總統也煩惱 歷屆美國總統丑聞大盤點(雙語)

Grover Cleveland 格羅弗·克利夫蘭(美國第22、24任總統：1885—1889，1893—1897)

6 . Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?

寡婦丑聞

Grover Cleveland had to deal head on witha scandal while he was running for president in 1884. It was revealed that he had previously had an affair with a widow named Maria C. Halpin who had given birth to a son. She claimed that Cleveland was the father and named him OscarFolsom Cleveland. Cleveland agreed to pay child support and then paid to putthe child in an orphanage when she was no longer fit to raise him. When this issue was brought forth in the campaign and even became a chant "Ma, Ma,where's my Pa? Gone to the White House, ha, ha, ha!," Cleveland was honest about the entire affair. This helped rather than hurt him, and he won the election。

1884年，在克利夫蘭為總統競選奔波時，他卻不得不分身處理這件丑聞。據說，克利夫蘭曾經和一位叫Maria C. Halpin的寡婦廝混過并有了一個孩子。Maria聲稱克利夫蘭就是孩子的生生父親，并給孩子取名為奧斯卡·福爾瑟姆·克利夫蘭(Oscar Folsom Cleveland)?？死蛱m同意提供孩子的贍養(yǎng)費，并在Maria不再適宜撫養(yǎng)孩子之后，出錢將孩子送到了孤兒院。當克利夫蘭競選時，這件丑聞便被曝光，甚至變成了一首打油詩：“媽媽，我的爸爸在哪里?去白宮問問吧!”然而，克利夫蘭對此事件卻很坦誠，而他的坦誠也幫助他贏得了選舉。