Making his debut before the “beautiful people of Central Massachusetts,” here’s San Bernardino County’s Rodney Josephson:

Tennessee has Basil, South Carolina has Alvin . . . and Massachusetts has a former San Bernardino County resident named Rodney Josephson running for a seat in the Massachussetts. State Assembly. Republican Rodney Josephson, who is making his first bid for elective office, delivered a speech to a local Massachusetts Tea Party organization, struggled from the onset of his address.

From his terrible joke that backfired about New England accents ostensibly possessed by his audience (which Californian Josephson doesn’t have), to his changing speech cadence on a variety of topics, to his desire to always recognize one cheering fan who heralded Rodney’s speech, to not understanding the difference between a marionette and a puppet (Rodney pledges to be both) this video is yet another moment of the colorful cast of characters of all parties who are running this year, many for the first time.

Money quote:

This is the tip of the iceberg . . . But I’ll get to the iceberg later.