Nov 14, 2011 7:24pm

President Obama Golfing With Pal Nabbed in Prostitution Sting

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HONOLULU, Hawaii — President Obama is golfing at Mamala Bay Golf Course at Hickam Air Force Base in a group that includes White House travel director Marvin Nicholson and Hawaiian pal Robert “Bobby” Titcomb, who was arrested in April on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.

In April, Titcomb was one of four men arrested in an undercover prostitution sting operation, according to Honolulu police.

Titcomb, an airline employee and commercial fisherman, has been friends with the president since they attended Honolulu’s elite Punahou School together in the 1970s. He visited the White House in August 2010 for Obama’s birthday, when he was included in a round of golf with Obama’s closest friends at the links of Andrews Air Force Base. Afterwards Titcomb, among other friends, joined the president for a barbeque at the White House.

When the Obama family vacations in Hawaii over the Christmas holiday each year, they traditionally spend a full day at Titcomb’s North Shore home, jet-skiing, grilling, and playing volleyball. In December the Obama family spent nearly the whole day at his home. Titcomb is also included in the golf and basketball outings of President Obama while in Hawaii.

In a Punahou remembrance of Obama, Titcomb said of the president, “He’s honest, he’s truthful and he’s always encouraged the better things in you. And you always go back to those people who water your plant, who water your garden.”

– Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller

User Comments

Taking a phone call from Sarah Palin is not the same thing as soliciting a prostitute, but it isn’t much different, either. I guess it gets down to who is soliciting whom.

Posted by: Mingo | November 14, 2011, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm

I could care less about Obama’s pal. I do care that Obama cares more about delays that 10′s of thousands of jobs in the Keystone pipeline. How many 10′s of 1000′s of miles of pipelines are already going thru Nebraska? Funny the press skewed the Bush admin over Haliburton and their no bid contract (but never named who else might make a competitive bid) in Iraq, but says virtually nothing about the $400M no bid contract given to Siga, whose CEO just happens (funny how these coincidences just pop up!) a big Democrat contributor – and former SEIU president sits on one of their drug boards?

Posted by: deanbob | November 14, 2011, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm

contract given to Siga, whose CEO just happens (funny how these coincidences just pop up!) a big Democrat contributor – and former SEIU president sits on one of their drug boards?

Posted by: deanbob | November 14, 2011, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm

Like most big-time investors and corporations, these people contribute to BOTH political parties leaning a little more heavily on the side they think is going to win.

By the way, the $400 million is nothing compared to the BILLIONS awarded to Halliburton by the Bush/Cheney administration. Cheney was CEO of Halliburton directly before taking the office of Vice President.

Posted by: Chuck | November 14, 2011, 8:20 pm 8:20 pm

Big whoop. This is so petty and such a dishonesty written headline. I would never have believed this crap from ABC. President Obama can see any and all his friends in Hawaii without having them treated so disrespectedly.

Posted by: Vicki | November 14, 2011, 8:23 pm 8:23 pm

Whining about the pipeline Dean. You didn’t whine when the GOP stood against the jobs bill that would have put thousands of people to work. Sometimes it is more important to be careful about how much damage we do to our country environmentally.

Posted by: Vicki | November 14, 2011, 8:28 pm 8:28 pm

By the way, the $400 million is nothing compared to the BILLIONS awarded to Halliburton by the Bush/Cheney administration

Mythicals tale lad. All companies take write offs including companies like GE who paid no federal taxes last year. There should be a tax that veryone pays;you, me, every company with no write offs, no exceptions.

I can lay you out a list of states, cities and towns that would love to have 400 mil, 40 mil or 400 grand to shore up their budget but looks like Obamas pals will run off with the loot before anyone can figure out where the stimulus went.

This administration makes any previous administration look pikers when it comes to making money and then making it disappear.

Posted by: david | November 14, 2011, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm

Posted by: david | November 14, 2011, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm

Gee David, you totally missed the point. Cheney’s pals at Halliburton ran off with BILLIONS, not millions, immediately after Cheney walked directly from CEO of Halliburton to Vice President. The Bush administration MISPLACED $9 BILLION in Iraq under Halliburton. Etc.

