Buckley rule. Be realistic.
“Buckley rule.”
If you’re speaking of William F. Buckley, when it became clear that the Hillbilly Whorehopper and Felonia von Pantsuit had killed Vince Foster, Buckley wrote that it would be better for the Republic to let them get away with it.
“Be realistic.”
The “realistic” position was that Trump couldn’t win the nomination, or the election.
Trump Rule - all other rules have less standing....