THV Exclusive: A Little Rock waitress claims her political activism got her fired.
Micah Qualls says she was on break and decided to show her support for Hillary Clinton by waving a sign she had in the trunk of her car, but after her shift ended she was fired.
”Whoa… lone protestor…" This video shows Micah Qualls Friday when she heard John McCain would be landing where she worked as a waitress at Central Flying Service.
Micah Qualls says, “Shock. It still hasn't even sunk in that this is occurring. Not just that I was fired, but the other things that are attached to the story."
Sunday Qualls sits with us confused and upset she didn't get a hearing or answers after working for the company for seven years.
"I just went to my car and got it out and ran to the fence because the plane was landing and that's all," she adds.
The controversy steams over the fact she was wearing her company uniform and whether or not she was on break.
"I do not feel that I have done anything wrong," Qualls says.
An open letter from Dick Holbert of Central Flying Service reads…
"I didn't witness Qualls’ demonstration. After hearing the details I told the flight deck manager to relieve her. That she was holding a Clinton sign was beside the point. She was on my time wearing my uniform and she spoke loudly and a lot of people noticed."
Qualls believes this never would have happened if she held a McCain sign instead.
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=64727According to Qualls, Governor Huckabee noticed that she was an employee of the airport, and raised questions with her boss about professionalism, and expressed embarrassment over the incident as the host of Mr. McCain.
Here's a blog with some eye-witness accounts:
http://www.waynebesen.com/2008/04/arkansas-waitress-claims-gov-mike.htmlThe story is the truth and Mike Huckabee admitted to his close friend on the phone with 2 witness' that he was upset with Ms. Qualls for having a Clinton sign. He found it "tasteless" and was infuriated by her sign. He spoke with her boss on the Tarmac and later on the phone and got her fired. He used his political power to get rid of someone he felt "threatened" by.. a young woman with a sign. How incredibly ridiculous and unbelievable!
The local news station channel 11 interviewed Ms. Qualls before she was fired. Now they know the whole story and so will the rest of the world in a few days. They have it on video tape. So it's all documented and so is this entire story. It's all on audio and there will be more video . There are witness' who over heard Mr. Huckabee complaining about Ms. Qualls on the tarmac to her boss. I'd be curious to see if her boss lies for Huckabee...what will they do deny firing her? That will be odd when she applies for unemployment.
Huckabee apparently recognized her from the restaurant. He talked to her boss on the tarmac and then called her supervisor very upset and insisted she be fired. Micah's boss was guided to his decision to fire her by a rather insecure bully aka Mike Huckabee. She was on her break and was not disruptive, she was simply holding the sign. Mr. Huckabee called the writer of the Arkansa blog in response to his article "A lonely dissent" and denied even seeing her there.
More of the McSame ... freedom of speech will be curtailed at all costs!