Posted by: Chuck | November 14, 2011, 9:05 pm 9:05 pm

How is the report of President Obama surrounding himself with frends who were arrested for “suspicion” of soliciting a prostitute different than Herman Cain being accused of “inappropriate behavior” 12 years ago or Joe Paterno being fired from his job of 47 years because he failed to follow-up on second-hand “alleged” information!

Posted by: Common _ Sense | November 14, 2011, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm

So now you can include solicitors of prostitutes to Obama’s list of terrorists (Bill Ayers), communists (Van Jones, Anita Dunn) and revolutionary (Francis Fox-Piven) buddies. How a candidate, completely unvetted for his beliefs and associations, was elected is beyond me.

Posted by: JMA | November 14, 2011, 10:16 pm 10:16 pm

LMAO!! Liberals say “I don’t care who his friends are”. Yet, don’t any republican ever make friends with anyone named Koch. Then all you hear is “yeah but they’re friends”.

Posted by: liberal hypocrisy again | November 14, 2011, 10:23 pm 10:23 pm

mingo wrote:”Taking a phone call from Sarah Palin is not the same thing as soliciting a prostitute, but it isn’t much different, either. I guess it gets down to who is soliciting whom.”
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Anyone care to bet that had this comment been written about Michelle, or Hillary, or Nancy Pelosi, or Debbie Washhermouthoutwithsoap, the ABC “news” censors would never have let it see the light of day on this so-called “blog”? Palin though? You’ve got free reins.

Posted by: Michelle Shu Jas | November 14, 2011, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm

” Debbie Washhermouthoutwithsoap” LOL! I love it!

Michelle you are very correct in your post.

Posted by: hugh | November 14, 2011, 10:45 pm 10:45 pm

Obama would hang with Sandusky if he thought Sandusky could help him with his Commie agenda.

Posted by: Winston Wolfe | November 15, 2011, 9:08 am 9:08 am

Lets hope Titcomb does not try anything with Michelle.

Posted by: art | November 15, 2011, 9:14 am 9:14 am

Shouldn’t the headline read – “Local businessman caught golfing with Obama” ?

Posted by: Ken | November 15, 2011, 9:29 am 9:29 am

Folks don’t pay for sex. They pay for the person to leave after the sex.

Posted by: mikein satx | November 15, 2011, 9:31 am 9:31 am

Thank goodness. I was afraid this was another article about Queen Nancy.

Posted by: Jsmith | November 15, 2011, 9:35 am 9:35 am

It doesn’t really matter, the MSM is never going to criticize anything Soetoro-Obama does, including ruling in disregard for congress. He knows he is immune from the scrutiny the rest of the country is subject to. He thinks there is only one branch of government, standard fare for a liberal “constitutional scholar”.

Posted by: Chief | November 15, 2011, 9:37 am 9:37 am

if you idiots can’t see just how bad bush clintons obama and the rest are screwing you guys. hahaha you’re just so damn stupid and weak. I don’t blame them. Soon they will go for the culling….sorry you’re too stupid to realize you’re breathing aluminum, barium salts. This is slow killing us. The fluoride in the water and all beverages and the food, look up KOSHER TAX. hahhahha They are robbing you broke. But they make you borrow money from them at interest, give it to them, Israelis, and our grandchildren will be paying for the billions plus interest in the future. Get it. We are broke. Yet we borrow money for criminal gov israel.

Posted by: shawn | November 15, 2011, 9:39 am 9:39 am

This demonstrates that Obama speaks out of both sides of his mouth like so many of his voters. Your either representing high morals or you are not! Obama wants to spread other peoples money around to help those who have less. “Because this is the right thing to do”. Yet, he associates himself with bigots and criminals. He says one thing, but does another.

Posted by: macksfield | November 15, 2011, 9:40 am 9:40 am

Thankfully this disaster of stupidity is TOAST.

Obama is such a pitiful disaster that the Kenyans are now faking documents “proving” he was born in Hawaii.

