Fox News reportedly replacing Sarah Palin with Quark from Star Trek Deep Space Nine

[thecentristword]

A little mid-week humor

Romney is not the only Republican going bold this political season. Fox News has decided to clean house and bring some fresh energy in the run up to the Presidential Election. In a move that the lame-street-media is calling BOLD, they have decided to replace aging Tea Party superstar Sarah Palin with Quark, from Star Trek Deep Space Nine fame.

“We feel Quark will really be able to excite our base. His dedication to pure greed is something many of our viewers can relate to.” said a Fox representative. In response to a question about whether it will be a problem that Quark is a fictional character, he said, “We have the up most confidence that our viewers will be able to make the distinction”. However many experts disagree. “FoxNews scrapes the bottom of the intellectual barrel. There is a very good chance that millions will accept Quark as a real person just like they did with Sarah Palin.” said a leading media consultant.


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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. LOL

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Heh

I'm watching through DS9 with my wife right now and Quark, for all of his greed and faults, still had somewhat of a conscience and often ended up doing the "right" thing even when his money, life, etc. was on the line. In some ways, I would actually consider him to be morally superior to Sarah Palin and most Republicans.

[thecentristword]

5. I hear you :-)

I just finished the series a few weeks ago. At first, his character was pretty awful, but like you said, they wrote in the human elements. I certainly hope I didn't make a bunch of DS9 fans too mad

[Pyrzqxgl]

3. Who's next The Green Goblin, Lex Luthor or maybe Dr Doom?

[thecentristword]

7. with the band of evil billionaires we have trying to buy power....

...I think we might actually have a real bond-esque villain in our future

[Arkana]

9. Venom.

A guy who sold his body to an alien symbiote in exchange for power? How is that not the essence of all things Republican?

[HopeHoops]

4. I thought he was just called "Q".

[thecentristword]

6. I think Q was the omnipotent guy from the new generation

[HopeHoops]

8. "Next Generation", and yes, that was him. But I thought he made cameos on DS9.

[thecentristword]

10. on Voyager yes, DS9, I don't think so.

I think I just showed my inner geek...lol

[kooljerk666]

11. 1 episode of DS9.............

S1E6 - Q-Less

Q, the Enterprise-D's consistent omnipotent annoyance, comes to harass the DS9 crew when his traveling companion, Vash, refuses to travel with Q any longer.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708586/


DS9 is my fav of all ST's. Odo & Quark make a great team & characters in general kick ass.

[HopeHoops]

12. I don't remember "Vash" - was he the one who took away Q's power on the E-D?

That was the one where Q became a crew member with no special powers and did something un-Q like (as in kind) so he got his power back. Was the other one Vash or somebody different?

[kooljerk666]

13. Vash was a love interest for Capt. Picard...........

Last edited Thu Aug 16, 2012, 01:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Brown hair, nice eyes & a real conniving scoflaw. The rule of law was meaningless to her.

2 eps. on st:tng 1st one, where we meet her: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708684/

2nd ep Q-PID is where Picard & co were put into Robin Hood World http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708759/

3rd & final ST was DS9 Q-less ep.

Vash was played by Jennifer Hetrick, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381763/

I remember the ep u are referring to, Enterprise would be destroyed or many would die, unless aliens got revenge om Q.

The other guy, I believe was, another being from the "q continum", not Vash.

edit beg: oK THE EP U R refering to was Déjà Q and the guy was called credited as "Q2" played by Corbin Bernsen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708699/
end edit

Yes, I am a scifi dork.

[csziggy]

14. Quark was a Ferengi - "Q" was something else

More omnipotent.

This is Quark:

The Ferengi realize that Humans and other species often look down on them for their ravenous profiteering and lack of independent technological or cultural achievements. However, Ferengi often see other races as self-righteous and, as Ferengi have come into regular contact with Humans, their own self-image has improved by comparison. While their criticism that Humans took well over 6,000 years to develop a central banking system after the beginning of their civilization may seem lacking in moral force, other arguments can be more convincing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#Characteristics

"Ferengi" and similar terms are Arabic names for European traders, or for Westerners in general. The name is likely derived from the Arabic word faranj or ifranj, or Persian farangi, meaning "Franks". In Ethiopia, ferenj or ferenji has the same meaning, as does farang in Thai. The source of the name is likely from the Byzantine Greeks who were the Westerners' neighbors; this usage spread to the Near East, Asia, Africa and even China.[3] Greeks still sometimes use fra[n]gkoi (??ά???? as an exonym for Western Europeans, and the modern Greek term ferengios (???έ?????, ? ?έ???- ???ύ???, ? ???ά????? ?? ???????ί literally translates as "the able to ["bear" (=carry)] guarantee (himself)", the trust-worthy, and not only in a financial way! The term was used as a partially derogatory term in India to denote the British. The Star Trek usage is derived from the above.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#Etymology

"Q" on the other hand looked like this: