Media Ignore Obama Hawaii Golfing Buddy Who Was Arrested in Prostitution Sting
By Tim Graham | December 31, 2011 | 14:21
Mediaite's Nando Di Fino reports President Obama has played at least two rounds of golf in Hawaii with a high school buddy, Robert “Bobby” Titcomb, was arrested as part of a prostitution sting, after he allegedly approached an undercover police officer for sex in downtown Hawaii.
"What seems particularly interesting (“refreshing”?) here isn’t that President Obama would still hang out with a friend who had been arrested; it’s how many media outlets have either made no reference to Titcomb’s arrest, or simply stated it in passing," he wrote. "Both The New York Times and The Washington Post briefly made a note of Titcomb’s past in reporting the vacation stories. In this day and age of 'gotcha!' controversy-driven political coverage, is it surprising not to see more of a big deal being made?"
And maybe even more surprising, there doesn’t seem to be a purely political divide within the media. FoxNews.com, for example, in a story about Obama’s golfing on Christmas Eve, didn’t even mention Titcomb’s arrest when reporting on his participation.
In fact, it seems it was a British paper, The Daily Mail, that made the biggest deal out of Titcomb’s inclusion, blasting it across its headline: A five-course meal at Honolulu’s priciest restaurant after golf with his hooker-loving buddy… Obama faces another tough day in Hawaii
The Mail story also reported:
After several hours on the course with Titcomb and two others, the president kicked back with the First Lady, his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, and several other friends at one of Honolulu’s priciest restaurants.
The presidential motorcade made a stop last night at Alan Wong’s Restaurant, located close to the Honolulu area where Obama spent his teenage years.
The Obamas sat down to a five-course dinner that include such menu items as the 'sassy salad' and a bacon-wrapped pork loin - for $75 each ($110 for wine pairings with each course).
The restaurant confirmed to MailOnline that the President's daughters Malia and Sasha did not join their parents for dinner...
While the Obamas may be away, that hasn’t stopped criticism about their expensive tastes while the rest of the country struggles to escape an economic downturn.
Michelle Obama came under the microscope yesterday after stepping out earlier this week in a dress worth $2,000.
Later that day, she appeared in a $950 skirt at a meet-and-greet with service members and their families.
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well uhhh...
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 2:32pm.
So Mr. Bob Titcomb was looking for a prostitute? There's an easy joke there but I'd need to go over to the Kos kids to tell it so I won't get in trouble.
Hee Hee Hee Hee...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 2:32pm.
...You said "Titcomb"...
I'm choking I'm laughing so hard, BD.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 2:58pm.
Only Obama would have a buddy named TITCOMB.
The article never mentioned if the police officer that TITCOMB approached for sex was a male or a female police officer. Maybe old TITCOMB hits from the same side of the plate as Obama. That WAS a man that he "employed" in Chicago for sex a few years ago, wasn't it?
With a name like TITCOMB, I can see where TITCOMB would be disturbed enough to be a swish hitter.
Good thing that TITCOMB didn't marry a Bush, or the kid could have ended up being called TITCOMB Bush.
If he were a football player, he could be known as Big TITCOMB.
Good thing he ain't related to you, Killa, with your "real" name.
I love that name, TITCOMB!!
OMG
Submitted by dmacleo on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 5:45pm.
gotta wipe coffee off keyboard from you guys :)
huh...why am I thinking of hairy breasts now....
Thanks a lot, cleo!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 5:56pm.
Now that image will be in my head all through the upcoming New Year party!
I will need a bunch of alcohol to erase the "hairy breasts" thing.
How Freudian.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 2:35pm.
The last name of the alleged whoremonger would be of great interest to Freudians.
To me, it is coincidentally funny!
How will Obama respond?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 2:53pm.
How will Obama respond? The police acted stupidly!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
a comb summit ??
Submitted by dmacleo on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 5:46pm.
or...a tit summit?
:)
I'll be looking. ...
Submitted by almostacowboy77 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 2:54pm.
forward to the NYT spin on this. I'm imagining their version will contain a comparison between The Won and Jesus "consorting with" sinners.
It was a lot easier for Boy
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 2:54pm.
It was a lot easier for Boy Barry to dispense with his 'typical white' grandmother than it is to keep from hanging out with this guy, and anyway,given some of the purported activities that Barry has engaged in himself, why would this be anything unusual???
Oh.....I can just imagine the traffic jam, inconvenience, and delays for the 'common folks', when the Royal Motorcade decides to drive around Honolulu, looking for a pricey place to stuff their faces. These ARE the 'middle class warriors'!!!
... and if TITCOMB were related to you, killa?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:00pm.
... see post above!
Easy now, bubba.............I
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:40pm.
Easy now, bubba.............I have a 'nice' real name!!! And, yeah..........they didn't designate the gender of the person that Buster Titcomb was trying to pick up, either..........and over there in the dark back alleys of Honolulu, there are quite a few persons who have a questionable or ambiguous sexual identity!!!
Did Bobby Titcomb Fly the Friendly Skies?
Submitted by GrannyJan on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 6:14pm.
Bobby Titcomb is a former flight attendant with Northwest Airlines.
That closes the deal!!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 6:32pm.
He and Bambi definitely like to swap putters!
Spin, spin, spin!
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:27pm.
Obama could get caught diddling two 10 year old boys and the MSM would somehow give it a positive spin (Obama reaches across age divide?).
Shouldn't that read 'Obama
Submitted by ThePickle on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:34pm.
Shouldn't that read 'Obama reaches around age divide'?
I know......I am a bad, bad Pickle.
Bambi's like all good liberals, Troll.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 4:01pm.
