that he is capable of engaging in sexual harassment, based on her "sense" of men.

    By that metric, everyone has the potential to be sexual harassers.

    No, Donella is not 'Accuser No. 5.' She's 'Accuser-By-Intuition No. 1.'

     
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Decatur, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Wow, the liberal media rushing to paint a colorful smear campaign against a Conservative candidate based on flimsy "testimony" from money grasping fame seekers & holier than thou heifers with foolproof "intuition"? NO WAY!!!!!! Seriously? #$%$ in their lifetime HASN'T sexually harassed another person, whether wittingly or unwittingly? Until I'm presented with hardcore evidence, I, as a woman, think this is a hefty pile of overblown #$%$ and it's not going to affect of opinion of the man in any way, shape or form. You can't fool Mother Nature and you sure as hell can't fool me with a sudden onslaught of hysterical women DECADES after the alledged fact just in time for a strong potential threat to Bam Bam taking form.
    • Mark  •  North Canton, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Horse%$#@
    • Your Next President  •  Chicago, United States  •  6 mths ago
      To the author of this article, Saul Relative: You might be “relative” in everybody else’s eyes. But in my eyes, you’re relatively lame. From what I can see, Donna Donella is trying to paint a picture, by reporting what she saw. As BryanT already noted, “if you’re married and are asking women who you don’t know to dinner, you’re doing something wrong.” Your headline included this: “…She Isn’t Accusing Herman Cain of Anything – but Isn’t She?” Here, let me spell it out for you: She isn’t accusing Cain of harassment, but she is accusing him (by means of the picture she’s painting) of behavior unbecoming a married man.

      Steven Searle for US President in 2012
      “Come on, Yahoo. Why do you permit such bad writing to fly under your banner?”
      • Annonymous 6 mths ago
        Well written, good points. Thanks!
      • fancytu 6 mths ago
        Grow up! Men and women dine with one another all the time in a business, after hours fashion. Even tho they have spouses at home. Could mean that they are simply tired and hungry.
      • Your Next President 6 mths ago
        Well, Fancytu, why did Cain feel the need to ask Donella to pimp for him by asking that Egyptian businesswoman to have dinner with him? He could have done his own asking.
    • Eroq  •  6 mths ago
      Whats the media going to conjure up next? Ru Paul was sexually harrassed by Cain?
    • RAM  •  6 mths ago
      30 Minutes of fame!
      • Eroq 6 mths ago
        the saying is "15 minutes"
      • RAM 6 mths ago
        Not when its against a republican!
    • just me  •  6 mths ago
      well, when we get to having 999 of them accusing him, wake me up!!
    • Muffie  •  6 mths ago
      I agree that there's an intuition at work when someone is putting on the creepy-smex vibe. However, intuition is not fact. We do not live in the world of Minority Report and unless Cain actually committed an act of sexual harassment, or at least creepy-smex-chasing, then Donella should have kept her mouth shut. She didn't *know* he had sexually harassed others. All she knew was that he had the creepy-smex vibe. It's not a crime to be a loser.
      • CNN-NBC-ABC-CBS -is- BS 6 mths ago
        Heaven forbid if that were the barometer of sexual harassment 99% of men would be locked up...
    • Whammer Jammer  •  6 mths ago
      All she accused him of was a wine-and-dash....
    • CNN-NBC-ABC-CBS -is- BS  •  6 mths ago
      woo hoo this means we will absolutely have a GAY man in the white house! "Oopsie" not so fast, If a Gay man Flirts with a Gay man is that harassment?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Thomaston, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Bet Tiger wished only 5 showed up
    • Uneducated Stupid Idiot  •  6 mths ago
      Remember folks... You have a right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. With so many money-hungry sue-happy people, you gotta be careful & be sober at all times. Paranoia can be a good thing :)
    • BryanT  •  6 mths ago
      I'd say if you're married and are asking women who you don't know to dinner, you're doing something wrong.
    • tired n' lowdown  •  6 mths ago
      This has nothing to do with Cain, or everything.

      Most women will tell you that there is a "smile" and there is a "leer." Interestingly, they look the same to us guys. But I have unscientifically polled different women about particular guys and they all have the same response - "he's a sleaze."
    • GOD BLESS AMERICA 2012  •  6 mths ago
      I asked a woman for her number so we could have study group for a math class in college. She immediately said she had a boyfriend. I was thinking to myself, I wasn't even trying to ask the chick out. But I just let it go because study group wasn't going to happen after that. I guess I should have led off with I would like to do a study group. But we were already discussing the stuff so I thought it was implied. But obviously she thought I was hitting on her when I asked for her number. Women think all men want to screw them. They are very full of themselves.
      • nancy h 6 mths ago
        Yes, you are full of yourself, and no one else is interested in what you have.
      • Pedro 6 mths ago
        Face it...you screwed up...so don't EVER try to run for president... :)
      • Grumpy Gramps 6 mths ago
        What you should have said, regardless of whether it was a guy or gal, "Well, let's get a study group going. How can I get hold of you?" Whenever I got a study group started I always announced it in class after reserving a study room at the school library and then at the first group meeting we would all exchange phone numbers and/or email addresses. And buy the way, Teem 2012, what gave you away was your tongue hanging and your leer. LOL
    • ticked  •  Wyoming, United States  •  6 mths ago
      He needs to quit wearing that "pimp" hat, it makes him look even more sleezy! My female intuition told me he was a sleeze before any allegations popped up. Listen to older women, we have experience, and know how to spot a creeper! And no I am not raciest! ;)
    • Waka Wakatul  •  Yonkers, United States  •  6 mths ago
      WANTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      WANTED : GOP Needs a NEW Candidate NOW !. You can APPLY soon as possible BECAUSE all GOP Candidates are S_U_C_K. :(

