I stole some of my joke from this unironic Bluesky post.

There is no "defense" of Platner, there's a recognition that should that oaf win his vote will be valuable.

https://bsky.app/profile/lordbusinessman.bsky.social/post/3mky5tzepns2i

I saw an even better post that was fantastic. I was so certain I'd never forget it that I didn't copy it. I probably started to forget it the very next day. Heh.