Just threw up a little. Just in my throat. I'll be ok.

Well, we have a madman as president so why not?

Wait. What's gross about this guy? He's motivated and socially conscious.

Damnit. I keep forgetting I can't hear that dog whistle.

Oh Lord. Isn't it amazing how someone can be kinda sorta cute, but then they open their mouth or demonstrate intent in some way, and all you see is a nozzle? Since he wants to run for office, I guess we won't get to see that big, vein-y 10" dick that splits women in two like the one Christian Grey is supposed to have.

Twilight? Isn't that the vampire series?

It's really that he's a rich white straight guy is what has your panties in a twist, right?

Why do rich dudes brag about getting laid? That is like bragging about beating a video game while playing on easy mode.

A smug, narcissistic douche that already thinks he's a legend. Just the person that people want representing them.

@5: Yes. 50 Shades of Grey started as self-published fanfic of what Bella and Edward's sex life would be like, in the mind of a sexually repressed Mormon dipshit. (She's not a dipshit because she's a Mormon - though that religion's origin is bonkers and I can't believe people subscribe to it - she's a dipshit who happens to be Mormon. Seriously, just listen to her in any interview.)

Not impressed with rich dudes that get laid. One of my best friends has no job, a bunch of roommates and is drowning in tail. That's impressive.

@12 wins it.

I think we should cut the guy some slack. Just look at what happened: In his twenties, he is a successful businessman, and has some weird similarities with a fictional character. He probably finds it kind of funny at first, but then tires of it. He becomes very successful as a businessman, which gets him an award. A business magazine runs a story on him, and features the connection with the fictional character. He goes along with the interview, in order to highlight what he considers to be an under-reported problem (domestic abuse). Instead of the article featuring this issue, it focuses again on this stupid connection with the fictional character. He gets pissed off about the article -- since it wasn't what he expected -- and writes a critical response (which then gets tagged on to the article -- give credit to B. I. for that). If he really was a narcissistic prick, then he wouldn't have written the critical response to the article. He would have written the opposite (a thank you note).

Now the Stranger has repeated an idea that he is tired of. Rather than focus on this guy's business accomplishments, or his efforts to reduce domestic violence, or his interest in making the world a better place in general, they have focused on this bullshit story about the similarities between him and a fictional character no one cares about.

@11 -- Who said he was a Shades of Grey fanboy? Read the article. There are similarities between him and a fictional character. When he was told about it, he hadn't read the books (or watched the movie). Are you saying that you wouldn't read a book that several women say has a character that is similar to you? I assume it is an easy read -- why not?

I think I need more information before I can have an opinion. Is he the S or the M and how is he with the B or the D? And how about water-sports? I need to know his opinions on so many things before I offer up my sacred vote to him.