      WANTED : GOP Needs a NEW Candidate NOW !. You can APPLY soon as possible BECAUSE all GOP Candidates are S_U_C_K. :(

      WANTED : GOP Needs a NEW Candidate NOW !. You can APPLY soon as possible BECAUSE all GOP Candidates are S_U_C_K. :(

      WANTED : GOP Needs a NEW Candidate NOW !. You can APPLY soon as possible BECAUSE all GOP Candidates are S_U_C_K. :(
    • FormerRepublican  •  6 mths ago
      Two sexual harassment settlements were paid. This is not common among business leaders. Where there is smoke, there is fire. This lady's "intuition" could well have just been left untold, but the fact remains that money was paid out by an association - twice - solely because of one man, Herman Cain. More telling was his behavior following the national news releases of these settlements. He feigned ignorance; he lied; he blamed; he refused to respond; he became angry; he made jokes. The man is dishonest. The man is guilty.
    • TheEndOfObamagedden  •  6 mths ago
      "Roger 21 hours ago

      Cain the ape! What famous movie did this line come from: "Git your lousy hands off me, you ape!" Winner gets blg kissie from me! QUIZ TIME KIDS!"

      This guy has GOT to be a liberal! They are the only ones who still think it's OK to call black people apes so long as they are conservative black people. Come on people, it's time to open your eyes. Liberal democrats are the only racist bigots left in this nation.
      • Houston 6 mths ago
        You are a real winner, just waiting for someone to bend over are you?
    • Independent  •  6 mths ago
      Here we go again with the lame stream media trying to make Americans forget about the real problems this country is faced with. The bias racist progressive media is out to destroy a good man as they have been attacking Herman Cain repeatedly with gutter politics even before this story because they are very much against a black man winning the GOP nomination, they want Cain to drop out thinking this is the old days where they are trying to silence a black man & it's sickening It's something how at first how progressives tried to cover up a real proven to be true scandal of Anthony Weiner & John Edwards only until they were forced to talk about it but I guess if you're a white liberal you get a free pass from the media. The latest so called accuser her name is Sharon Bialek is a liar, a gold digger trying to destroy Herman Cain. One must ask why did she wait 14 years to speak in public until Herman Cain is running for President & is on top of the polls. Sharon has also been unemployed for 13 years, she is a Democrat, she's had multiple law suits against her, & her attorney Gloria is a well known liberal activist. How dumb do these people think the voters really are. The fact that progressive media tried to paint this woman as number 5 is even more proof of their racist agenda against Herman Cain.

      The progressive media should be ashamed of themselves already painting a false picture of Herman Cain as guilty, very unprofessional & some in the media suggested & raised questions about Herman Cain not being bright enough & if his campaign can be taken serious which are all code words for really saying he's not capable because he's black. Also the Liberal press is trying to distract voters from the very big real problems this country has from consistent high unemployment with the black community being hurt the most with the highest unemployment, a huge national deficit which is a threat to our national security, a very weak U.S. dollar, high energy prices/price gouging, rising food costs & increase outsourcing of American jobs for the sole purpose of cheap overseas labor. These are very real problems the lame stream media doesn't want to talk about because they know Herman Cain has the answers to turn things around & strengthen America & jump start this economy that has been on life support for the last 3 years. Americans are hurting! Voters need to keep in mind how the progressive media unfairly treated Hillary Clinton like garbage in the 2008 primary because they were against a woman being president & I think the voters are now wise to this & won't let them do the same to Herman Cain. What was done to Hillary & what is now being done to Cain is discrimination in the highest degree. This is why most have no trust in the liberal press anymore, CNN is getting almost as bad as MSNBC which explains why their ratings are low. Yahoo is heading in the same direction where most aren't going to them serious either anymore.

      Mitt Romney, now he is the real one who can't be trusted the way he's changed his political positions on everything like the wind because he's a phony & will tell anyone what he thinks they want to hear, he has no convictions on anything. In fact Mitt Romney also support President Obama's stimulus package of nearly 1 trillion dollars which was really corporate welfare for corrupt WallStreet & banks with the tax payers stuck with the bill which was immoral & this is something Herman Cain never would support. Herman Cain isn't a part of Washington corruption yet he has the strong leadership to be able to properly deal with the huge problems our country is faced with. Think for yourselves people! America can't continue on this runaway train ready to crash & Herman Cain would put the good of the country first & jump start this economy that is currently on life support.
    • Enough Said  •  6 mths ago
      Lady, you are shameful. Enough said!
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