"Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?" 1884 U.S. Presidential Rallying Cry, Anti-Grover Cleveland

[DonRocks]

As ugly as things have gotten, they just don't make 'em like this anymore!

[dracisk]

On 4/12/2019 at 11:47 PM, DonRocks said:

As ugly as things have gotten, they just don't make 'em like this anymore!

Did you hear reference to this on the Slate Political Gabfest by any chance? I'd never heard of it before, but John Dickerson mentioned it on last week's episode.

[DonRocks]

2 hours ago, dracisk said:

Did you hear reference to this on the Slate Political Gabfest by any chance? I'd never heard of it before, but John Dickerson mentioned it on last week's episode.

No, I saw a tweet by a Presidential historian (Michael Beschloss), and this somehow popped into my mind for the first time in years.

[dracisk]

6 minutes ago, DonRocks said:

No, I saw a tweet by a Presidential historian (Michael Beschloss), and this somehow popped into my mind for the first time in years.

So weird to see the post here and then hear the reference on the podcast a couple days later having never heard of this before!

[DonRocks]

8 minutes ago, dracisk said:

So weird to see the post here and then hear the reference on the podcast a couple days later having never heard of this before!

I'd never heard the song before; I found it after Googling the campaign taunt (which dear old Mrs. Davis taught us in History 101 my sophomore year in college):

"Ma, Ma, where's my pa?"
"He's gone to the White House, ha ha ha!"

[DonRocks]

Here are President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland. 

President Alexander knew Ms. Folsom since birth, and became administrator of her estate when she was 11 after her father was killed in a carriage accident.

They married in the White House when she was 21.