"It's for the chirren."
Criminally immune
Submitted by Alpha Tango on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 6:47pm.
Barak Obama could murder his wife, kids and mother-in-law with shotgun on the White House front lawn in front of the entire liberal media with cameras rolling and we would never see or hear a word about it.
That would be a simple case of....
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 7:03pm.
..."Workplace Rage" just like with Major Hassan at Ft. Hood.
Where is Obama when you need him??
Submitted by panz on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:53pm.
And Obama couldn't bail out his high-school buddy and get those charges dropped? What kind of a friend is that? He rather be seen with a criminal than make a phone call?
Of course, maybe Obama doesn't have that kind of power anymore. They might just hang up on him and might just tack on additional charges for old Titcomb.
well ya know what they say
Submitted by ThePickle on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:56pm.
well ya know what they say about 'friends'
a 'friend' will help you move..
but a 'real friend' will help you move a body.
... and in this case, ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 3:59pm.
... never leave your buddy's behind!
Well, when I was an employee,
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 7:18pm.
Well, when I was an employee, I was usually the guy under the guy, or the guy behind the guy..................but ever since I became the 'boss', I'm the guy on top!!! But with my new project coming up, I've managed to cut a deal with my client that could best be described as a 'partnership'................so I guess I'll be the guy beside the guy!!!
Good evening killa
Submitted by cocodrie on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 2:10pm.
Do your best to not end up being the guy in the middle. They'll get you coming and going.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
uhhhhh
Submitted by UpChuck.Liberals on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 7:47pm.
#22 You may wish to rephrase that. It's sounding a bit Islamish Not leaving your Buddies behind? VEG
I am sure his prostitute
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 7:05pm.
I am sure his prostitute loving buddy will get a present from President Downgrade before Jan 20, 2013 rolls around.
The pardon printing press will be running full speed from Nov 7, 2012 paying back all of Odumbo's corrupt handlers and supporters.
You'd think that Barry's old
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 7:22pm.
You'd think that Barry's old buddy and mentor, our little cretin Governer Neil Uber-Commie, could have helped him out - I think Neil was good friends with Barry's teen-age commie/black/homosexual mentor back in the days when they were all here in Hawaii - why can't I think of that guy's name??? Frank something or other - well documented to be true, anyway.
But Hawaii is a pretty incestual place, with a lot of strings being pulled, depending on who you are, who you know, and - of course - who you b___...................and I don't mean 'bribe', although that comes into play too.
This is normal
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 4:29pm.
Barry's friends have never been talked about. Ayers, Resko, Wright, Van Jones etc. In fact the American people know zero about the past/ present lifestyle of he or his wife and what actually they are all about. Maybe after hammering Pres. Bush for eight years and continue to this day, the media is all tired out chasing facts..........haha
Hmmm, looks like a candidate for Obama's next pardon ...
Submitted by ombdz on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 4:46pm.
The company Obama keeps - like all those mentioned herein - says quite a bit about him. Not that anyone would realize this combing through the establishment media. Thankfully, as we turn to 2012, the new Electoral College numbers are now among the many things working against a second Obama term ... http://bit.ly/qVdDUt
Yep
Submitted by KornKing on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 5:33pm.
Move along folks, nothing to see here
Somebody get Gloria All-dread on the horn...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 7:10pm.
...turns out that the prostitute is an illegal alien who once propositioned Herman Cain 15 years ago outside of Godfather's corp. headquarters...
Well at least Obama's friend is an Instant Answer.
Submitted by gopcongress on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 3:40am.
At least Obama's friend is the answer to the question:
What do French women use to (you figure out the rest)...?
Follow me on the silly bird thing-a-ma-jig: http://twitter.com/gopcongress
Same ol'
Submitted by jbspry on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 1:58pm.
God! These people are becoming so tiresome. That may be the real death of an administration: not controversy or unpopularity but simple tedium. What's on channel 7?
killa37
Submitted by Kiana on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 5:09pm.
That would be Frank Marshall Davis (Kansas friend of Barry's grandparents) who mentored the Barry Boy, ran a commie paper in Honolulu and enticed Gramps to move to Honolulu.
Seems like only 2 publications in our state delved into the "extremely close" relationship between Barry and Bobby....that would be www.HawaiiFreePress.com and www.HawaiiReporter.com However, Trevor Loudon of www.TrevorLoudon.com: New Zeal Blog
has the complete background on Obama, "Uncle Frank" and our illustrious guv Abercommie.
In past vacations, Barry has logged many hours at Bobby's North Shore home...not this trip.
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/obama-friend-titcomb-fined-500/123
From Accuracy in Media
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/the-frank-marshall-davis-network-in-hawaii/
Thanks, Kiana............I
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 1:30am.
Thanks, Kiana............I appreciate that. I think that Barry had an 'exremely close' relationship with Davis, right??? I was going to UH when Uber-Commie was a sawed-off hippie commie rabble rouser...........well, he still is!!! He was a taxi cab driver, but he'd hang around the campus with the usual suspects and the usual 'organizations'.
Where do you live?? Why haven't we seen you here on NB before..........or at least I haven't???
Hauoli Makahiki Hou!!!
Remember
Submitted by nolefan2 on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 6:02pm.
when BHO said to judge him by the company he keeps? Well, I would say adding this dude to an already long list of miscreants doesn't do him any favors.
See no evil
Submitted by Nelbert on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 1:52pm.
The mainstream media make Goebbels's and Stalin's propaganda seem like the work of Girl Scouts in comparison. I suspect Andrea Mitchell and Chris Matthews would claim Obama was set up were he to be found hovering over a dead body with a bloody knife.