1884 James Blaine: Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa (Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha)

In 1884, Republicans nominated former Speaker of the House James G Blaine for President against Democrat Grover Cleveland, who reportedly fathered an illegitimate child while living in Buffalo. Republicans started the mocking chant "Ma Ma Where's My Pa," because what better way to win an election than to sound like screaming children? When Cleveland won the White House, his supporters added the rejoinder "Gone to the White House, ha ha ha" which in the 19th century, qualified as a pretty major burn.