Posted by: LogicalUS | November 15, 2011, 10:26 am 10:26 am

What’s that old saying…you can best judge a man by the character of the company he keeps? How appropriate.

And, frankly, I’ll water my own garden. Thanks.

Posted by: MDWhite | November 15, 2011, 11:22 am 11:22 am

It is good to see that the President is reaching across the aisle to work with Senator Vitter… what, oh sorry it’s some other guy involved in a prostitution ring

Posted by: PLewis | November 15, 2011, 11:43 am 11:43 am

He does chose to hangout with some real losers. As for Halliburton, there happened to be 2 companies in the world that could do the job, the other is French. Bringing up Halliburton to defend the repeat offensives of BO giving our money to his donor/bundler pals is beyond sorry. Let’s face it BO is covered over in corruption and classless on every level.

Posted by: PattiSue | November 15, 2011, 11:53 am 11:53 am

Let us also take a moment to remember the prostitution of numerous solar energy companies ($$$$$), unions (cf. NLRB, $$$$$), and gunshop owners (National Arm A Drug Cartel Day, err Year). Although that last one was a freebie, no cash necessary when you can just threaten the hooker. P.I.M.P. ya’ll……

Posted by: J | November 15, 2011, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

This silly article has broken the “camels back”. I am so sick of the media and political parties looking for anything that could offend anyone, and tring to make the offence a national problem. I am sick of it.

Posted by: vissionquest | November 15, 2011, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

Only word in whole story that needs to be mentioned is ELITE!
Read the story, and figure it out Elite!

Posted by: deadwrestler | November 15, 2011, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

Money, money, money, that is all he cares about.

Posted by: Freedom | November 15, 2011, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

As a person FIRMLY opposed to Obama and his policies… I still don’t really care about this article. So what? It says nothing about Obama. At least I guess I cannot call this one liberal bias.

Posted by: Brad | November 15, 2011, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm

This reminds me of accusations made by the Pharisees on Jesus for eating and dining by sinners! Well, none of those critics are clean enough to cast the first stone. I stand to be challenged. It is important not for president Obama to concetrate on the negative critics. The HYPOCRITES.

Posted by: Elijah Andika | November 15, 2011, 8:46 pm 8:46 pm

This is not a story?? Well, I guess, then, that the unproven “allegations” against Herman Cain aren’t a story either. And, of course, back while Clinton was running as a presidential candidate, it was a nonstory when numerous women claimed sexual harrassment . . . and even rape . . . against him. And with Monica Lewinsky, it was also a nonstory because it involved his “private” life (even though the sex occurred in the White House.) The hypocrisy of you liberals is showing again. Only when the “scandel” is about a conservative do you seem to deem it to BE a story.

Posted by: nan blan | November 16, 2011, 4:09 am 4:09 am

No serious journalist would write a gratuitous story like this about the President, and no serious news organization would publish it. I guess that just about covers Jake Tapper and ABC News. Might as well be reading the tabloids. The whole point of this story is the hits generated by the intentionally misleading headline. There is no there there, unless you want to excoriate the President for not abandoning a childhood friend who got into some relatively minor trouble. A friend who’s not a big shot, not connected to big shots, and not someone in a position to do any favors for the administration. Just a guy from back home that Obama has been friends with for some 40 years whose company he continues to enjoy, despite mistakes he may have made in his personal life. But of course this warrants a sensational ‘news’ headline that somehow associates Obama with prostitution, and from the likes of some of the comments on here, an assortment of other criminal activities. Did any of you conspiracists catch the fact that this friend was from Hawaii, not Kenya? But carry on and don’t let facts get in the way of a good story.

Posted by: zyggs | November 16, 2011, 4:40 pm 4:40 pm

I once was accused of soliciting a prostitute. Everyone on these chat lists is now guilty by association.

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Posted by: Ashli Flickner | December 4, 2011, 8:55 am 8:55 am

so was this prostitute MALE or FEMALE?

Posted by: CentralKansasPatriot | January 3, 2012, 12:10 am 12:10 am

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